Unveiling the NBA’s Most Game-Changing Third Stars: Who’s Quietly Dominating the Hardwood?
3. Aaron Gordon, Denver Nuggets
Gordon was miscast as a No. 1 option in Orlando, where the Magic were a lottery team with him at the helm. He immediately became one of the league’s best complementary stars in 2021 upon joining the Nuggets, for whom the pick-and-roll combo of Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray was a clear-cut 1-2 punch.
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Denver just needed Gordon to do what he was best at doing. Offensively, he cuts and rolls to the rim, where he is among the NBA’s most explosive athletes, or pops to the 3-point line, where he shot 43.6% on 3.4 attempts per game last season. Defensively, he can and does switch across multiple positions.



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