{"id":738177,"date":"2026-06-15T13:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/738177\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:57:13","slug":"nuggets-aaron-gordon-receiving-trade-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/738177\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets’ Aaron Gordon Receiving Trade Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nuggets could emerge as one of the more important teams on the trade landscape this summer once Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>\u2018s situation is resolved, Marc Stein writes in his latest Substack article for The Stein Line<\/a>. Denver has the unenviable task of trying to continue putting the best supporting cast possible around star Nikola Jokic<\/a> while navigating a difficult financial situation that will likely cause the team to lose at least one of its core players.<\/p>\n

\"\"Veteran forward Aaron Gordon<\/a> has emerged as the most sought-after trade target on the roster, Stein writes, despite the injuries that have limited him to just 87 games over the last two regular seasons.<\/p>\n

Gordon\u2019s combination of versatile, hard-nosed defense, strong off-ball offensive play, and reliably solid outside shooting makes him an ideal fit for most contenders, but those same traits are exactly why the Nuggets would prefer to retain him.<\/p>\n

Gordon has developed a strong two-man game with Jokic over the years and has become one of the big man\u2019s favorite passing targets due to his great instincts as a cutter. The veteran forward is starting the first season of a three-year, $103.6MM extension, which has a player option in year three.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets would also like to hold onto Jamal Murray<\/a>, who is coming off the strongest season of his career, and instead would prefer to send out 25-year-old wing Christian Braun<\/a> in any trade involving a starter, Stein notes.<\/p>\n

Braun took a step back after signing a five-year, $125MM extension<\/a> last summer, as health issues \u2013 including a significant ankle sprain \u2013 limited him to 44 games in 2025\/26. He made just 30.1% of his three-pointers this season after shooting 38.4% over his previous three years, and his scoring average dipped to 12.0 PPG. However, he\u2019s a solid defender and transition threat and is young enough that there is still interesting upside for a team that needs a reliable performer on the wing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nuggets could emerge as one of the more important teams on the trade landscape this summer once…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[3891,64,63,726,1663,3901,85],"class_list":["post-738177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-aaron-gordon","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-christian-braun","tag-jamal-murray","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}