Bennett Durando is the Denver Nuggets beat writer for The Denver Post. Before moving to Colorado, where he started as The Post's Avalanche beat writer, he covered SEC football, basketball and other sports for five years: first reporting on his alma mater, Missouri, for the St.
Aaron Gordon of the Denver Nuggets wears a custom hat by Parker Orms of Hats by Parker Thomas during the third quarter against the LA Clippers at Ball Arena in Denver on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. DALLAS — Aaron Gordon is available in Dallas to make his return from a calf strain that sidelined him for nine games, the Nuggets announced Sunday. Gordon will be on a minutes restriction against the Mavericks, a league source told The Denver Post.
Gordon, 29, is averaging 13.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game when he plays. He’s also shooting 44% from the 3-point line, a critical development for the Nuggets as teams often sag off him on the perimeter. “We’ll figure that out when we get healthy. … We’ll evaluate as a staff when we are fully healthy what lineup gives us the best chance to go out there and win games at a high level,” Malone said Sunday. “I like how we’re playing right now. Our defense is much improved. Our 3-point defense is much improved. But whether we continue to bring Russ off the bench when we’re healthy or he starts, those are discussions we’ll continue to have internally.
“It’s unfortunate. With his injury, and the past injury, that’s just something that’s going to pop up every once in a while,” Malone said. “And obviously this month of January, as we all know, is a very dense game schedule. Seventeen games, and I don’t think we have two days in between games until after the All-Star break. So we just have to continue to talk with Jamal, talk with the training staff, to see how he’s feeling. But as of this morning, I think he’s trending in the right direction.
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