Aaron Gordon is the piece that makes the puzzle fit, the Polaroid shake that brings the picture into focus. When Gordon has played this season, the Nuggets are 17-6.

Four months in, Nikola Jokic’s personal goal for this season is going about as well as most New Year’s Resolutions.

Dort acknowledged that he “went over the limit.”

Aaron Gordon is ramping up to return from his hamstring injury but hasn’t been cleared to play by the Nuggets yet as they prepare for a back-to-back Thursday and Friday against the Lakers and Knicks.

ESPN’s Tim MacMahon joins the show to talk Nuggets-Thunder rivalry after Nikola Jokic’s fiery reaction, plus Denver’s championship hopes.

Roddy, 24, played three seasons at Colorado State and was drafted 23rd overall in 2022.