https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/248811/Magic-Exploring-Trade-Market-On-Aaron-Gordon
The Orlando Magic have begun to explore the trade market on Aaron Gordon.
Gordon will be a restricted free agent this offseason.
Jeff Weltman and John Hammond were hired last offseason to run the Orlando front office and it is unclear which players they inherited remain part of their plans.
Gordon is averaging 18.4 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.
I'm not sure what the Orlando Magic would want for him, but he's only 22, a year older than Myles Turner, and seems to be on an upward trend each year despite the Magic continuing to perform pretty poorly. That horrible team performance is a red flag of course, but I've watched more Orlando Magic over the last few years than probably any other team besides the Pacers (have been hoping to see Frank Vogel turn that team around). I have a few idea about what their problems might be, but Gordon doesn't stand out as being the main issue to me. Still, it's something to think about.
Power Forward is a position the Pacers are gonna have to make a decision on at some point. Thad Young's future with the team is uncertain despite how likeable of a role player I find him to be. He's a few years older than our core, and no knowing what type of money he is going to want in free agency. There's also the idea of playing Turner and Sabonis together in the starting lineup, but with the league going smaller and smaller each year it seems, there seems some hesitation on the part of our coaching staff to make that our go-to look.
Is this an idea to look at? What would you be willing to give up for him?
