Happy Birthday Aaron Gordon!

OrlChamps2030 · Post #1 » by **OrlChamps2030** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:44 pm

Happy 21st birthday!

May you lead the franchise back into relevancy and become a perennial all-star.. But until then party hard af! :rock:

Post #2 » by **UCFJayBird** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:49 pm

Hasn't accomplished anything. Cut him.

/sarcasm

j-ragg · Post #3 » by **j-ragg** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:51 pm

Can't believe he's only 21, kid is gonna be really good.

Still laughing at certain Skiles supporters who kept saying for the first half of last year that AG wasn't ready for a bigger role.

rcklsscognition · Post #4 » by **rcklsscognition** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 2:03 pm

j-ragg wrote:Can't believe he's only 21, kid is gonna be really good.

Still laughing at certain Skiles supporters who kept saying for the first half of last year that AG wasn't ready for a bigger role.

He wasn't. He was delayed in camp by the injury and played himself into his new role in practice and limited game time and got better and learned the system. He was clueless for the first part of the season. Played through the growing pains and figured things out. Good on him.

OrlandO · Post #5 » by **OrlandO** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 3:28 pm

Well I hope he doesn't go out drinking with his brother.

zelenooq · Post #6 » by **zelenooq** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 6:18 pm

Happy, happy, happy

j-ragg · Post #7 » by **j-ragg** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:42 pm

rcklsscognition wrote:
j-ragg wrote:Can't believe he's only 21, kid is gonna be really good.

Still laughing at certain Skiles supporters who kept saying for the first half of last year that AG wasn't ready for a bigger role.

He wasn't. He was delayed in camp by the injury and played himself into his new role in practice and limited game time and got better and learned the system. He was clueless for the first part of the season. Played through the growing pains and figured things out. Good on him.

Not sure he was ever clueless, even in his rookie year. He was much better than most of us thought.

After he got over his injury he should've been playing big minutes. Period. This narrative that AG just wasn't ready is bs. He was ready and showed it when given the chance. He didn't just learn how to play basketball after Tobias got traded.

OrlandoDream · Post #8 » by **OrlandoDream** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:53 pm

Happy birthday to the peoples champ. Now start the season already so the man can sell some posters!

Gomagic44 · Post #9 » by **Gomagic44** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:12 pm

Happy birthday!

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Nemesis21 · Post #10 » by **Nemesis21** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:51 pm

Happy Birthday AG00!

Post #11 » by **SOUL** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:53 pm

rcklsscognition wrote:
j-ragg wrote:Can't believe he's only 21, kid is gonna be really good.

Still laughing at certain Skiles supporters who kept saying for the first half of last year that AG wasn't ready for a bigger role.

He wasn't. He was delayed in camp by the injury and played himself into his new role in practice and limited game time and got better and learned the system. He was clueless for the first part of the season. Played through the growing pains and figured things out. Good on him.

Should be a distinction. Probably not ready for what a lot of us wanted for him and the role he would later deserve, but he was extremely effective in a lot of the small minutes he played, even if he was still learning the ropes. If those are growing pains, I'm thrilled.

Anyway, happy birthday to AG!

woosah · Post #12 » by **woosah** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:35 pm

Happy Bday!!!!
Hope he full grown on the court like he now is in life :lol:

MagicStarwipe · Post #13 » by **MagicStarwipe** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 12:10 am

AG is 21. THEY not ready!

drsd · Post #14 » by **drsd** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:14 am

rcklsscognition wrote:He was delayed in camp by the injury ....

That bone-headed injury. Breaking his jaw "rough housing" was a foolish, childish act. Now that he is 21, hopefully he is now "mature."

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Post #15 » by **Hilltop** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:50 am

Another reminder of just how young he still is. I'm excited to see what he brings this season. He will have to take a big step forward for us to be better than a fringe playoff team.