So many of the Nuggets’ recent issues have been waived away and dismissed as non-issues once Aaron Gordon returns. He’s expected to come back and solve the reeling defense. He’s expected to come back and solve the disastrous crunch-time offense. He’s expected to come back and make everything gel just in time for the team to come together and make a championship run.
It’s a heck of a lot to pin on one guy. A lot of it is a testament to AG, and what a great player he is, but a lot of it is unfair to any one player, and seems like an unreasonable amount of weight on a single guy when the team has a healthy Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray.