Magic forward Aaron Gordon has been diagnosed with a severe left ankle sprain and is expected to be sidelined for the next four to six weeks, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Gordon suffered the injury during the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to Toronto when he rolled the ankle while bringing the ball up the court. He was seen on crutches after the game.
While Gordon didn’t sustain a fracture, it’s still terrible news for a Magic team that has already been hit hard this season by injuries. Jonathan Isaac won’t play at all in 2020/21 due to a torn ACL and Markelle Fultz was limited to eight games before suffering an identical season-ending ACL tear.
Evan Fournier, Michael Carter-Williams, and Chuma Okeke have also missed time due to injuries, while Al-Farouq Aminu hasn’t been able to play at all as he continues to recover from a knee issue. With Gordon, Isaac, Aminu, and Okeke all currently on the shelf, Orlando will have to lean heavily on Gary Clark and Khem Birch at the power forward spot.
The Magic currently sit at No. 12 in the East with an 8-13 record. Without Gordon and so many other players available, they’ll be hard-pressed to make a run and push their way back up the standings in the coming weeks.
The hits keep coming for the Magic. They have a glut of PF’s who are all injured, & the celtics have the same problem at PG? What a season…
Best wishes to Gordon
Its probably best for this team to rush nobody back this year and take the L’s in bushels
Great thing about the NBA is rebuilds can be done in a fairly short order with a little luck and solid decision making upstairs
Magic have no luck. ….
This was after he gave Lowry the cheap shot right?
stanley johnson gonna be next on his hit list i guess
Bad for Gordon, but that’s a good chance for a attractive lottery draft pick. Orlando brought innovative idea’s for a future contented team. A good pick, return Issac and Fultz and a Gordon trade are important activities for playoff basketballin orlando
Our resident wannabe GM made one of his daily trade proposals involving Eric Gordon and JJ Redick. I can only assume that he is confusing the two Gordon’s since there is no way that the Rockets would make such a ridiculous trade.