Aaron Gordon says he feels proud to have successfully guarded some of the NBA ’s best players.
The 27-year-old is currently competing in the NBA Finals for the Denver Nuggets against the Miami Heat. Following his team’s 104-93 victory, the power forward joked about being able to 'lock up' LeBron James, Kevin Durant and finals opponent Jimmy Butler.
“I'll be sitting in my rocking chair when I'm 79, 90 years old, talking to my kids, like, ‘yeah, back in the day I locked these guys up,'” Gordon said. This comes after he was asked about facing Butler in the Finals and he compared defending the Miami Heat player to Durant and James, two of the all-time greats. “Jimmy is a different cover for different reasons than the guys I’ve guarded in the past like LeBron and KD,” he told ESPN ahead of game one.