Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon will be reevaluated in four to six weeks after aggravating the right hamstring strain that previously sidelined him this season, the team announced Thursday.
Gordon, 30, suffered the latest setback last Friday in the second quarter of a 102-100 road win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
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While the 12th-year forward didn’t return for the second half, he was optimistic his hamstring wasn’t as injured as it was in November when he began a 19-game absence, Nuggets head coach David Adelman told reporters. That said, as ESPN reported at the time, Adelman noted the Nuggets would have to wait for further testing to know exactly what kind of recovery Gordon was looking at.
It turns out he’s staring at the same timeline as last time.
Gordon is averaging a career-high 17.7 points per game this season, and he’s shooting 40% or better from 3 for the second season in a row.
Unfortunately, hamstring issues have been getting in the way.
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Gordon was playing on the second night of a back-to-back when he aggravated the injury. He had 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals before exiting the contest.
The day before, he played 33 minutes in a win over the Washington Wizards.
Denver, which is third place in the Western Conference with a 31-16 record, is now down two of its top three scorers.
The Nuggets are still missing three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić, who suffered a hyperextended left knee on Dec. 29. That said, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Tuesday the Nuggets intend to re-evaluate Jokić’s injury in “about a week.”
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