{"id":442604,"date":"2023-12-28T07:15:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T07:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=442604"},"modified":"2023-12-28T07:15:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T07:15:41","slug":"nuggets-aaron-gordon-gets-attacked-by-a-dog-injury-to-face-and-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nuggets-aaron-gordon-gets-attacked-by-a-dog-injury-to-face-and-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets Aaron Gordon Gets Attacked By A Dog, Injury To Face And Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Gordon, a player for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a>, will be out for a long time due to a dog attack that required 21 stitches to his hand and face.<\/p>\n<h2>Nuggets Aaron Gordon Gets Attacked By A Dog, Injury To Face And Hand<\/h2>\n<p>According to a statement from the Nuggets, Gordon, 28, &#8220;is in good condition&#8221; but will not be playing for the squad. Although a specific return date is unknown, there is hope that his absence would be brief, a source told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>The small forward for the Nuggets is expected to miss a significant period of action. Following Gordon&#8217;s outstanding performance on Christmas Day against the Golden State Warriors\u2014which included 16 points, 10 rebounds, and strong defence\u2014the incident took place.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aaron Gordon with his Dad\/Sister and a BIG Christmas smile \ud83e\udd73\ud83c\udf84\ud83c\udf81\ud83e\udd0d\ud83c\udf85 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qLifpk9yEe\">pic.twitter.com\/qLifpk9yEe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tatiana (@Tatianaclinares) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tatianaclinares\/status\/1739442477051019301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s hanging in there,&#8221; Nuggets coach Michael Malone said after practice Wednesday. &#8220;Obviously, a very traumatic experience and the most important thing I told him is that you take as much time as you need. We&#8217;re a family &#8212; wins, losses, and when people go through tough times like Aaron&#8217;s going through right now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have his back. We love him. We&#8217;re here for him. So whenever he&#8217;s able to come back, we&#8217;re going to open our arms up and embrace him. I told all the guys to make sure they&#8217;re reaching out to him, to make sure he&#8217;s never feeling like he&#8217;s on an island.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsnmknd\/status\/1740084786499289547<\/p>\n<p>Details of the event were initially published by The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon suffered cuts to his face and shooting hand after being mauled by a dog after the game. The team said that he would not be able to play until he completely heals from his injuries, which required numerous stitches.<\/p>\n<p>Other than the fact that Gordon required 21 stitches for his wounds, not much is known at this time about the dog attack, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aaron Gordon suffered lacerations to his face and hand resulting from a dog bite and will be away from Nuggets while he recovers<\/p>\n<p>He is reportedly in \u201cgood condition\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3NhFYRsvGp\">pic.twitter.com\/3NhFYRsvGp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1740074899266286037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What is Aaron Gordon&#8217;s salary?<\/h3>\n<p>For the 2023\u20132024 NBA season, Aaron Gordon is currently paid $21.2 million. He signed a four-year contract extension with the Denver Nuggets in 2022, and the current 2023\u201324 season marks the second year of that agreement. Gordon will receive an average income of $21.6 million per year from this contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aaron Gordon got injured in a dog attack, Russ got benched for the wildest reason, and the Avs lost in OT<\/p>\n<p>Denver sports are HURTING today\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aWgykBmXTa\">pic.twitter.com\/aWgykBmXTa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leo Rydel (@GeeklyGoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeeklyGoods\/status\/1740232539334471857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Does Aaron Gordon own a dog?<\/h3>\n<p>Was that anything he owned? Almost all of the information that has been made public is contained in the tweet. He owns a Rotty, and according to social media sleuths, he celebrated Christmas with relatives and friends who had a Frenchie and another little dog or puppy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mark Cuban\u00a0Sold Majority Stake In Mavericks: Is He No Longer In Control?\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mark-cuban-sold-majority-stake-in-mavericks-is-he-no-longer-in-control\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mark Cuban\u00a0Sold Majority Stake In Mavericks: Is He No Longer In Control?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Gordon, a player for the Denver Nuggets, will be out for a long time due to a dog attack that required 21 stitches to his hand and face. Nuggets Aaron Gordon Gets Attacked By A Dog, Injury To Face And Hand According to a statement from the Nuggets, Gordon, 28, &#8220;is in good condition&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":417539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,51],"tags":[5451,20434,20435,20436,2215,9007],"class_list":["post-442604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-denver-nuggets","category-nba","tag-aaron-gordon","tag-aaron-gordon-dog-attack","tag-aaron-gordon-injury","tag-aaron-gordon-injury-update","tag-nba-news","tag-nuggets-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}