“He has had to store practice gear and game jerseys i…

“He has had to store practice gear and game jerseys in his apartment. He has had to organize the buses, plane flights, tickets (in the G League),” Donovan, the head coach of the Chicago Bulls, said. “He’s very low maintenance, very unassuming about what he thinks he’s owed, which he knows is nothing. He’s worked really, really hard. “This week has been great for me personally to see. But I also understand that this is the profession that he has chosen. And I’ve always tried to let him be himself and establish himself with the players and the coaching staff. Even though we’ve worked together, I’m not over his shoulder. If he needs to come to me for something or has questions, he knows I’m there.”
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Aaron Gordon on Nuggets: 'We got better'

Gordon and the Nuggets enter the season in a familiar spot—members of the inner circle of favorites to win the 2025 championship. Denver made some big additions in the offseason to prepare for the long journey ahead. Future Hall of Famer, Westbrook. Veteran big man, Dario Šarić, who AG spoke glowingly about on Media Day. “Love them. Love ‘em. Love ‘em. Love ‘em. We got better,” Gordon said confidently to Nuggets.com. “I hate losing [Kentavious Caldwell-Pope] and Jeff Green, but I like our additions.”
That’s awesome, man. Now tell me this, why K.D.? You got LeBron, you had Kobe, you got Steph. Why is K.D. your favorite player? EDWARDS: Before I met him, I felt like he was super cool, and then when I met him, I realized we are the same. All we want to do is hoop. We let our people control our stuff, but we just want to get on the court and hoop. That’s what I realized when I first got around him. Every time he walks in the gym, he grabs a ball and goes straight to the court before he puts his clothes on, and just starts shooting. And then off the court we’d just be chilling.
So it probably comes as no surprise that Edwards would drop another big take during the show. The former No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft spoke about where he currently is in his development and what could be coming in his future trajectory. “When you’re in your prime, you’re like 26. The s**t that I’m doing, I’m doing this s**t at 22,” Edwards said. “Imagine when I’m 25, 26 and the s**t is perfect, everything perfected. If I could fast forward my next season to the playoffs right now, I would. Come back better and work a little harder. So let’s go for a full ride, buckle the f**k up.”
Do you like the way Kobe and Jordan went at their teammates? “Y’all going to come up to my level right now.” EDWARDS: I can agree to disagree, because in today’s game everybody’s different. You can’t talk to everybody the same. You got to talk to players differently. Certain players can take it. I talk to some of my teammates like, “Hey, get your shit together.” But some players, you got to go talk to them on the side. You can’t really cuss them out in front of everybody.