Aaron Gordon trade grades: Who won the trade between the Nuggets and Magic?

The Magic looked a whole lot different than they do now just a few hours ago. This is a completely different team.

First, they ship Nikola Vucevic off. Next, they send Evan Fournier off. Now? Aaron Gordon is gone, too. He’s been traded to the Denver Nuggets, according to reporting from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Terrence Ross really is the captain of the Magic now.

This had been a long time coming for Orlando. They weren’t set to compete this year. They’re on the cusp of getting a top-3 pick in the draft. This is them leaning in and tearing things completely down.

The Nuggets get the defensive presence at power forward that they’ve been missing in Jerami Grant’s absence. They now have the versatile defender they’ve been looking for.

Let’s get in some grades.