Denver Nuggets ahead Aaron Gordon is out indefinitely for his group after an incident through which he was attacked by his personal canine and required 21 stitches. Gordon’s pet Rottweiler attacked him on Christmas, inflicting harm to his face and capturing hand.
The 28-year-old former fourth-overall decide says that the incident occurred when he began roughhousing with the canine after getting intoxicated from ingesting eggnog, he instructed The Denver Post.
“I don’t drink a lot during the season. I probably had a little bit too much eggnog. I was kind of roughhousing with my dog, and I think my dog got a little excited and just basically chomped down. Gave me a bite. And I was basically wrestling him off of me, and then he bit my hand,” Gordon said. “For lack of better words, I was (messing) around with my dog, and when you (mess) around, you find out.”
Gordon appears to nonetheless love his canine regardless of the attack, nevertheless, the canine can be staying with Gordon’s father within the meantime.
“I love dogs. I grew up with dogs my whole life,” Gordon stated. “But because we’re on the road so much, my dad’s taking care of him, so I can’t really train him how I need him to be. … But I feel good. Everything is fine.”
Denver acquired Gordon from the Orlando Magic within the 2020-21 season, and his defensive presence subsequent to Nikola Jokić was performed closely into Denver profitable its first championship final season. Gordon is averaging 13.6 factors and 6.9 rebounds per recreation this season.
While there is no such thing as a timetable presently for his return, Gordon expects to be again on the court docket quickly.
“I’ve played with stitches in my hand before, so that’s not new to me,” he stated. “I don’t really care about the stitches on my face. We’re not running a pageant here.”
