According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Aaron Gordon is out for Sunday’s Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. This is after the Denver Nuggets discovered he had suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain.

Despite Gordon searching for any possible ways of being able to play, this injury typically takes a couple weeks to recover from. Stephen Curry suffered a Grade 1 hamstring strain and was out for the entire series against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

While he is in “doubt” to play in the elimination game, Denver officially lists him as “questionable” with a hamstring injury.

The 29-year-old suffered the injury in the final minutes of their Game 6 victory. Throughout the season, Gordon has dealt with various injuries concerning his leg and calf.

This postseason run has been an incredible run for Gordon impacting his Nuggets, as he averaged 16.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Plus, Gordon had two game-winners in this run.

Whoever wins Game 7 will punch in their ticket to the Western Conference Finals, where they will face off against Anthony Edwards’ Timberwolves.

After winning Game 6 and forcing a win-or-go-home Game 7, the Denver Nuggets could be without Aaron Gordon; an important piece throughout their entire postseason run.

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Gordon suffered a left hamstring strain during the final minutes of Game 6. His status for Sunday’s game is officially in “doubt.”

Good news for both the Nuggets and Gordon, the schedule allows them to have an extra day off in-between Game 6 and Game 7. This gives the 29-year-old more opportunities to make the pain less and his hamstring manageable to play minutes.

It should be noted that Gordon has dealt with leg and calf injuries at different parts of the regular season. Unfortunately, his hamstring is now the latest victim of the injury bug.

With Gordon hitting multiple game-winners, averaging 16.8 points and 7.3 rebounds, his contributions and overall minutes will be sorely missed if he is unable to play.

This will be an updating story from now until Sunday afternoon.

According to The Athletic’s Anthony Slater and Marcus Thompson II, both the Golden State Warriors and Jonathan Kuminga are interested in considering a sign-and-trade that would benefit both sides.

As of late, Steve Kerr has completely disregarded and pushed off the services of Kuminga, especially when he could have been used in tight or really tough situations. Plus, the Warriors have found it difficult to get Kuminga in a positive, consistent space where it wouldn’t disrupt the flow of the team.

A sign-and-trade would be beneficial to both sides, as Kuminga would prove his worth for a team who wants him and the Warriors would get draft capital, a needing piece, or whatever his return value would look like.

For this consideration to take place, Golden State would need to extend the $7.9 million qualifying offer to Kuminga during this upcoming offseason. Per reports, they are expected to do so.

While Kerr has lost full confidence in Kuminga, owner Joe Lacob has not. He remains committed to the 22-year-old and wants to see him return to the team next regular season. However, if he is traded, Lacob reportedly won’t let him go for nothing. It must be for the right price in his head.

“There are certainly things he has to improve on, but he’s 22 years old,” Lacob said. “He’s got a hell of a lot of potential, and I would think he would be a part of our future plans. Now we’ll have to see how the market all shakes out. We have a lot of evaluating to do. Not me necessarily. But everybody — from coaching staff to basketball operations. We’ll kind of sit around and talk about how we want to construct the team for next year and what the situation is with respect to him.”