Despite lacking credible evidence, a hypothetical blockbuster pairing of Aaron Gordon and Victor Wembanyama has sparked internet frenzy, testing the logic of a potential Nuggets-Spurs trade.
The San Antonio Spurs have spent the time since their NBA Finals loss to the New York Knicks upgrading their frontcourt around superstar center Victor Wembanyama.
To get more physical ... the Spurs grabbed Kentucky's Jayden Quaintance and UConn's Tarris Reed Jr. during the 2026 NBA Draft.
To get more experiences ... San Antonio inked veteran forward Tobias Harris to a two-year, $30.8 million deal in free agency.
Those three moves, along with continued development from Carter Bryant, should leave the Spurs much better positioned around Victor Wembanyama outside of the backcourt entering the 2026-27 season.
But that optimism hasn't stopped speculation linking perhaps the perfect power forward to pair with Wembanyama to San Antonio, no matter how unrealistic the rumor may be.
Buzz connecting Aaron Gordon to the Spurs has been popping up all over the internet — but there doesn't seem to be any validity to it.
Marc Stein of The Stein Line reported back in June that teams were "monitoring" the availability of Gordon, ironically, one day after Bleacher Report's Zach Buckley listed the NBA champion as San Antonio's No. 2 possible trade target.
Logical? Yes.
Concrete evidence of a pursuit? Not even close.
Still, Spurs content creators have taken the apparent connection to extreme levels, spawning a rumor that Gordon — should he be moved — would prefer a trade to San Antonio over the Boston Celtics.
Where'd the Celtics come from in this scenario? In late June, HoopsHype's Michael Scotto reported that Boston had "kept tabs on Gordon from afar" as a backup plan should it miss out on Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Antetokounmpo is now in Miami, and we've yet to hear anything whatsoever on a Gordon-Celtics trade materializing.
But let's have some fun for a second. Let's say the Spurs were interested in Gordon. After all, he'd fit perfectly next to Wembanyama for all the same reason he works so well with Nikola Jokić.
What of interest would they have to offer the Denver Nuggets?
Oh... so this is where the rumor falls flat on its face.
Denver is trying to compete for a title, just as San Antonio is. Why would the Nuggets help their Western Conference foe get better?
Would they seriously trade a key piece of a championship run just three years ago for ... Devin Vassell?
Vassell is a home-grown talent and will be vital to the Spurs' future. He's going to stick in the NBA for a long time. But is he really what is convincing the Nuggets to part with Gordon?
Doesn't seem likely.
So while the basketball fit makes sense for San Antonio, the move from an asset standpoint couldn't be more puzzling for Denver — and there hasn't been a single credible report of any sort of dialogue between the two sides.
The fit makes for an entertaining discussion, but don't mistake speculation for reporting. There's no valid evidence a Gordon trade is in the works.
