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Drew Gordon, a well-traveled professional basketball player and the older brother of Denver Nuggets starter Aaron Gordon, died in a car accident Thursday, his agent told ESPN. He was 33 years old.
The Nuggets confirmed the news, stating their support for Gordon's brother and his three children.
The big man played nine games in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, but his career was so much more. In addition to the NBA and G League, Gordon played in leagues in Serbia, Italy, Turkey, France, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Japan.
Gordon entered college basketball as a Rivals four-star recruit, moving from San Jose down to UCLA, where he saw immediate playing time. That tenure ended midway through his sophomore year, when he left the team and transferred to New Mexico.
That New Mexico career was more productive, earning all-conference honors twice and winning MVP of the 2012 Mountain West tournament. He averaged a double-double in his senior year with 13.7 points and 11.1 rebounds per game.
After not being selected in the 2012 NBA Draft, Gordon played in the summer league with the Dallas Mavericks then embarked upon a 12-year pro career. He made his way into the NBA in 2014, parlaying a summer league stay with the Sixers into a one-month stint midway through the regular season.
Gordon found stardom elsewhere, earning All-Star honors in France and Russia and winning a title in the 2014 Italian Cup.
Meanwhile, Gordon's brother, Aaron, entered college basketball as a five-star, was selected fourth overall in 2014 and won the NBA championship last season with the Denver Nuggets. Gordon was there to celebrate with him.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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