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Arizona basketball: 30 Greatest Wildcats of all time

By Shereen Rayan

TUCSON, AZ - SEPTEMBER 22: Former Arizona Wildcats basketball coach Lute Olson waves to fans as he walks with wife Kelly Pugnea during the first half of the college football game against the Utah Utes at Arizona Stadium on September 22, 2017 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
TUCSON, AZ - SEPTEMBER 22: Former Arizona Wildcats basketball coach Lute Olson waves to fans as he walks with wife Kelly Pugnea during the first half of the college football game against the Utah Utes at Arizona Stadium on September 22, 2017 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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Arizona Basketball Greatest Player No. 12 – Aaron Gordon

Position: Forward

Years at Arizona: 2014

College Stats: 12.4 pts, 8.0 reb, 2.0 Ast, .9 stl, 1.0 blk

High School and College Awards: 

2013 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year
2013 McDonald’s All-American MVP
California Mr. Basketball 2012, 2013
CIF State champion 2011, 2012
CIF State Division II champion 2011, 2012
CIF Northern California champion 2011, 2012, 2013
2013 CIF Northern California Open Division champion
CIF Northern California Division II champion 2011, 2012
2013 CIF CCS Open Division champion
2014 Pac-12 Freshman Player of the Year
2014 NCAA Tournament All-Region
2014 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
2014 AP Honorable Mention
2014 Third team All-America – Sporting News
2014 USBWA All-District Team
2014 NABC All-District Second Team
2014 Pac-12 1st-Team
2014 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
2014 Pac-12 Student-Athlete of the Year

NBA Draft: 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall Selected by the Orlando Magic
Years in the NBA: Five

FIBA Gold Medalist: 2013

FIBA Under-19 World Cup MVP:  2013

Aaron Gordon is coming into his own in the NBA, in 2019, he is the highest Paid NBA Player of all the Wildcats. His splash wasn’t necessarily his first season with the Orlando Magic, but it was a huge splash. Gordon participated in the 2016 NBA Slam Dunk Contest and won! Well, he won, but a judge or two did not give Gordon the 10-score he deserved from jumping over his rotating huge mascot in a pike position, putting the ball under his knees and dunking it. They gave it to former UCLA Bruin and current Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine.

Listen to the announcers, they thought Gordon had the contest wrapped up and then you see even LaVine had his draw dropped after the last dunk!

Gordon, another Southern California product, landed on the varsity team at  Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California as a freshman. There are way too many championships and awards from his high school career to name here, just scroll up and you will be astounded if you missed it.

Gordon was another McDonald’s All-American, earning MVP honors by scoring 24-points and grabbing eight rebounds for Team West in a 110–99 victory.

While at Arizona, Gordon earned the Pac-12 Freshman Player of the Year award and was voted onto the Pac-12 All-Freshman team. He was a one-and-done and in 2014 was picked 14 overall by the Orlando Magic. He is still playing with the Magic and just signed an astounding

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