Ron Harper calls out Aaron Gordon: 'How about playing harder?'

After the game, Gordon spoke about how the players need more time off for recovery between games. Especially in the playoffs.

“You saw it around the league, like Steph with the hamstring, you know what I mean,” Gordon said. “JT — man, big respect to Jayson Tatum, man. I hope he gets better quick. I mean, there’s guys like Dame.

“You know, there’s guys all around the league that are just like, you know, suffering just like fatigue-based injuries because the games are so closely stacked together.”

Gordon’s comments led former Chicago Bulls great Ron Harper to call him out on the social media platform X.

“How about playing harder? In the ’80s, ’90s, and 70s it wasn’t blow outs like now with less days off.”

Is Harper being a little too hard on Gordon? Today’s league does have the most advanced equipment to recover and train, not to mention travel.

If the players are better today than in years past, they certainly should be able to handle what previous generations had to deal with.

Harper might be correct here.