Sweater Vest Thread #1: Magic 116 - Rockets 86

RookieStar · Post #21 » by **RookieStar** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:03 am

Franz 3 straight 3pointers gives me hope

tooler · Post #22 » by **tooler** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:04 am

thelead wrote:
Ducklett wrote:What is up with Paolo? 6 FGA?

we're trying to win. whatever it takes. I love that we're not forcing things. Now, if the offense wasn't working, yeah, you need to figure out how to get Paolo and Franz their looks. No need to get away from team basketball otherwise.

The challenge with lots of passing is there's always one guy on the court that has no remorse jacking up shots. 8-)

Anyway, the coaching staff will settle things down eventually. Let the players figure it out on the court for themselves early in the season.

Post #23 » by **eyriq** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:41 am

tooler wrote:
thelead wrote:
Ducklett wrote:What is up with Paolo? 6 FGA?

we're trying to win. whatever it takes. I love that we're not forcing things. Now, if the offense wasn't working, yeah, you need to figure out how to get Paolo and Franz their looks. No need to get away from team basketball otherwise.

The challenge with lots of passing is there's always one guy on the court that has no remorse jacking up shots.

Anyway, the coaching staff will settle things down eventually. Let the players figure it out on the court for themselves early in the season.

Yeah, we may or may not want Suggs as one of our top options. I'm leaning towards NOT

NavalAviator94 · Post #24 » by **NavalAviator94** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:42 am

Cole
Isaac - Can we talk about how special that was?
Franz

meatwad4343 · Post #25 » by **meatwad4343** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:17 am

I think we easily get a play in spot this year assuming we don't get hit hard by injuries

Hogified05 · Post #26 » by **Hogified05** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:39 am

eyriq wrote:
tooler wrote:
thelead wrote:we're trying to win. whatever it takes. I love that we're not forcing things. Now, if the offense wasn't working, yeah, you need to figure out how to get Paolo and Franz their looks. No need to get away from team basketball otherwise.

The challenge with lots of passing is there's always one guy on the court that has no remorse jacking up shots.

Anyway, the coaching staff will settle things down eventually. Let the players figure it out on the court for themselves early in the season.
Yeah, we may or may not want Suggs as one of our top options. I'm leaning towards NOT

Love love love how hard Jalen plays. I am fine with starting him at the two. As long as Mosely realizes Cole needs to stay in towards the end most games. He has the ability to play off ball because he can shoot, we will need that at the end of games. He has always been my 3rd guy behind Cole and Fultz. Suggs is great for the team but I've always felt his skill was way behind Cole and Markelle. I hope he can find the stroke and be a great 2 guard...I just think Cole needs to be closing games with the starter ala Lou Williams. I like Suggs energy starting games, I love Cole's energy off the bench.

JI is such a game changer man. He has always been in the short spurts he has been able to play. I hope that kid can stay healthy he changes everything for us. If Fultz and JI can just stay healthy we are a playoff squad.

DiplomaticMagic · Post #27 » by **DiplomaticMagic** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:53 am

Isaac was huge too, but I voted Cole. Not only did he score the most but I thought he was really impressive on defense. He was fighting big time and 8 rebounds for a pg is obviously great

dsg2021 · Post #28 » by **dsg2021** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:15 am

meatwad4343 wrote:I think we easily get a play in spot this year assuming we don't get hit hard by injuries

I think we could fight for 6-8 if our bench can usually outplay other ones. Just like Rashard Lewis said, 6-8 seed.

dsg2021 · Post #29 » by **dsg2021** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:21 am

But wait.. 95% of our board would have voted together to cut Isaac a few months ago..

Vest - Cole Anthony with the swagger and the contract
Cumberbund - Jonathan Isaac for MAKING A PRESENCE
Mittens - Franz Wagner for making me think he's the #1 star on the team in the 1st quarter (despite Banchero's team-high 5 AST:1 TO and team-high 7 FTA)

KillMonger · Post #30 » by **KillMonger** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:38 am

Ducklett wrote:What is up with Paolo? 6 FGA?

We did the "by committee" thing mose keeps saying.....against better teams though paolo getting only 6 shots isn't going to work....by comparison cade got 27 shots tonight.....he only dropped 30 but still....we won so it isn't really a big deal.......yet

Message Boar · Post #31 » by **Message Boar** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:17 am

V: Cole
C: JI
M: Franz

jezzerinho · Post #32 » by **jezzerinho** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:26 am

richi_v25 wrote:
Def Swami wrote:

Read on Twitter

I'll admit it i never thought he'd ever get to to this level of play, poor guy his first year he just ran 100mph to either get a brick or turn it over.

The knock that most drives me nuts on here about Cole is that "he is who he is".

I mean, it couldnt be further from reality. He's the draftee who has most evolved on this roster, gradually but consistently. And he continues to do so.

What he can't change is being 6'2". But other than that, his ceiling is still open-ended.

Ralof · Post #33 » by **Ralof** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:01 am

voted for Banchero.

the way he played this game worth way more that 20 points game he could have.

drsd · Post #34 » by **drsd** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:20 am

Orlando won this game because of strong defensive rebounding and ELITE offensive rebounding. So: my votes are based on rebounding leaders.

Vest - Anthony. He again proves how skilled he is on the boards.
Cummerbund - Carter. His 4 offensive boards was part of Orlando's dominance in 2nd chance points.
Mittens - Fultz. Not only was he strong leading the starters, his 3 offensive rebounds were also super important.

j-ragg · Post #35 » by **j-ragg** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:24 am

Isaac had 2 highlight blocks yet 1 official block on the books? Crazy

Bigmagicfan82 · Post #36 » by **Bigmagicfan82** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:08 am

j-ragg wrote:Isaac had 2 highlight blocks yet 1 official block on the books? Crazy

The second one when he flexed and got the tech, he never touched the ball. But it was still bad azz. :nod:

tooler · Post #37 » by **tooler** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:13 am

KillMonger wrote:by comparison cade got 27 shots tonight.....he only dropped 30 but still....

Wow, yuck!

JBSouthpaw · Post #38 » by **JBSouthpaw** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:37 am

I go Franz, he set the tone right from the start. the back to back to back 3s got the whole team cooking.
When Cole checked in we had a 10 pt lead.
Major shout out to the WHOLE 2nd unit who scored 44 points and had 25 rebs!

OrlandoSaban · Post #39 » by **OrlandoSaban** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:41 am

I couldn’t even fall asleep last night because I was so excited about the Magic last night.

We legitimately looked like a good team last night.

Of course people are saying that Houston is terrible and bla bla bla but I don’t care.

I’m excited about this western road trip so early into the season

GatorbaitDD · Post #40 » by **GatorbaitDD** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:49 am

this team is very good. If they can stay healthy, we'll fight for a play off spot in the east. The only concern I had was seeing Suggs chuck it over and over. He finally stopped, but man he needs to accept his role right now.

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