Sweater Vest Thread #1: Magic 116 - Rockets 86

[paperboymafia]

Cole.

Played as good as his haircut his bad.

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[TheChaser]

It's obviously Cole Anthony but I voted JI because I'm so glad to have him back. My Florida State Roots always made me gravitate towards him more. And I think he can take this team to another level. Plus I knew you guys would vote the right way anyways.

[TheChaser]

Edit: Duplicate

[Blue_and_Whte]

I voted for JI but Cole is the clear winner here. Just with all the injuries and POS humans he’s had to deal with it was good to see him back and being a major contributor. Plus that mother effing block on Green who forgot who he was trying to smash on. JI standing over him was iconic to me. It remains to be seen if he stays healthy but if he does we are much better for it.

I love that both of those guys were the ones to ignite our team because honestly I felt like the starters struggled a bit. Great win.

[VFX]

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.

No offense, but this is crazy talk.

Cole, yes obviously.

Putting Carter or Fultz ahead of Franz or even JI is pure nonsense. They had forgettable games comparatively. They were OK.

[OrlDave]

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

JI always makes a winning impact when he is on the floor. The problem, of course, is keeping him on the floor. I think I've reversed course a bit with him, before I felt he was a distraction, but being able to start the season with him and not having the circus of a midseason appearance is game-changing. Let's win as many games as possible while he's healthy and see if we can coast into the playoffs. Without him I think we are likely a .500 ballclub, with him I feel we are borderline homecourt.

[drsd]

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.

No offense, but this is crazy talk.

Cole, yes obviously.

Putting Carter or Fultz ahead of Franz or even JI is pure nonsense. They had forgettable games comparatively. They were OK.

I "want" to and-1 your post. But my point is valid: Orlando won because of rebounding and 2nd chance points. Do I think Fultz and Carter were the 2nd and 3rd best players this game. THe weren't even the 5th and 6th. So of course not.

This vest is Anthony's and anyone voting for Isaac is not a Anthony guy, I would guess..

[Ducklett]

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.

Yeah, he never touched the ball

[GameOver25]

Cole cuts for the vest!

[jonbob17]

Since we have one marvelous game under our belt, and 15 guys made it into the game last night...sample size skewed Per 36? Am i right?



Clearly Black is a front runner for DPOY and ROY.. 3 guys in the running for 6th man of year...MIP don't mind if i do. Did Isaac not get credit for that Jalen Green masterpiece? He definitely had 2 blocks

[JoshuaPotter]

So Cole deserves this followed by Franz / Paulo imho.

Then the rest of the 2nd unit is kinda tied with Paulo in terms of impact.

I could visibly see it on replays but it looks like Paulo had as many as 4 players attentions on defense at one time. Which just means feast or famine. 2 of Paulo assists were to a wide open or cutting Cole Anthony after he collapsed the defense.

[Audi]

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.

Yeah, he never touched the ball

Thanks for this - was hoping to find a slow motion cap of that!

[Magic#1]

Since we have one marvelous game under our belt, and 15 guys made it into the game last night...sample size skewed Per 36? Am i right?



Clearly Black is a front runner for DPOY and ROY.. 3 guys in the running for 6th man of year...MIP don't mind if i do. Did Isaac not get credit for that Jalen Green masterpiece? He definitely had 2 blocks

Goga making everybody say, "Wemby who?"

[Tarheel]

Since we have one marvelous game under our belt, and 15 guys made it into the game last night...sample size skewed Per 36? Am i right?



Clearly Black is a front runner for DPOY and ROY.. 3 guys in the running for 6th man of year...MIP don't mind if i do. Did Isaac not get credit for that Jalen Green masterpiece? He definitely had 2 blocks

Goga making everybody say, "Wemby who?"

Blackembe Mutombo with 14.4 blocks per 36

[drsd]

Magic PR has this as the photo of the night

[Ducklett]

Magic PR has this as the photo of the night

Dude Isaac is doing his Superman/Batman standing over the criminal pose LOL

[tooler]

I changed my vote to JI because Cole said postgame that JI’s energy was the difference in the game.

[drsd]

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

The NBA has now officially corrected this.

[Knightro]

Official Results for Vest Thread No. 1

Vest - Cole Anthony
Cummerbund - Jonathan Isaac
Mittens - Franz Wagner