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2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107

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Sweater Vest No. 2

Poll ended at Sat Nov 1, 2025 1:33 am

Paolo Banchero: 20 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST, 2 STL, 8-12 FG, 2-4 3PT, +9 in 33 minutes
12
24%
Franz Wagner: 21 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL, 8-16 FG, 3-6 3PT, +23 in 34 minutes
10
20%
Wendell Carter Jr: 18 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK, 6-9 FG, 3-5 3PT, +10 in 27 minutes
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No votes
Anthony Black: 20 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK, 8-13 FG, 3-6 3PT, +8 in 31 minutes
27
54%
Tristan da Silva: 19 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 3 STL, 5-11 FG, 3-7 3PT, +5 in 22 minutes
1
2%
Jonathan Isaac: 2 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 3 BLK, +9 in 15 minutes
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No votes
 
Total votes: 50

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2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#1 » by Knightro » Fri Oct 31, 2025 1:33 am



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Vests
Jalen Suggs - 1 (v. MIA)

Cummerbunds
Franz Wagner - 1 (v. MIA)

Mittens
Desmond Bane - 1 (v. MIA)



2024-2025 Season Standings (3-2-1 scale)
Franz Wagner - 62
Paolo Banchero - 37
Anthony Black - 24
Cole Anthony - 20
Goga Bitadze - 17
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - 14
Jonathan Isaac - 13
Wendell Carter Jr. - 11
Jalen Suggs - 11
Tristan da Silva - 8
Moritz Wagner - 7
Trevelin Queen - 7
Caleb Houstan - 4
Gary Harris - 3
Cory Joseph - 2

Vests
Franz Wagner - 17 (v. BKN, v. NOP, v. WAS, v. CHA, v. IND, v. PHL, at PHX, at LAL, v. DET, at CHA, at BKN, at PHL, v. DET, at SAC, v. SAS, v. WAS, v. LAL)
Paolo Banchero - 7 (at MIA, v. IND, at ATL, at NOP, at WAS, at CHA, at WAS)
Cole Anthony - 4 (v. MIA, at NYK, at MIL, v. BOS)
Tristan da Silva - 2 (v. BKN, at TOR)
Anthony Black - 2 (v. CHA, at CLE)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - 2 (at BKN, at SAS)
Trevelin Queen - 2 (v. BOS, at IND)
Jalen Suggs - 1 (v. CHI)
Goga Bitadze - 1 (v. PHX)
Jonathan Isaac - 1 (v. PHL)
Caleb Houstan - 1 (v. SAC)
Wendell Carter Jr. - 1 (v. ATL)

Cummerbunds
Paolo Banchero - 7 (v. PHL, v. DET, at SAC, v. CHA, at MIL, v. LAL, v. ATL)
Anthony Black - 6 (v. NOP, at PHX, v. SAS, v. WAS, at CHA, at IND)
Franz Wagner - 5 (at ATL, at NOP, at SAS, at WAS)
Jalen Suggs - 4 (v. IND, v. CHA, at LAL, v. PHX)
Goga Bitadze - 4 (v. WAS, at BKN, v. BKN, v. SAC)
Jonathan Isaac - 3 (v. IND, v. PHL, at PHL)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - 3 (v. CHI, at BKN, v. MIA)
Wendell Carter Jr. - 3 (at NYK, at CLE, at WAS)
Moritz Wagner - 2 (v. BKN, v. DET)
Cole Anthony - 2 (at CHA, at TOR)
Gary Harris - 1 (at MIA)
Tristan da Silva - 1 (v. BOS)

Mittens
Anthony Black - 6 (v. BKN, v. IND, v. WAS, v. IND, at SAC, v. LAL)
Jonathan Isaac - 6 (v. DET, at CHA, at NYK, v. DET, v. SAS, at WAS)
Goga Bitadze - 6 (v. NOP, at PHX, v. CHI, at BKN, v. WAS, at IND)
Cole Anthony - 4 (v. PHX, v. BKN, v. PHL, at ATL)
Franz Wagner - 4 (at MIA, at BKN, at MIL, at CHA)
Moritz Wagner - 3 (v. CHA, v. PHL, at LAL)
Wendell Carter Jr. - 2 (v. BOS, v. CHA)
Cory Joseph - 2 (at NOP, at WAS)
Paolo Banchero - 2 (at CLE, at SAC)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - 2 (at TOR, v. ATL)
Jalen Suggs - 1 (at PHL)
Trevelin Queen - 1 (v. MIA)
Caleb Houstan - 1 (at SAS)
Gary Harris - 1 (v. BOS)



2023-2024 Season Standings (3-2-1 Scale)
Paolo Banchero - 84
Franz Wagner - 62
Jalen Suggs - 45
Cole Anthony - 20
Jonathan Isaac - 19
Moritz Wagner - 16
Wendell Carter - 12
Goga Bitadze - 8
Anthony Black - 6
Joe Ingles - 3
Gary Harris - 2
Caleb Houstan - 2
Markelle Fultz - 2
Chuma Okeke - 1

2023-2024 Vests
Paolo Banchero - 19 (at UTA, v. LAL, v. MIL, at CHI, v. WAS, v. DET, at IND, at DEN, v. ATL, v. MIA, at SAS, v. NYK, v. UTA, v. DET, v. BKN, v. TOR, v. NOP, at NOP, v. MIL)
Franz Wagner - 9 (v. DEN, v. WAS, at WAS, v. NYK, at DET, v. SAS, v. CHI, v. BKN, at WAS)
Jalen Suggs - 7 (at IND, v. TOR, v. CLE, at DET, at TOR, v. CHA, v. CHI)
Cole Anthony - 4 (v. HOU, v. CHA, at NYK, at CHA)
Jonathan Isaac - 3 (at CHI, v. PHX, at MIN)
Moritz Wagner - 3 (at POR, v. BOS, at CLE)
Wendell Carter Jr - 2 (v. MEM, v. POR)

2023-2024 Cummerbunds
Franz Wagner - 15 (at POR, at UTA, at CHI, v. CHA, v. WAS, v. DET, at IND, v. MIA, at SAS, at MIN, v. NYK, at TOR, v. TOR, at NOP, v. MIL)
Paolo Banchero - 11 (at IND, v. TOR, v. DEN, v. BOS, at NYK, at DET, v. SAS, at DET, at WAS, v. MEM, v. CHI)
Jalen Suggs - 8 (v. MIL, v. WAS, v. NYK, at DEN, at UTA, v. BKN, v. NOP, v. POR)
Anthony Black - 3 (v. LAL, at WAS, at CHA)
Goga Bitadze - 2 (at CHI, v. CLE)
Jonathan Isaac - 2 (v. HOU, v. CHI)
Moritz Wagner - 2 (v. PHX, v. BKN)
Cole Anthony - 2 (at CLE, v. CHA)
Caleb Houstan - 1 (v. ATL)
Wendell Carter Jr. - 1 (v. DET)

2023-2024 Mittens
Jalen Suggs - 8 (at POR, v. WAS, v. ATL, at DET, v. SAS, at WAS, v. TOR, v. MEM)
Jonathan Isaac - 6 (at CHI, at SAS, v. NYK, v. BKN, at TOR, v. MIL)
Paolo Banchero - 5 (v. CHA, at WAS, v. PHX, at CHA, v. CHA)
Franz Wagner - 5 (v. HOU, v. MIL, v. BOS, v. NOP, v. POR)
Goga Bitadze - 4 (v. LAL, at IND, v. DET, v. NYK)
Cole Anthony - 4 (v. TOR, v. WAS, at DEN, v. CHI)
Wendell Carter Jr - 4 (at UTH, v. MIA, at MIN, v. BKN)
Joe Ingles - 3 (v. DEN, v. CLE, at CLE)
Mortiz Wagner - 3 (at DET, v. UTA, at NOP)
Gary Harris - 2 (at CHI, at IND)
Markelle Fultz - 2 (v. DET, v. CHI)
Chuma Okeke - 1 (at NYK)
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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#2 » by Knightro » Fri Oct 31, 2025 1:34 am

Plenty of viable choices tonight. Lots of lollypops to be given out.
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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#3 » by thelead » Fri Oct 31, 2025 1:45 am

AB
Paolo
Franz

JI was awesome on defense and TDS bounced back. Bane was decent but he needs to shoot better and more. WCJ had his moments but was frustrating enough to keep him out of the top 3 but he did have a solid game.
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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#4 » by TheChaser » Fri Oct 31, 2025 1:47 am

Wagic Win!

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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#5 » by Idiosyncratic » Fri Oct 31, 2025 1:50 am

The big 3
AB
Franz
Paolo

Honorable mention Isaac for looking like Isaac (still can't shoot)
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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#6 » by Audi » Fri Oct 31, 2025 1:54 am

Very tough but I went with aggressive AB. I feel like he was extremely active all game on both ends of the floor and gave Lamelo some trouble. One of the best performances I’ve seen from him.

Impossible to separate the next tier for me. TDS and Franz were huge offensively. Paolo had great reads and played to his strengths. Gave some pity chickie nuggies to Duke fans in attendance. JI waking and living up to his nickname.

Maybe lollipop for WCJ. Good game but he also only played 15 mins last night so was well rested.
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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#7 » by dsg2021 » Fri Oct 31, 2025 2:01 am

Awesome game. This was one of those games where you start to see the ECF contender Magic. More discipline on defense, more rhythm on offense. Really good to hear that the Magic are leading the league in FTA's from the broadcast team. Makes sense if we stay top 10 there permanently.

Vest - Paolo Banchero
It's a really tiny thing, but the fact that both the Bench and Paolo himself didn't care about finishing Paolo's triple double was an insight on how serious they are. Paolo was putting on a master class on how to quarterback the game while still dropping plenty of points.

Cummerbund - Franz Wagner
The most positive development of the ENTIRE Magic season so far is probably Franz's 3 point shooting. Just a great and all around elite game. Co-franchise star. Loved the unselfishness to give Paolo the fast break dunk in one moment of a 2 on 0 fast break.

Mittens - Anthony Black
I was really close to giving it to WCJ, but I think Anthony Black scored in more needed moments. And it has to be asked out there to you guys, is AB taking a step to another level as a scorer? I LOVE him taking on more of a scorer mentality. It fits him, and it fits the team.

Honorable Mentions - WCJ, JI, TDS.

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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#8 » by dsg2021 » Fri Oct 31, 2025 2:02 am

Audi wrote:Very tough but I went with aggressive AB. I feel like he was extremely active all game on both ends of the floor and gave Lamelo some trouble. One of the best performances I’ve seen from him.

Impossible to separate the next tier for me. TDS and Franz were huge offensively. Paolo had great reads and played to his strengths. Gave some pity chickie nuggies to Duke fans in attendance. JI waking and living up to his nickname.

Maybe lollipop for WCJ. Good game but he also only played 15 mins last night so was well rested.


Ahh, I probably didn't think of AB's defense enough in my voting.
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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#9 » by BlueBalls » Fri Oct 31, 2025 2:03 am

I voted Black as well, but I didn’t think the margin would be this overwhelming.
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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#10 » by GameOver25 » Fri Oct 31, 2025 2:13 am

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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#11 » by eyriq » Fri Oct 31, 2025 2:27 am

AB
Paolo
Franz

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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#12 » by Last Guardian » Fri Oct 31, 2025 3:31 am

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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#13 » by JoshuaPotter » Fri Oct 31, 2025 3:41 am

AB
Paolo
Franz

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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#14 » by SOUL » Fri Oct 31, 2025 3:46 am

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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#15 » by Rainwater » Fri Oct 31, 2025 4:31 am

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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#16 » by MasterGMer » Fri Oct 31, 2025 5:38 am

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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#17 » by drsd » Fri Oct 31, 2025 6:43 am

v - F-Wagner
c - Black
m - Banchero

lollipops to da Silva, Carter, Bitadze and Jones
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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#18 » by Skybox » Fri Oct 31, 2025 11:19 am

I really do love when AB has a good offensive game even if he's not getting more assists than turnovers - for all of the debates, his development as a PG WOULD be THE answer.

TdS, WCJ, Isaac showing more is great...I go Point Paolo threatening a triple double...and hard to ignore Franz more than doubling anyone else's +/-
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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#19 » by AdamTheGreek » Fri Oct 31, 2025 11:22 am

Paolo - 6 assists the first 9 minutes settled us in.
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Re: 2025-2026 Sweater Vest Thread #2: Magic 123, Hornets 107 

Post#20 » by Optimus_Steel » Fri Oct 31, 2025 2:40 pm

AB- best career overall game, both sides of the ball
Paolo- team oriented game got the Magic going
Franz- Franz being Franz
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