Friendly Bounce Season Recaps: At least the Orlando Magic unleashed Aaron Gordon

As the NBA regular season starts to roll to its end, the majority of teams are already planning fishing trips after not making the NBA Playoffs. While serious season eulogies are going on over at Hardwood Paroxysm, we here at The Friendly Bounce are taking a look at the important part of each team’s season as we bid them farewell, the fun stuff. So enjoy and feel free to add your entries to each category in the comments below and follow along with the entire series over the next two weeks. 

The Orlando Magic were supposed to be one of those teams that makes a slight jump and competes for a bottom of the conference playoff seed entering the 2015-2016 season. With a host of young but experience players and a new coach in Scott Skiles, Orlando seemed likely to improve on both ends of the floor enough to join the jumble that is the race for the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen as Orlando struggled with inconsistency all season and found themselves never really in the playoff race in the second half of the season. They did have an internet sensation emerge though.

Most Vineable Player: 

Ryne Prinz (@Ryneprinz): Aaron Gordon’s dunks alone are evidence enough. I mean, his “Sitting-In-The-Chair-Jam” during this year’s Dunk Contest is really the only proof we need.

Dan Favale (@Danfavale): Aaron Gordon is almost single-handedly keeping Vine in business. 

Taylor Smith (@Taylorbojangles): Aaron Gordon Vines are almost single-handedly reminding me the Magic exist. 

Chris Barnewall (@ChrisBarnewall): Aaron Gordon is the most exciting, most vineable, most everything great about this Magic team. Obviously the dunks are the main show, but there’s so many parts to his game you have to appreciate. 

Matt Cianfrone (@Matt_Cianfrone): If you are here reading this you probably watched the NBA Dunk Contest. If you watched that you know the answer to this question is Aaron Gordon.

10 Word Recaps: 

At least we have more wins than the Philadelphia 76ers. (Dan)

Having cap space is better than having Tobias Harris, apparently. (Dan)

This hodgepodge of talent must be good one day, right? (Taylor)

Strong start. Bad finish. Met expectations. No playoffs yet again. (Chris)

Scott Skiles should have freed Super Mario. What a dummy. (Matt)

Highlights: 

So Aaron Gordon can dunk, huh? 

(Vine via RealGM)

This is what Aaron Gordon thinks of the Lakers defense: 

(Vine via the Magic)

Elfrid Payton side-armed top-spin passes are just the best: 

(Vine via Bleacher Report)

Super Mario’s Aaron Gordon impression: 

(Vine via the NBA)

Victor Oladipo is the best rim protector the Magic have: 

(Vine via the Magic)

Crying Jordan: 

Other fun Twitter stuff: 

Other fun stuff: 

The Magic weren’t that fun.