ORLANDO – The defensive potential of Orlando’s promising pair of 20-year-olds, Jonathan Isaac and Mohamed Bamba, was, by and large, the Magic’s top storyline during the offseason. With how dominant they were together on that end of the floor during summer league, why shouldn’t it have been?
What makes this narrative even more fascinating, though, is that this towering tag team is about to multiply.
Before Bamba and his 7-foot-10 wingspan arrived, the Magic already featured one of the league’s elite young defensive duos, Isaac and Aaron Gordon. Although their time on the court together was limited due to injuries last season, that didn’t prevent the two from jelling.