Category Archives: Victor Oladipo

Victor Oladipo begins offseason training program

Victor Oladipo, David Alexander, DBC Fitness

The Pacers’ season ended after seven competitive games with the Cleveland Cavaliers. While in the locker room, still in uniform after Game 7, Victor Oladipo was already thinking about offseason workouts.

So after taking it easy for two weeks, which included a 26th birthday party with his twin and a trip with close friends, now it’s on for the team’s breakout star.

Oladipo’s offseason training …

Oladipo, Gordon thrilled to see Romeo Langford commit to Indiana

2018 Indiana Mr. Basketball Romeo Langford made his college choice Monday evening, committing to play at Indiana University for head coach Archie Miller next season.

Langford announced his decision at a ceremony held on the gymnasium floor at New Albany High School in front of approximately 3,000 fans — and tens of thousands more online.

When I informed Victor Oladipo, a 2013 IU graduate, of …

LeBron blocks Pacers’ path, ending special season

Victor Oladipo, LeBron James, Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers, 2018 NBA Playoffs

It took seven games and a third 40-plus point performance from LeBron James for the Cleveland Cavaliers to finally dispose of the Pacers. But he did it, just like he did the previous four times that he has faced the Pacers in the playoffs over the last seven years – and they’ve almost always been competitive series.

It took a major trial from Cavs coach …

Victor Oladipo is already thinking about offseason training

Victor Oladipo, David Alexander, Pacers

16 minutes after his season came to an end in the biggest game that he’s ever played, Victor Oladipo was already thinking about getting better.

Who needs time off?

“I don’t know how to take time off,” Oladipo said a short while after the Pacers’ 105-101 Game 7 loss in Cleveland. He finished with a team-high 30 points, 12 rebounds, and six assists in 42 …

VIDEO: Victor Oladipo, Nate McMillan look forward to Game 7

Pacers, St. Vincent Center

The Pacers practiced at the St. Vincent Center Saturday before catching their charter flight to Cleveland for Game 7.

You can throw out the first six games and forget that it’s a series. It all comes down to the game Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena. If the Pacers handle their business, it is nothing more than a layover to Toronto, where the Raptors await their …

Vic was Vic, Pacers demolish Cavs to force Game 7

Victor Oladipo, Pacers, 2018 NBA Playoffs, Cleveland Cavaliers

Victor Oladipo was out of the shower and making his way to his locker stall when you knew exactly how he was feeling. The Bose speaker was turned up and he was jamming, just like he does after most game.

Dressing in bottoms with the laughing emoji (😂), perhaps symbolic of those discussing his recent struggles, Oladipo would soon go to the podium to address …

McMillan: Pacers not connected, played frantic in Game 4 loss

Victor Oladipo, Cleveland Cavaliers, Pacers, 2018 NBA Playoffs

Game 4 followed what has become a familiar script for the Pacers. Fall behind by double digits but then fight like crazy and string together stops to take back the lead, only this time they didn’t execute when they needed to late into Sunday evening.

The Cavaliers outscored the Pacers 15-8 over the final 6:12, a stretch that featured two three-pointers and a pair of …

Pacers Notebook: New challenges in Game 4 – adjustments, noise, and focus on business

Lance Stephenson, Pacers, Myles Turner

Episode Four between the Pacers and Cavaliers will play out Sunday evening, the nightcap of the NBA’s four-game schedule. Tip-off on a school night isn’t until 8:30 pm, meaning players and fans alike will be waiting around all day for the featured event.

“I get restless before every game. It is what it is. It’ll be here before you know it,” Oladipo said after shootaround, …