Victor Oladipo never had his senior day festivities inside Assembly Hall in Bloomington. He left after his junior year, drafted by the Orlando Magic with the second overall pick in 2013.
So Oladipo had his moment Sunday afternoon prior to Indiana’s rivalry game against Purdue. The first 3,000 fans received a commemorative poster of the Pacers guard who is an All-Star while in his first …
Victor Oladipo will be back in Bloomington Sunday to take in the in-state rivalry between IU and Purdue basketball. It will be his first game back since 2013, when he turned pro after his junior season — and graduating.
Doors at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall will open at 1:30 pm ET, two hours before tip-off against 20-2 Boilermakers. The first 3,000 fans will receive a …
Victor Oladipo says he hasn’t agreed to participate in the Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend 2018, set for Feb. 16-18 in Los Angeles. But he is open to competing for the second time.
“I don’t know. I don’t know where those rumors came from,” Oladipo said Tuesday when he met with local reporters to discuss being named an All-Star.
“That’s funny, too. That’s crazy. …
Victor Oladipo’s phone buzzed Tuesday. It was Pacers President Kevin Pritchard, the executive who orchestrated the move that brought Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis to Indy last summer.
He had the honor of alerting Oladipo that he was voted an All-Star reserve by NBA head coaches.
For the first time in his five years as a pro, he would participate in the game showcasing the world’s …
Shortly after it was announced that Pacers guard Victor Oladipo was voted into his first NBA All-Star game, many of his teammates went on Twitter to congratulate him.
See their tweets below:
Congrats brother @VicOladipo well deserved…. #EastAllStars
— THAD YOUNG (@yungsmoove21) January 24, 2018
Congratulations, Vic!! Well deserved and earned!!!! #NBAAllStar
— Damien Wilkins (@dwilkins3000) January 24, 2018
This was straight up earned right …
The Pacers recently sent an email to the other 29 head coaches in the league to state the case for them to vote Victor Oladipo into the 2018 All-Star game. He did not win the popularity contest and so he was not named a starter last week.
The Pacers’ message was simple: “Facts are facts,” Nate McMillan said earlier Tuesday. “You look at his numbers, …
Anyone who knows Victor Oladipo understands that he has his own language, his own way to communicate. Sometimes it’s spoken, sometimes it’s best sang, and other times it’s gestured or signed. Oladipo learned American Sign Language because his older sister is deaf.
Indiana University basketball fans will remember No. 4 in Bloomington putting his nose between his index and middle fingers after a big play …
Victor Oladipo is playing at an All-Star level and deserves to play in his first NBA All-Star Game. But he will have to wait five days to learn his fate.
On Thursday night, the NBA announced the results of the All-Star vote – from fans (50 percent), players (25), and media (25). Boston’s Kyrie Irving and Toronto’s DeMar DeRozan were voted starters in the backcourt …