<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-victor-oladipo-triggers-buzz-with-passionate-tyrese-haliburton-injury-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Former Pacers guard Victor Oladipo triggers buzz with passionate Tyrese Haliburton injury take');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Victor-Oladipo-defends-Pacers-Andrew-Nembhard.jpg"><figcaption>© Sam Navarro-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Former Pacers guard Victor Oladipo triggers buzz with passionate Tyrese Haliburton injury take</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-23T00:35:46-07:00">June 23rd, 12:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-23T12:58:31-07:00">June 23rd, 12:58pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-rick-carlisle-reaction-tyrese-haliburton-injury-game-7">Tyrese Haliburton’s Achilles injury</a> could not have come at a more inopportune time for the Indiana Pacers. He and the Pacers were poised to give the Oklahoma City Thunder their all in Game 7 on Sunday night, and he was on track for a monster game after hitting three of his four three-point attempts in the first few minutes, only for him to succumb to injury.</p><p>This proved to be too much for the Pacers to overcome, as they ended up suffering a 103-91 defeat to dash their championship hopes completely.</p><p>Haliburton’s injury set the NBA world ablaze with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-reaction-tyrese-haliburton-injury">LeBron James and Caitlin Clark expressing their support for the Pacers star</a> in the aftermath of his unfortunate injury.</p><p>Joining those with a strong reaction to Haliburton’s injury was former Pacers guard Victor Oladipo, who wanted to <a href="https://x.com/VicOladipo/status/1936959776212009011" rel="noopener">fight the system</a> and stick it to the man, seeing as he’s someone who saw his career get cut short by a serious lower-body injury.</p><p>“In the Finals? So we just going keep playing right? Like its okay right? Like it ain’t happen huh? Like this is just part of it right? But what would this play off run be without Hali?</p><p>“What about Dame what about JT and so many others. I bet we will just blame it on the moment though lol and Hey he got millions right so he will be alright huh? So what truly matters? The Athlete 🤔?” Oladipo wrote on his official account on X.</p><p>“It’s all good though. I promise you im going to be a part of this change. It doesn’t have to be a norm or just part of the game anymore in any sport. We can and will protect the players better. Yall enjoy the rest of the game though. Rest up Hali bro this will make you stronger.”</p><h2>Victor Oladipo feels deeply for Tyrese Haliburton, Pacers</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/The-Pacers-lost-Tyrese-Haliburton-early-in-the-decisive-7th-game-against-Oklahoma-City.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Oladipo peaked with the Pacers during the 2017-18 season, but he never got back to being the same caliber of player due to injuries. He ended up declining during the 2018-19 season before rupturing his quad tendon in early 2019. Oladipo then re-injured the same body part in 2021, forcing him to take a veteran minimum.</p><p>He ended up being a member of the 2023 Miami Heat squad that made it to the NBA Finals, but all he could play was three games in that playoff run before he tore his left patellar tendon. That was the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/nba-news-victor-oladipo-cryptic-post-fans-worried">final time Oladipo stepped on an NBA court</a> with injuries ending his career at just 31 years of age.</p><p>This is why Oladipo is going to be a loud voice when it comes to protecting players. It’s not quite clear what the former Pacers guard is lobbying for, but it’s safe to say that he wants the NBA to step up in terms of shielding their talent from injuries. Their stars have been dropping like flies due to Achilles injuries, and Oladipo doesn’t want anyone to suffer the same fate he did.</p><p>Perhaps some of the changes the NBA can make is to shorten the season, loosen the restrictions for award eligibility (from 65 games to perhaps 60 or even 55) to encourage more rest and load management and increase the number of rest days between playoff games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Former Pacers guard Victor Oladipo triggers buzz with passionate Tyrese Haliburton injury take

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-victor-oladipo-truth-bomb-turning-down-160-million-offer');   ga('set', 'title', 'Victor Oladipo drops truth bomb on turning down $160 million offer from Pacers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pacers-news-Victor-Oladipo-drops-truth-bomb-on-turning-down-160-million-offer-from-Pacers.jpg"></figure><h1>Victor Oladipo drops truth bomb on turning down $160 million offer from Pacers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-24T08:29:37-07:00">October 24th, 8:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-24T08:29:37-07:00">October 24th, 8:29am</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>They say what’s done in the dark will find a way to shine. After how the Indiana Pacers handled Victor Oladipo’s time with the team, it seems what Indiana did in the dark is <a href="https://youtu.be/KiUXtohPzTM?list=PLD0QspPd_-NcD-Fqnkd3A-L41dmE1IJWi&amp;t=4255" rel="noopener">starting to emerge</a>. Oladipo was a guest on Udonis Haslem’s <i>OGs Show</i>. The two former teammates spoke about Oladipo’s time with the Pacers. Oladipo quickly shut down the rumors of him rejecting a $160 million contract that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-rumors-victor-oladipo-turned-down-insulting-4-year-80-million-extension-before-season">Indiana offered him</a> and noted that they offered him a much lower contract. Oladipo added that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-victor-oladipo-wants-stay-claims-indiana-president">Pacers traded him after his knee surgery</a> didn’t work. Doctors and others told him he was healing correctly from a nasty knee injury, which wasn’t true, and the Pacers knew it.</p><p>“I never, ever, got offered $160 million. Maybe one day in the future. [They offered] three years, $80 [million]. It’s less than what I had but pretty much about the same. My doctors and everybody was telling me I was getting healthier, even though, unfortunately, my surgery wasn’t done correctly.</p><p>“I made that decision thinking I was getting better. And then, in my first three or four games in Indy that year, I averaged 20. That’s why they traded me. Inside scoop, they knew my sh*t was f**ked up too. … That’s pretty much what happened, never got $160 million, I would’ve took it.”</p><h2><b>What happened to Victor Oladipo after the Pacers traded him?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Victor-Oladipo-Dribbles-Pacers.jpg"><figcaption>Thomas B. Shea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>At the time, Oladipo was a two-time All-Star and one of the league’s promising young prospects. So, he would have felt justified in holding out for more money than the Pacers were offering him, which would have been a marginal increase in his annual salary.</p><p>The Pacers may also have considered his knee injury when offering him a new contract. But in the end, the Pacers made the right call, as harsh as it may have been on Oladipo, trading him to the Rockets as part of the James Harden-Brooklyn Nets deal.</p><p>After 20 games with the Rockets, Oladipo was traded to the Heat and signed a $2 million contract with them after his original contract expired. After impressing Miami officials, he signed a two-year, $18 million contract that paid him until 2023.</p><p>In April 2023, Oladipo tore his patellar tendon in the Eastern Conference Finals. A few months later, the Heat traded Oladipo to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder traded Oladipo to Houston before the 2023-24 season started. Before he could even suit up for the Rockets, Oladipo was shipped to the Memphis Grizzlies as part of the Steven Adams trade. Oladipo was waived by Memphis soon after and hasn’t been a presence on an NBA roster since.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Victor Oladipo drops truth bomb on turning down $160 million offer from Pacers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/warriors-news-victor-oladipo-identifies-suitable-replacement-for-klay-thompson');   ga('set', 'title', 'Victor Oladipo identifies suitable Warriors replacement for Klay Thompson');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Victor-Oladipo-identifies-suitable-replacement-for-Klay-Thompson.jpg"></figure><h1>Victor Oladipo identifies suitable Warriors replacement for Klay Thompson</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T20:06:59-07:00">October 9th, 8:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-09T20:06:59-07:00">October 9th, 8:06pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2024-25 season is shaping up to be a year of change for the Golden State Warriors. After 13 seasons, Klay Thompson decided to leave the Warriors in free agency; while this was necessary for both parties as the situation had gone south over the past two years, this still leaves a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-stephen-curry-warriors-believe-relevancy-klay-thompson-loss">major void for the Dubs at shooting guard</a> — the position Thompson has filled since he came into the league in 2011.</p><p>Now, the Warriors have assembled for themselves a solid roster with a ton of depth in the aftermath of Thompson’s departure. They brought in De’Anthony Melton and Buddy Hield, two shooting guards who can help replace Thompson’s production, while they also have an in-house option in Brandin Podziemski who could take on a larger role in his sophomore season.</p><p>It’s not quite clear yet who head coach Steve Kerr will name as the Warriors’ starter in the backcourt alongside Stephen Curry. But for Victor Oladipo, who made an appearance on ESPN as an analyst, the choice for the Dubs <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/1844102381136445946" rel="noopener">is rather clear</a>.</p><p>“All three players are great in their own right. But if I had to choose to pair next to Steph, I would have to go with De’Anthony Melton,” Oladipo said. “He’s shot pretty much 38 percent from three his whole career. He’s gonna guard other players, the best players in the league, so it takes some pressure off Steph.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Who will replace Klay Thompson's role in Golden State's starting lineup? 🤔 <a href="https://twitter.com/VicOladipo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VicOladipo</a> on who the best fit is with Steph Curry in the Warriors' backcourt 👀 <a href="https://t.co/dFsFlReUlx">pic.twitter.com/dFsFlReUlx</a></p><p>— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/1844102381136445946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Oladipo made use of some clips from the Warriors’ preseason win over the Los Angeles Clippers to show why Melton is the choice for him to start alongside Curry. Melton has a quick release and he can space the floor via catch-and-shoots, and he can also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-brandin-podziemski-identifies-gary-payton-iis-twin-brother-on-roster">pick up opposing ballhandlers</a> from 94 feet the way he did against James Harden on Saturday. Moreover, he has the motor to make things happen, whether by being disruptive or by fighting for loose balls.</p><p>The fight for the starting job will continue on for the rest of preseason and training camp. But skillset-wise, Melton does indeed make a ton of sense for the Warriors as Curry’s backcourt partner.</p><h2><b>Warriors conduct three-way battle for starting SG spot</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Steve-Kerr-and-Stephen-Curry-with-the-Warriors.jpg"></figure><p>Not many teams have the luxury of choice when it comes to who to start at shooting guard. The Warriors, in that regard, are fortunate. The three options that they have as a potential starter at the two also provide different dimensions to the team. Now, it remains unclear which dimension the Warriors will be prioritizing.</p><p>If the Warriors want better two-way balance, they could start De’Anthony Melton alongside Stephen Curry. Melton has the length and instincts to smother opposing ballhandlers, and he is active in the passing lanes as well. He is a streaky shooter, however, and he doesn’t provide much playmaking. But he is far and away the best perimeter defender the Warriors have at either guard position.</p><p>If they want a player who can keep the offense humming, Brandin Podziemski is their guy. Podziemski has impeccable feel for the game, and his movement off the basketball as well as his understanding of the Warriors system has made him a favorite within the organization.</p><p>With the departure of Klay Thompson, the Warriors could then roll with one of the greatest shooters of all time to replace him in Buddy Hield. Only Curry has <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=player+with+most+3+pointers+made+nba+since+2016-17">made more triples</a> than Hield since the latter began his NBA career in 2016.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Victor Oladipo identifies suitable Warriors replacement for Klay Thompson

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/indiana-basketball-news-victor-oladipo-hoosiers-honor');   ga('set', 'title', 'Victor Oladipo set for major Indiana basketball honor');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Indiana-basketball-news-Victor-Oladipo-set-for-major-Hoosiers-honor.jpg"></figure><h1>Victor Oladipo set for major Indiana basketball honor</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-03T09:58:03-07:00">August 3rd, 9:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-03T09:58:03-07:00">August 3rd, 9:58am</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana basketball legend and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-memphis-waives-victor-oladipo-steven-adams-rockets-trade">11-year NBA veteran Victor Oladipo</a> is heading to the Indiana Athletics Hall of Fame. He’s one of its six members named to IU’s 2024 induction class, announced Friday.</p><p>Oladipo led the Hoosiers to the Big 10 championship in 2012-13. He earned the program’s first National Player of the Year award in two decades and the Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year honors.</p><p>Oladipo averaged 13.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 2.2 steals, guiding the No.1 NCAA Tournament-seeded Hoosiers to its first Big 10 championship in over a decade. After his junior year, the first-team all-American declared himself for the NBA Draft, and the Orlando Magic selected him No. 2 overall in 2013.</p><h2>Will Victor Oladipo make a comeback?</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Victor-Oladipos-NBA-future-remains-uncertain.jpg"><figcaption>Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Victor Oladipo <a href="https://x.com/VicOladipo/status/1813592221024743890" rel="noopener">posted a cryptic message</a> on his X, formerly known as Twitter, page last month, which triggered concerns about his mental health and well-being.</p><p>“Good morning I just want to let everyone know it’s a very different time in my life and I can’t share my time and energy anymore,” Oladipo wrote. “I want to make everyone happy and be there for everybody especially those I care about, but I’m now called to walk a different path. I hope everyone can respect and understand that. You’ll soon see why. Peace be Unto You. #OlaHim”</p><p>Oladipo’s post ended with three emojis, one of which included prayer hands. But, without proper context, it’s difficult to detect if the NBA veteran’s message comes from a positive space while yielding speculation that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-victor-oladipo-cryptic-post-fans-worried">Oladipo could be considering retirement</a>. The 32-year-old veteran guard is in the twilight years of his career due to devastating injuries.</p><p>After being named to the All-NBA Third Team, All-Defensive First Team, and Most Improved Player in 2018, Oladipo was on the cusp of entering his prime. But countless injuries ultimately derailed a stellar, promising career.</p><p>The two-time All-Star (2018, 2019), who last played in Game 3 of the Miami Heat’s first-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks in 2023, underwent his third major surgery in four years. Oladipo tore his left patellar tendon, which forced him to sit the entire 2023-24 campaign.</p><p>Oladipo was traded to three different teams last season. Last summer, the Miami Heat sent him to the Oklahoma City Thunder. By training camp, Victor was heading to Houston in a deal involving Kevin Porter Jr. and then to Memphis when the Rockets traded for Steven Adams. The Grizzlies ultimately waived Oladipo in February.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Victor Oladipo set for major Indiana basketball honor

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-news-victor-oladipo-cryptic-post-fans-worried');   ga('set', 'title', 'Victor Oladipo’s cryptic post has NBA fans worried');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Victor-Oladipos-cryptic-post-has-NBA-fans-worried.jpg"></figure><h1>Victor Oladipo’s cryptic post has NBA fans worried</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-17T11:40:11-07:00">July 17th, 11:40am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-17T14:32:32-07:00">July 17th, 2:32pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP,  he's writing sports betting predictions for numerous sites across North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-erik-spoletsra-hints-at-bigger-role-for-victor-oladipo">Victor Oladipo was once</a> a budding star in the NBA. But after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstras-heart-breaks-in-front-of-reporters-amid-victor-oladipo-injury-vs-bucks">far too many injuries</a>, the guard has had a difficult time finding a permanent home in the league. As of right now, he’s a free agent after being waived by the Memphis Grizzlies in April before even playing a game for them.</p><p>The two-time All-Star worried NBA fans on Wednesday morning, igniting possible retirement rumors after posting a rather <a href="https://x.com/VicOladipo/status/1813592221024743890" rel="noopener">cryptic message</a> on X:</p><p>“Good morning I just want to let everyone know it’s a very different time in my life and I can’t share my time and energy anymore. I want to make everyone happy and be there for everybody especially those I care about, but I’m now called to walk a different path. I hope everyone can respect and understand that. You’ll soon see why. Peace be Unto You. #OlaHim🤹🏿‍♂️🥷🏾🤲🏿”</p><p>That surely sounds like Oladipo is considering retirement after 10 seasons. For what it’s worth, the ex-Indiana Hoosier didn’t play at all in 2023-24.</p><h2><b>Injuries derailed Victor Oladipo’s career</b></h2><p>Victor Oladipo came into the NBA in 2013 with the Orlando Magic and quickly made his presence felt. Each season after that, his numbers improved, averaging a career-best 23.1 points in 75 contests in 2017-18 with the Indiana Pacers. Following the season, however, everything went downhill.</p><p>Oladipo hasn’t played more than 42 games in a single campaign since then and has bounced around quite a bit. He spent two seasons with the Heat but suited up a mere 50 times. While Oladipo still showed flashes of brilliance off the bench, he simply couldn’t stay healthy. In the 2023 playoffs, he tore the patellar tendon in his left knee.</p><p>That summer, Miami traded him to the OKC Thunder, one of his former squads, before they sent Dipo to the Houston Rockets, another team he once played for. Oladipo didn’t last long there either as the Rockets shipped him to Memphis who quickly waived him.</p><p>It’s completely understandable why Oladipo is feeling dejected about his basketball career. He’s had nothing but bad luck.</p><h2><b>Fans react to Oladipo tweet</b></h2><p>NBA fans were worried about Oladipo’s well-being after he posted the message, sending him their best wishes:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Victor please be okay.</p><p>— Ime Udoka’s Sidechick 🍉 (@RaskinsThe) <a href="https://twitter.com/RaskinsThe/status/1813592809980702974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hope everything is okay Dipo ♥️</p><p>— Bones🦴 (@Boness305) <a href="https://twitter.com/Boness305/status/1813595633850491271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Take care of yourself. You cant be superman for everybody else and not be that for yourself. Blessings brother 🫶</p><p>— President Curry. (@Curry4daW) <a href="https://twitter.com/Curry4daW/status/1813603135224733912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dipo we love you bro ❤️</p><p>— . (@_HeatIn5) <a href="https://twitter.com/_HeatIn5/status/1813600489055146131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Victor Oladipo then posted this video shortly after:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/OBQCA0FrmJ">https://t.co/OBQCA0FrmJ</a></p><p>— Victor Oladipo (@VicOladipo) <a href="https://twitter.com/VicOladipo/status/1813606995678969918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Perhaps Oladipo isn’t talking about basketball at all? Maybe it’s something to do with his personal life? By the sounds of his first message though, it does feel like he’s referring to his career.</p><p>One person can only take so much disappointment. There’s no questioning Oladipo’s abilities, he just can’t seem to stay on the court.</p><p>Moving on to the next chapter in his life could be the best move. We hope Victor Oladipo is okay. That’s the most important thing.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Victor Oladipo’s cryptic post has NBA fans worried

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It’s amazing to me how people who don’t know any details. Have all the answers.

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Happy Easter 🐰🙏🏿

He Is Risen Indeed 🙌🏿🤎

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“TUNDE” 
My New Album Out Now! 🇳🇬🔥🙏🏿. Go Check It Out Asap! On all music platforms! 

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Out on ALL platforms! Just type in my name! Check me out asap and share!

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Out on all play forms! 👀 go check me out asap and share! 🙏🏿🙌🏿

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