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The Pacers are arguably worse without Vic than the Cavs are without LeBron.

He won't win MVP, but name me a player that a team relies on more to win. Pacers would be 3rd seed right now if Vic had not missed any games.

Not sure if you are questioning the validity of the trade, or my assumption that it makes the Pacers playoff run tougher. The Pacers are currently 7th in the east and the Pistons 9th. This trade may help pull the Pistons back towards that 8th spot.

Pacers playoff run just got tougher. Pistons just acquired Blake Griffin.

So, will Russ favor PG13 and freeze Vic out at the ASG?

I remember a 6th grade girls team a few years back that had a 6'1 girl.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/how-domantas-sabonis-unleashed-his-fighting-spirit-and-became-a-steal-for-the-pacers/

Mom, Dwayne Wade, and Tom Crean talk Vic. https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/insider/2018/01/17/victor-oladipo-has-lot-style-but-its-never-greater-than/1038551001/

Saw a chart where he was 4th in the Fan voting for Eastern Conference backcourt player, but was 3rd in voting by the players and the media for Eastern backcourt.

Basketball Reference has a cool feature where they list cumulative career stats for each draft class. I was just looking at it to see how OG compared to everyone in the 2017 class, and as expected, he rates in the top 15 in almost every meaningful category (Top 10 in most), an indication that he was likely drafted too low. That led me to think, well what about Yogi. Unfortunately, Yogi was not drafted in 2016, so there's no easy list and sort option to see how where he stands. that said, he does have his personal page on the site, and by comparing his personal stats against those that were drafted, I thought these were particularly interesting. He would rank 5th in career win shares at 3.8. He would be 7th in career ppg at 10.1 He would be 5th in Value over Replacement at .9 If you throw out a couple of guys that have played less than 15 games, he would rank 4th in Box Plus/Minus at -.5 9th in minutes played with 2457 (which makes his top 5 in win shares even more impressive) https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2016.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/ferreyo01.html The young man has done himself proud.

OG played 35 minutes tonight.....and did not have a single field goal attempt.

Vic ruled out for Friday night's game as well. Pacers in a world of hurt if he is out for an extended period of time.

I think he goes out of his way to defer to his teammates at times on the offensive end. Important approach for team success.

OG with 20 tonight, including 6-7 from 3 point range.

21 fouls on Pacers, Only 12 on Thunder. the NBA and ESPN got what they wanted from the refs, ensuring the 'marquee' team came away with a win.

Doyel offering his opinion of the OKC / Indy matchup this Wednesday. And, trust me when I say, he does not hold back. https://www.indystar.com/get-access/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indystar.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcolumnists%2Fgregg-doyel%2F2017%2F12%2F12%2Fdoyel-paul-george-wanted-trade-but-pacers-getting-last-laugh%2F941736001%2F

An excellent article on Vic's emergence. https://www.sbnation.com/2017/12/12/16765284/victor-oladipo-indiana-pacers-star-stats-career

http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/oladipos-star-continues-rise

They may want to re-rank after Vic's game tonight.

Vic signs his shoes and gives them to a couple of kids after his post-game interview.

Yogi with 8 point, 7 boards, +15 in a team high 34 minutes against the Celtics tonight.

In the post-game interview, you could just feel how comfortable Vic is in Indiana. He even made a comment to the effect that "I'm going to be here a long time".

Cody with a knee injury in tonight's game. Calling it a strain at this point.

Cody needs to be traded. Too many more years in Charlotte, and his career will end up being a waste.