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Victor Oladipo
Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipoⓘ (/ˌoʊləˈdiːpoʊ/ OH-lə-DEE-poh; born May 4, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, where in the 2012–13 season he was named the Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year, the Co-NABC Defensive Player of the Year, and a first-team All-American by the USBWA and Sporting News. That year, he was also named the winner of the Adolph Rupp Trophy, given annually to the top player in men's NCAA Division I basketball.
Oladipo was drafted with the second overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic and went on to be named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016 and then traded to the Indiana Pacers in 2017. He became a first-time NBA All-Star, led the league in steals, was named to the All-Defensive First Team and the All-NBA Third Team, and won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in his first season with Indiana. Despite an injury-riddled 2018–19 season, including a season-ending injury in January 2019, Oladipo was named an Eastern Conference All-Star reserve for the second straight year. In January 2021, he was traded to the Houston Rockets, but was dealt to the Miami Heat just two months later. He underwent season-ending surgery after just four games with Miami and made his playing return in March 2022.
Oladipo is also a singer, having released an EP, Songs for You, in 2017, his debut full-length album V.O. in 2018, and an afrobeats-inspired EP, TUNDE, in 2023.
Oladipo was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, and raised in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. His mother, a nurse, and father are both originally from Nigeria. Oladipo's parents immigrated to the United States in 1985, where they were married. Oladipo has three sisters, including a pair of twins.
Oladipo played CYO basketball at St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville, Maryland. While going to DeMatha High School, also in Hyattsville, he was on the basketball team. He remained there until 2010.
Oladipo chose to play basketball at Indiana University, turning down offers from Notre Dame, Maryland, Xavier and others. Upon his commitment to the Hoosiers, he said, "It's like a basketball atmosphere everywhere you go....Bloomington, Indiana is a basketball town. That's perfect." He joined during the 2010–11 season, playing 32 games with five starts as a freshman, averaging 7.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 18.0 minutes per game.
As a sophomore during the 2011–12 season, Justin Albers from Inside the Hall referred him as "Indiana's most improved player this season". In the 2012 NCAA tournament, the Hoosiers lost in the Sweet Sixteen to Kentucky. In 36 games, he made 34 starts and averaged 10.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.4 steals in 26.7 minutes per game.
In the 2012–13 season, despite an Indiana roster deep with talent, Oladipo emerged as one of the nation's biggest stars. Midway through the season, ESPN reporter Eamonn Brenann wrote, "In 2½ seasons in Bloomington, Oladipo has morphed from a raw athletic specimen to a defensive specialist/energy glue guy – he became a hit with IU fans for holding his hand in front of his face after dunks at home, typically after a steal he himself created – into a sudden, stunning, bona fide collegiate star." Due in part to Oladipo's leadership, the Indiana Hoosiers finished the 2012–13 season as the outright Big Ten champions. At the end of the regular season, Oladipo ranked fourth in the country in field goal percentage (61.4), on pace to have the highest field goal percentage by any guard since the 1996–97 season. Among Wooden Award finalists, he had the best net rating, which is the difference between points produced and points allowed per 100 possessions. Oladipo produced 42 more points than he allowed per 100 possessions.
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Victor Oladipo
Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipoⓘ (/ˌoʊləˈdiːpoʊ/ OH-lə-DEE-poh; born May 4, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, where in the 2012–13 season he was named the Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year, the Co-NABC Defensive Player of the Year, and a first-team All-American by the USBWA and Sporting News. That year, he was also named the winner of the Adolph Rupp Trophy, given annually to the top player in men's NCAA Division I basketball.
Oladipo was drafted with the second overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic and went on to be named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016 and then traded to the Indiana Pacers in 2017. He became a first-time NBA All-Star, led the league in steals, was named to the All-Defensive First Team and the All-NBA Third Team, and won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in his first season with Indiana. Despite an injury-riddled 2018–19 season, including a season-ending injury in January 2019, Oladipo was named an Eastern Conference All-Star reserve for the second straight year. In January 2021, he was traded to the Houston Rockets, but was dealt to the Miami Heat just two months later. He underwent season-ending surgery after just four games with Miami and made his playing return in March 2022.
Oladipo is also a singer, having released an EP, Songs for You, in 2017, his debut full-length album V.O. in 2018, and an afrobeats-inspired EP, TUNDE, in 2023.
Oladipo was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, and raised in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. His mother, a nurse, and father are both originally from Nigeria. Oladipo's parents immigrated to the United States in 1985, where they were married. Oladipo has three sisters, including a pair of twins.
Oladipo played CYO basketball at St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville, Maryland. While going to DeMatha High School, also in Hyattsville, he was on the basketball team. He remained there until 2010.
Oladipo chose to play basketball at Indiana University, turning down offers from Notre Dame, Maryland, Xavier and others. Upon his commitment to the Hoosiers, he said, "It's like a basketball atmosphere everywhere you go....Bloomington, Indiana is a basketball town. That's perfect." He joined during the 2010–11 season, playing 32 games with five starts as a freshman, averaging 7.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 18.0 minutes per game.
As a sophomore during the 2011–12 season, Justin Albers from Inside the Hall referred him as "Indiana's most improved player this season". In the 2012 NCAA tournament, the Hoosiers lost in the Sweet Sixteen to Kentucky. In 36 games, he made 34 starts and averaged 10.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.4 steals in 26.7 minutes per game.
In the 2012–13 season, despite an Indiana roster deep with talent, Oladipo emerged as one of the nation's biggest stars. Midway through the season, ESPN reporter Eamonn Brenann wrote, "In 2½ seasons in Bloomington, Oladipo has morphed from a raw athletic specimen to a defensive specialist/energy glue guy – he became a hit with IU fans for holding his hand in front of his face after dunks at home, typically after a steal he himself created – into a sudden, stunning, bona fide collegiate star." Due in part to Oladipo's leadership, the Indiana Hoosiers finished the 2012–13 season as the outright Big Ten champions. At the end of the regular season, Oladipo ranked fourth in the country in field goal percentage (61.4), on pace to have the highest field goal percentage by any guard since the 1996–97 season. Among Wooden Award finalists, he had the best net rating, which is the difference between points produced and points allowed per 100 possessions. Oladipo produced 42 more points than he allowed per 100 possessions.
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