Victor Oladipo

Cammo101 · Post #101 » by **Cammo101** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:45 am

Marvin Martian wrote:just how tall is Oladipo? They list him as 6-5 but he looks barely 6-4

This is the million dollar question that will decide where he is drafted. He looks like he might be under 6'4'' IMO.

ManualRam · Post #102 » by **ManualRam** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:29 pm

Cammo101 wrote:
Marvin Martian wrote:just how tall is Oladipo? They list him as 6-5 but he looks barely 6-4

This is the million dollar question that will decide where he is drafted. He looks like he might be under 6'4'' IMO.

not really. he's got really good length. he's also strong and is obviously a really good athlete.
i'd say he's closer to 6'4, but he does have a slight hunch in his back. measuring his height would be similar to measuring the height of guys with short necks.

FlutieX · Post #103 » by **FlutieX** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:59 pm

Gilles wrote:While like him a lot, and think he'll be a very good late lottery pick, people should not overlook few facts:
1. He's still a junior. His TS% jumped to .709 from .545 last year, while other advanced stats stayed the same
2. He's not a featured ball-handler or offensive option, he's probably fourth offensive player on the floor at best most of the time.
3. They basically have the same team from last year that was very good offensively despite inexperience even last year, so off-season and another year added a lot to offensive cohesiveness.

This is an excellent analysis. I would assume Oladipo GMs who value analytics will be all over this kid.

Post #104 » by **165bows** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:58 pm

FlutieX wrote:
Gilles wrote:While like him a lot, and think he'll be a very good late lottery pick, people should not overlook few facts:
1. He's still a junior. His TS% jumped to .709 from .545 last year, while other advanced stats stayed the same
2. He's not a featured ball-handler or offensive option, he's probably fourth offensive player on the floor at best most of the time.
3. They basically have the same team from last year that was very good offensively despite inexperience even last year, so off-season and another year added a lot to offensive cohesiveness.

This is an excellent analysis. I would assume Oladipo GMs who value analytics will be all over this kid.

He is relatively young for a junior. He's only 8-9 months older than McLemore and Bennett, both freshmen that just turned twenty. Also only six months older than Trey Burke.

Post #105 » by **Ruzious** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:24 pm

ManualRam wrote:
Cammo101 wrote:
Marvin Martian wrote:just how tall is Oladipo? They list him as 6-5 but he looks barely 6-4

This is the million dollar question that will decide where he is drafted. He looks like he might be under 6'4'' IMO.

not really. he's got really good length. he's also strong and is obviously a really good athlete.
i'd say he's closer to 6'4, but he does have a slight hunch in his back. measuring his height would be similar to measuring the height of guys with short necks.

Yeah, I don't think it'll be a factor, and I think he'll measure closer to 6'5 than 6'3. He's got the short neck and long arms that discount any short stigma for the NBA folks. Remember all the internet experts who said Harden was small? He turned out to be anything but small.

moss_is_1 · Post #106 » by **moss_is_1** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:07 pm

If you take him you know he's going to be an impact player defensively, IMO. He has great instincts, length and motor to be a great defender. Then you hope he develops a consistent jumper and more advanced ball-handling skills. Tony Allen with a better jumper is really the best thing I can come up with. Not a great jumper, but almost any jumper is better then Allen.

Johnlac1 · Post #107 » by **Johnlac1** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:07 am

Oladipo is the kind of player who might be able to cover three positions...both guards and sfs who aren't real long. Players with his kind of attitude, athleticism, and desire don't come along every year.

XtotheDeezy · Post #108 » by **XtotheDeezy** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:04 pm

He just UPPED his stock with a great game against Temple.

discord · Post #109 » by **discord** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:10 pm

Really?

Wyatt dropped 31 on him despite ref calling it extremely close in Indiana's favor
He hit a huge 3, but that shot was created by Zeller not Oladipo

He showed nothing that we didn't already know. Syracuse with that zone, length, and MCW will tell me a whole lot more about his scoring prowess and defensive capability against taller/ just as explosive athletes.

machu46 · Post #110 » by **machu46** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:46 am

discord wrote:Really?

Wyatt dropped 31 on him despite ref calling it extremely close in Indiana's favor
He hit a huge 3, but that shot was created by Zeller not Oladipo

He showed nothing that we didn't already know. Syracuse with that zone, length, and MCW will tell me a whole lot more about his scoring prowess and defensive capability against taller/ just as explosive athletes.

Yeah, I'm in this camp too. If anything, this game lowered his stock in my eyes because he got absolutely torched by a guy that's half the athlete Oladipo's gonna see in the NBA.

8305 · Post #111 » by **8305** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:27 am

Post Temple I think Victor's draft Stock is fine. He did nothing to dispel the notion that he's the best athlete in the draft, by game's end he seemed to have Wyatt pretty well measured up and he pretty much owned the last two minutes of the game. Compare that to his competition at the top of this draft.

I'm more inclined to say Wyatt popped onto some NBA exec's radar screens with a remarkable bright lights performance. His game reminded me of Paul Pirce.

mrknowname · Post #112 » by **mrknowname** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 11:33 am

machu46 wrote:
discord wrote:Really?

Wyatt dropped 31 on him despite ref calling it extremely close in Indiana's favor
He hit a huge 3, but that shot was created by Zeller not Oladipo

He showed nothing that we didn't already know. Syracuse with that zone, length, and MCW will tell me a whole lot more about his scoring prowess and defensive capability against taller/ just as explosive athletes.

Yeah, I'm in this camp too. If anything, this game lowered his stock in my eyes because he got absolutely torched by a guy that's half the athlete Oladipo's gonna see in the NBA.

you're overreacting over one game. wyatt was hitting a lot of contested shots against several defenders.

sometimes guys get hot and theres not too much you can do.

Post #113 » by **165bows** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:29 pm

mrknowname wrote:
machu46 wrote:
discord wrote:Really?

Wyatt dropped 31 on him despite ref calling it extremely close in Indiana's favor
He hit a huge 3, but that shot was created by Zeller not Oladipo

He showed nothing that we didn't already know. Syracuse with that zone, length, and MCW will tell me a whole lot more about his scoring prowess and defensive capability against taller/ just as explosive athletes.

Yeah, I'm in this camp too. If anything, this game lowered his stock in my eyes because he got absolutely torched by a guy that's half the athlete Oladipo's gonna see in the NBA.

you're overreacting over one game. wyatt was hitting a lot of contested shots against several defenders.

sometimes guys get hot and theres not too much you can do.

I would agree with that. Wyatt took 24 shots to score 31 points, and registered zero assists.

mavs_dachamps · Post #114 » by **mavs_dachamps** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:37 pm

I deffinantly think this game raised Oladipo's stock the ice in his gains to knock down that last three was impressive. But what I like was in the second half when Temple was gaining some momentom Oladipo stop it cold with a steal(which led to a bucket) and an assist.

detroitKG · Post #115 » by **detroitKG** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:22 pm

Also for those who say he got lit up...

Wyatts pts broken down by defender..

Khalif Wyatt's points by defender: 10 against Sheehey, 9 against Oladipo, 6 against Abell, 4 against Watford, 2 against Zeller

Yes it wasn't Vic's best game defensively of the season, but still came up big in WINNING time.

discord · Post #116 » by **discord** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:36 pm

I don't buy that. He was shooting over double teams a good portion of the game, so that sum doesn't add up.

I do agree that it doesn't matter.

HeartBreakKid · Post #117 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:43 pm

Oladipo didn't guard wyat for most of the game, only a bout half way into the second.

Wyatt exploded and made like 20 of temples first 24 points, which oladipo was guarding their pg at that time

rockmanslim · Post #118 » by **rockmanslim** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:15 pm

Watch full replays here if you want to see for yourself who guarded who:

http://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/

Haven't gotten around to watching that game yet myself...

Mr.Raptorsingh · Post #119 » by **Mr.Raptorsingh** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:09 am

Oladipo had somewhat of a below average game defensively vs. Syracuse, I thought. Got beat a few times off of the dribble by Carter-Williams. Do others who watched the game feel the same way?

Marvin Martian · Post #120 » by **Marvin Martian** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:16 am

Mr.Raptorsingh wrote:Oladipo had somewhat of a below average game defensively vs. Syracuse, I thought. Got beat a few times off of the dribble by Carter-Williams. Do others who watched the game feel the same way?

I think MCW only scored twice on Oladipo. One being a obvious travel and the other being a difficult bank shot. MCW did most of his damage in the first half when Oladipo wasn't guarding him.

He had his typical, highly efficient game. Would have liked to see him put the ball on the floor more, but overall I think any NBA team would be happy to take him top 5 if he declares.