Pacers' Victor Oladipo out for season with ruptured quad tendon in knee

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25841881/victor-oladipo-indiana-pacers-season-ruptured-quad-tendon-knee

That sucks.


bob


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Tough loss for Pacers. Who steps in for him?

That is really a tough pill to swallow. I don't see much if any hope for IND this season. They may even fall out of playoff contention. It will look a lot like when LeBron left CLE this past season.

db

Tyreke Evans will need to play very well.

So now it' s Milwaukee, Toronto, us or Philly filling out the top bracket. We'll probably play the Bucks or Raptors in the conference finals unless the 6ers can knock one off... doubt it...

You can pump all the sunshine into IND you want, but this a right in the ballpark equivalent of TOR losing Kawhi or MIL losing the Greek Freak for the rest of the season, probably worse.  Tankville.  

No one is addressing the fact if we lost Kyrie for the rest of the season if it would tank us....Oh wait, that happened last year and we threw in Hayward for free!  

Golden State can do the same thing we can.  They aren't completely dependent on one person like TOR, MIL, PHI and IND are.  BOS and GSW will be in the finals probably for this reason alone...interchangeably replaceable parts.  And if you want to go a step further, our replacement parts are probably better than our original parts.  GSW?  Can Iggy go for 30+?  Livingston?  I say, "Come on, man!!"

db