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Victor Oladipo believes the Indiana Pacers will make the playoffs

Victor Oladipo will miss the start of the upcoming season

A knee injury ended Victor Oladipo's second season in Indiana ahead of the All-Star break, and the Pacers subsequently stumbled to a first-round postseason exit without their star man. The 27-year-old is not expected to be back until December at the earliest, although Oladipo is confident that the Pacers will be good enough to reach the playoffs for a fifth consecutive season:

I feel like we got some great additions. We got a chance to be really special. I feel like the league is wide open... Playoffs, for sure. Definitely.

Oladipo has enjoyed a career resurgence since joining the Pacers as part of the blockbuster deal that sent Paul George to Oklahoma City. During the 18-19 season, the shooting guard averaged 18.8 points, 5.2 assists, 5.6 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game.