NBA: Pacers star Victor Oladipo won’t play in restarted season

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Indiana Pacers star guard Victor Oladipo will skip the restarted season in the Orlando area, the team confirmed Friday.

Oladipo played in just 13 games before the season was interrupted by the coronavirus, missing the first 47 games due to a torn right quad tendon sustained in January 2019. He is concerned about re-injury and also cited a lack of comfort with the restart situation.

Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard said in a statement, "We totally respect and understand Victor's decision to not play in the restart of the NBA's season. The first priority for our players is, and always will be, their health, whether that be physical or mental health. "A part of rehab is working your way back and getting yourself to 100 percent, so at the end of the day, going back and turning things up as quickly as we're about to do, and pretty much going to playoff formation and playoff games after eight games, I'm more susceptible to injury than anyone else is," Oladipo said. "So, it's not about now, it's about longevity.

 

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