Victor Oladipo

Oladipo's parents moved to the United States in 1985, where they were married.

Oladipo has three sisters, including a pair of twins.

After playing CYO basketball at St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville, Maryland, Oladipo played high school basketball at DeMatha High School, also in Hyattsville.

As a senior, he averaged 11.9 points, 10.3 rebounds and 3.6 blocks per game.

He led DeMatha to a 32–4 record and the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and City championships.

Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo (born May 4, 1992) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player who last played for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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.

Oladipo was named to the Washington Post 2010 All-Met First Team and the First Team All-WCAC.

He was ranked No. 144 overall and the No. 41 shooting guard in his class by Rivals.com, while Scout.com listed him as the No. 39 shooting guard in his class, and ESPN listed him at No. 53 at his position.

Oladipo chose to play basketball at Indiana University Bloomington and major in sports communication broadcasting, 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."

During the 2010–11 season, Oladipo played in 32 games (five starts), averaging 7.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.06 steals in 18.0 minutes per game, while shooting .547 from the field.

He earned his first career start against Penn State on December 27 and responded with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting, four rebounds, three steals, and two assists in 27 minutes of action.

As a sophomore during the 2011–12 season, Oladipo averaged 10.9 points and 5.5 rebounds in 26.7 minutes per game (47.1% FG, 75% FT).

Some commentators referred to him as Indiana's "most improved player this season", and he was often cited as the team's best defender.

He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, where in the 2012–2013 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.

The team earned a #4 seed in the 2012 NCAA tournament and defeated New Mexico State in the second round.

After defeating VCU in the third round, the Hoosiers lost in the Sweet Sixteen to Kentucky, the eventual national champions.

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.

In 2012–13, Oladipo played and started in all 36 games, averaging 13.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.17 steals.

At the conclusion of his junior year, Oladipo racked up numerous awards.

He was named the Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year, the National Co-Defensive Player of the Year, and a first-team All-American by the USBWA and Sporting News.

In conference honors, he was named a unanimous pick to the first-team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and media, and was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the year.

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.

On April 9, 2013, at a press conference with Tom Crean, Oladipo announced his decision to forgo his senior season at Indiana and enter the 2013 NBA draft.

He was projected as a top-15 pick by ESPN and CBS Sports.

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.

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.

He also appeared as "Thingamajig" on season 2 of The Masked Singer, finishing in fifth place.

Oladipo was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, and raised in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

His mother, a nurse, and father are from Nigeria.

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.