The Indiana Pacers were faced with a bit of a dilemma at the 2019 NBA trade deadline.
Victor Oladipo had just gone down with a gruesome quad injury weeks before that would keep him out for the remainder of the season and the first several months of the following season. The Pacers were 32-15, good enough to hold steady even without their best player for a playoff spot.
Once they got there, though, who would man the offense and take the big shots? Who would be their guy with VO out? It was a struggle to see how the Pacers would be much of a force in the 2019 playoffs.