There was no shot at the kid from Indiana.
Oklahoma City held the 12th pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, and he would be off the board long before that. By the second pick, as it turned out. There was never a chance he'd fall so far.
But at the Draft Combine in Chicago that spring, the Thunder met with Victor Oladipo anyway.
“Because you never really know what's going to happen down the line,” said Will Dawkins, OKC's director of college player personnel.
In 11 days, the Thunder will make the 21st pick in this year's NBA Draft.