Indiana Pacers: Who will be primary scorer before Victor Oladipo is back?
By Justin Byers
The Indiana Pacers will be without all-star Victor Oladipo for the start of the season. Oladipo, who has been the Pacers’ primary scorer, will have a new face orchestrating the team’s offensive until his return. Until then, who will emerge as the team’s primary scorer?
Heading into the 2019-2020 season there is a sense of curiosity surrounding the Indiana Pacers.
The Pacers will be without their superstar, Victor Oladipo, for the first half of the season as he continues to recover from a ruptured quad tendon he sustained last January against the Toronto Raptors.
Last season, despite the injury, the Pacers remained afloat and were able to earn a playoff appearance against the Boston Celtics. However, after an offseason that included an overhaul of the majority of the roster from last season’s team, there is an element of the unknown heading into 2019-2020.
In anticipation of Oladipo’s absence, the Pacers’ front office wasted no time in adding talent that is capable of scoring at a high rate on a nightly basis.
With the addition of projected starters Malcolm Brogdon, Jeremy Lamb, and T.J. Warren, the Pacers will have to have the majority of the scoring allocated amongst one of these three players until the revival of Oladipo.
Here’s who looks to be the primary scorer before Oladipo returns: