Pacers guard Victor Oladipo was pulling up his game socks in front of his locker stall last week when he glanced up at highlights of that night’s opponent. There on the big-screen TV was his childhood friend, Warriors guard Quinn Cook, hitting a three-pointer over the outstretched arm of a Jazz defender.
“It’s definitely going to be dope when Kevin (Durant) gets back from that rib injury,” said Oladipo, who grew up with Durant and Cook outside Washington, D.C. “They’ve known each other for a long time, so it’s pretty cool seeing them play together on the same floor in the highest level of basketball.