Rather than getting all the way to the basket and attempting an on-point layup, he’s settling for floaters and off-balance finishes while only sparsely getting to the line. Where he once would’ve hit the brakes at a moment’s notice and propelled himself straight up and down for a pull-up jump shot, he’s snaking his way around traffic and landing softly on one leg. For now at least, there’s a higher degree of difficulty in almost everything he does. In addition to spending more time out on the perimeter, where he’s taken over half of his shots as threes he’s truncating his drives, loading up on as many shots from short mid-range areas (3-16 feet) as at the rim. Victor Oladipo doesn’t look like himself yet.
