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Victor Oladipo decided to open his eyes and join the free agent to find the best place for him.
After all, he was already there.
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Oladipo signed a new contract with the Miami Heat on Thursday. This is, at his option, a two-year contract with the second of those years. Due to injury and recovery, he was restricted to participation in the first season of the franchise and 12 of the 110 possible 110 regular seasons. ..
“My biggest goal is to show everyone that I’m healthy and able to play for a year, and that I’m one of the best players in the league. “Oladipo said. “So everything else takes care of itself, and that’s what I’m focusing on.”
Oladipo has played only eight regular season games in the past season while recovering from a second surgery to repair the right quadriceps tendon. He was an All-Star twice in Indiana before being injured in January 2019. He came back a year later, but he wasn’t near the same player. Indiana traded him to Houston in January 2021. The rocket didn’t keep him long. Before moving him to Miami, Oladipo was injured again after playing four games in March 2021.
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It took him most of last season to come back. He participated in 15 playoff games in Miami this spring, playing much more in the postseason than in the regular season. Then a free agent came in and Oladipo looked around and soon decided that Miami was his best choice.
“I feel it was just the best deal for me, and it seemed like a lot of people were moving away from me,” Oladipo said. “So I think it was the best option for me to come back here and play in the heat. I’m looking forward to doing it now. I had a very good and powerful opportunity to get to the finals. I felt. Last year. That is my goal for this year. “
Since his first injury in January 2019, Oladipo has been limited to 60 regular season matches. However, the heat entered the off-season and was convinced that Oladipo, an all-NBA player, all-defensive team player, and even the winner of the Most Growing Player Award, needed time to regain his form.
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“He never had a summer like this, probably four,” said heat coach Erik Spoelstra at the end of the season. “Yes, next year I’ll see a completely different Vic by the time I go to the training camp. In the summer, he’ll be able to physically work in his craft and return to the player people were used to. hand”