MIAMI (AP) — Victor Oladipo exercised his $9.5 million alternative on Tuesday and is now beneath agreement with the Miami Heat for this coming period.
He tore his remaining patellar tendon during the to start with spherical of the playoffs towards Milwaukee in April. The 31-year-outdated guard underwent his third main surgical procedure in the very last four decades — the other two were being on his ideal knee location — and there is no timetable for his return.
Oladipo was a two-time All-Star with Indiana before getting hurt in January 2019. Indiana traded him to Houston in January 2021. The Rockets traded him to Miami two months later he played 4 games in March 2021 with the Warmth prior to acquiring damage again.
Oladipo appeared in just 8 common-year video games in the 2021-22 year whilst recovering from a next surgical procedures to restore his correct quadriceps tendon. He bought into 15 playoff games for Miami in 2022, then agreed on a two-year offer to remain with the Warmth last summer.
He performed in 42 online games this season with Miami, his most in any typical time because 2017-18.
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