ESPN services Jun 27, 2023, 6:50 p.m. Reading: 2 min.
Victor Oladipo of the Miami Heat has exercised his $9.4 million option for the 2023-24 season, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Oladipo, 31, tore his left patellar tendon during the first round of the playoffs against the Milwaukee Bucks in April. He underwent his third major surgery in the last four years (the other two were in the right knee area) and there is no date for his return.
Oladipo was a two-time All-Star with the Indiana Pacers before being injured in January 2019. Indiana traded him to the Houston Rockets in January 2021. The Rockets traded him to Miami two months later; he played four games in March 2021 with the Heat before reinjuring himself.
Oladipo appeared in just eight regular-season games in 2021-22 as he recovered from a second surgery to repair his right quadriceps tendon. He made 15 playoff games for Miami in 2022, then agreed to a two-year deal to stay with the Heat last summer.
He played in 42 games this season with Miami, his most in any regular season since 2017-18.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
Victor Oladipo, before a game against the Pacers of the 2023 season. Photo: Getty
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