Miami Heat's Victor Oladipo Will Not Make Three-Game Road Trip

Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo predicted this as a redemption year for him this season.

After saying he was in the best shape of his career, Oladipo has yet to play this season. He will not travel with the team on a three-game road trip because of knee issues.

The Heat announced it via Twitter Tuesday afternoon.

UPDATE: Victor Oladipo (knee) is not traveling with the team today to Portland.
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) October 25, 2022

Oladipo has dealt with various injuries since 2019. The Heat have maintained they plan to be patient with him. The good news for the Heat is center Omer Yurtseven did make the trip. After missing the first four games of the season, he is expected to make a return to the lineup at some point during the trip.

Despite starting the season with four straight home games, the Heat are just 1-3 entering the trip.

"I don’t think anybody would have anticipated, starting off with this home stretch, that we’d be 1-3,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “That’s sometimes the nature of this league. It’s tough. You can’t just mail in victories. You have to earn ‘em, and sometimes things don’t go exactly how you want them to go. And these are opportunities to come together and develop some collective resolve.”

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