00:00Did you see Leroy yesterday, one of your favorites, Victor Oladipo,
00:07wrote a letter to all the GMs saying that he wants one more chance,
00:12that he is feeling completely healthy.
00:14He did not rush back.
00:15He took his time, and he's just looking for one more opportunity
00:19to show what he can do.
00:21We know he's been doing workouts, but, you know, he's trying to get that.
00:25Remember, he was with the Heat in 2023, blew out his patella tendon.
00:30And that was after he already had a quad injury, his first run with the Heat.
00:34Two go-rounds.
00:35Two go-rounds.
00:36He's 34 years old.
00:38The Heat have an open roster spot.
00:41And this is from Ira Winderman, who says that the Heat have granted him access
00:47to the facility to work out, and they are monitoring his comeback.
00:52They are kind of keeping an eye on it.
00:55There was a report yesterday from Jake Fisher from Bleacher Report in the Steinlein
01:00who said that the Heat reportedly, internally, you know, are thinking about using
01:04that last roster spot to sign a veteran guard.
01:08Not a ton of veteran guards out there right now.
01:11Would you think the Heat will give maybe a little looky-loo at bringing in Victor Oladipo?
01:16Would you like that?
01:17I think they like what he does.
01:23I think they have questions whether he can still do it.
01:29You see what I'm saying?
01:31Yeah, for sure.
01:32I mean, he hasn't played since, you know, 23.
01:34He played with the Milwaukee or the Wisconsin, excuse me, Wisconsin Hurd the last couple seasons
01:39in the G League.
01:40Like, you know, I think, you know, I don't know, because, like, these are the guys that
01:50are out there.
01:51You got, like, Gabe Vincent, you know, Lonzo Ball.
01:55Oh, geez.
01:56Yeah.
01:57I mean, it's not, like, the greatest shakes in the world.
02:00I mean, Oladipo is a guy who has obviously been to the heights of being an all-star, you
02:06know, a feature guy for the team.
02:08And, obviously, it's great vibes, you know?
02:10I mean, he's got a relationship with a lot of guys around here.
02:14I think, you know, he's been, he's tried workouts in Vegas and whatnot to get him.
02:19They did just sign Nick Richards, who was working out at the facility a ton.
02:23So, I mean, there's that little, you know, the idea that he is working out at the facility.
02:27It doesn't feel like nothing, because you could work out, hey, you could work out at UM,
02:30you could work out anywhere down here, you know?
02:32Right.
02:32But, just kind of, you know, he's like, you know, all right, all right, all right.
02:37He's like giving Riles, hey, Riles, you know, a little something.
02:43I think, more importantly, you know, I think he fits the type of player they want.
02:51Defense.
02:53Yeah.
02:54Can be, I mean, I hate to say, like, can he be a go-to scorer three years out of
02:59the league?
02:59I don't know, but he has been that before.
03:01I don't know, that's the thing, that, like, with all players, we have to get past what they've done
03:11to identify what they can do, right?
03:15Because if you're not being realistic about it, then you're being unfair to the situation also.
03:21So, if they have a conversation, they say, well, what can Victor do for us?
03:25What can we count on, right?
03:30And then evaluate that, and then if it works out, it works out.
