The Miami Heat need Victor Oladipo back, if he can get back, but what’s the process look like?
While that is an important question, the context of the question and the events that surround it are important as well. Per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, there are still real questions to be answered for everyone.
Some of those details are actually important as to obtaining the answer to the important question here. Here are a few details from Jackson’s report.
"The Heat and Victor Oladipo have not ruled out the injured guard playing again this season, but a final decision hasn’t been made and Oladipo continues to seek input on how to deal with right knee soreness stemming from an incident in last week’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers, multiple league sources said over the past two days. An MRI of Oladipo’s knee revealed no new structural damage such as a ruptured ACL or torn ligament, Five Reasons Sports Network reported Sunday night. An NBA source did not dispute that report but said additional medical opinions are being sought. Whether the Heat calls it soreness or a sprain is semantics. The larger issue is whether Oladipo, in the next few weeks, feels comfortable playing on a knee that already has been surgically repaired following a significant 2019 injury. That’s an issue both sides are discussing, as Oladipo —with the Heat’s blessing — continues to seek additional medical opinions on the best course of treatment. Both the Heat and Oladipo want to be cautious."
Those are quite the details and enough to answer the main question at hand here. So, what’s the answer?