Miami Heat: 3 Goals For Victor Oladipo’s 2021-22 Season

Dennis Schroder #17 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket while being defended by Victor Oladipo #4 and Bam Adebayo #13 of the Miami Heat(Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images)
Dennis Schroder #17 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket while being defended by Victor Oladipo #4 and Bam Adebayo #13 of the Miami Heat(Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images)
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Victor Oladipo (4) of the Miami Heat drives to the basket during the first half against the Golden State Warriors (Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images)

Miami Heat: 3 Goals For Victor Oladipo’s 2021-22 – Team Production & Top-Tier

Oladipo has been a top-level player in the NBA before, so that’s surely on his mind. However, after and if he can stay healthy, a huge “if” at this point, then he can begin to climb that ladder again.

That starts with the following goal.

Be Meaningful Part Of Title-Contending Rotation

If he is right and healthy, Oladipo can certainly be a meaningful part of any rotation. Though this sounds like good health again, overall, it isn’t.

Not only must he get back physically healthy, but he then must show the work, patience, and faith that it all will happen as it should. His team must gain that trust that he’ll be there and healthy for them.

That stands from a teammates perspective, a coaches perspective, and a total organization perspective. He has to get healthy, once again prove he’s reliable, productive, and make a sizable impact in that role for a meaningful team in meaningful minutes.

Hopefully, again, that team is the Heat. Then though and only then… will those top-tier questions come up again.

Get Back To Top Form

This is ultimately what it’s about for Dipo. As stated, he has all the talent in the world when right, meaning he can be a top-level guy again by staying that way.

After he is able to fully assert himself again off the injury, hopefully with higher production and outputs than he did across his small tenure for Miami this past season, then those talks and chatters should start to bubble up again. That talk is that of him being back to his old self.

He must first show that he can stay healthy, be reliable, and conducive to the team while he’s proving it. Then, he can shoot for the third and final goal, to prove that he’s fully back, healthy, and that star player he’s been seen to be at his peak.

These should be the goals for his 2021-22 season.