Another Miami Heat ‘Show Me’ Year In The Cards For Victor Oladipo?

Miami Heat: Another ‘Show Me’ Year In The Cards For Victor Oladipo?

Where you thought Max Strus might be the odd man out, he has now jumped into the starting lineup, firmly placing Duncan Robinson as a key reserve and along with Dewayne Dedmon, who a couple of games of inactivity seemed to do wonders for, Morris and Oladipo find themselves on the outside looking in.

While Keef was a member of the rotation prior to his injury, development and advancement without him in the lineup seem to have led them to move slightly beyond him as a regular full-time member. Though revisiting him in the offseason is something you have to consider, his situation doesn’t seem as tricky as the other dude does in this scenario.

With Oladipo coming off of that injury, being signed by the Miami Heat to, basically, recover, and then not being able to fully be what you thought he might be yet, thus causing Coach Spoelstra to turn away from him at the moment, what does that mean for his future with the Miami Heat?

Well, no one can say for certain, but here is a theory. He hasn’t really shown a ton yet.

That isn’t to speak to his level of play as a whole, as much as his opportunity or minutes, themselves, haven’t been great enough to make a real determination on where he is or can get back to, as a player, at the moment. He’s certainly not at his peak, yet, but you also haven’t really seen enough from him to make a determination on where you think his peak now lies.

Though it may not be what he wants to hear, you have to imagine that there will be few teams willing to go much beyond the one-year prove-it type deal this offseason. Though it might be more than the $2.3 million he signed for with Miami this past offseason, you can’t really see that figure being that much higher either, perhaps as much as $10 million on a great day.

That too is still paying for hope and potential though.