As the Miami Heat finished their preseason on Wednesday night with a victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, 120-103, they closed the preseason portion of the 2022-23 season with a record of 4-1.
Though you don’t take much, either way, away from the preseason, you can take a few things away from this one. And among them, the most important might be how deep the Miami Heat look to be as they set off upon their season.
A situation, in itself, to dive into as the Miami Heat’s season nears its actual tip on Wednesday, a guy who’ll contribute to that depth didn’t exactly have an outstanding preseason. Though he would only play in two of the five games, Victor Oladipo struggled to get his offense going.
Averaging just five points and two rebounds, his 4.5 assists per game were encouraging in 19 minutes per contest. But, he would shoot just 4-18 (22 percent) from the field and 1-7( 14 percent) from three.
And though that’s not ok, it will be alright. Let’s go into exactly why.