{"id":792674,"date":"2026-07-11T03:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/792674\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T03:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:03:15","slug":"victor-oladipo-announces-pro-day-amid-nba-comeback-attempt-after-2023-injury-full-details-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/792674\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Oladipo Announces Pro Day Amid NBA Comeback Attempt After 2023 Injury, Full Details Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Former Indiana Pacers All-Star Victor Oladipo is starting his NBA comeback attempt with an open workout for scouts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Oladipo announced Friday he is planning to hold a &#8220;pro day&#8221; next Tuesday in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The workout is &#8220;open to NBA\/Professional front office executives, scouts, coaches, league personnel, and officials interested in attending,&#8221; Oladipo wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Oladipo, 34, last played in the NBA with the Miami Heat in the 2022-23 season before suffering a season-ending knee injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">He most recently played last season for the G League&#8217;s Wisconsin Herd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Oladipo first announced his intention to pursue a return to the NBA in a July 1 post on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;I&#8217;m open to every opportunity right now,&#8221; Oladipo wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Oladipo had to re-learn how to walk after undergoing surgeries on his <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6793066\/2025\/11\/10\/victor-oladipo-nba-g-league-return\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">quad tendon<\/a> in both 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">He then suffered a ruptured patellar tendon during the 2023 postseason that derailed his NBA career completely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Oladipo appeared in preseason action in the Chinese Basketball Association last fall before <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46909012\/ex-all-star-victor-oladipo-joins-bucks-g-league-affiliate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">signing<\/a> with the Milwaukee Bucks&#8217; G League affiliate in November 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">He appeared in 15 regular-season G League games last season, during which he averaged 13.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.1 steals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Oladipo also shot 38.9 percent from the field and 32.9 percent from deep while averaging 29.9 minutes per game for the Herd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Originally drafted by the Orlando Magic with the No. 2 pick of the 2013 draft out of Indiana, Oladipo played the peak of his NBA career with the Pacers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">He was named the NBA&#8217;s Most Improved Player after leading the league with 2.4 steals per game during the 2017-18 campaign, then earned a second straight All-Star nod the following season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">By the time of his 2023 knee injury, Oladipo had averaged 16.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.6 steals through 504 games over 10 NBA seasons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">His open workout takes place amid the 2026 NBA Summer League, which is taking place from July 9 to July 19 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Indiana Pacers All-Star Victor Oladipo is starting his NBA comeback attempt with an open workout for scouts.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-792674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}