{"id":876738,"date":"2026-09-01T23:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T23:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/876738\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T23:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T23:12:10","slug":"victor-oladipo-makes-an-emotional-appeal-to-nba-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/876738\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Oladipo makes an emotional appeal to NBA teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two-time NBA All-Star Victor Oladipo is doing what he can to return to the league, yet nobody has signed him just yet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Oladipo penned an emotional message to NBA teams in The Players\u2019 Tribune. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe I can be a valuable contributor to an NBA locker room. And what I\u2019m asking for right now is an opportunity to prove it,\u201d Oladipo said as part of the lengthy post. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wrote this from the heart. Thanks for reading. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PlayersTribune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@PlayersTribune<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qDRO0F2238\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/qDRO0F2238<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Victor Oladipo (@VicOladipo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VicOladipo\/status\/2094773804656459781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 1, 2026<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oladipo last played for the Miami Heat<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000004\" data-name=\"Miami Heat\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Miami Heat\"><\/a> in 2022-23, and he <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/basketball\/victor-oladipo-nba-comeback-free-agency\/760268\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted a message<\/a> on July 1 saying he would rather show that he is ready to play. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oladipo then held a Pro Day in Las Vegas to showcase his skills in front of NBA personnel. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m excited to announce that I\u2019ll be holding a Pro Day on Tuesday, July 14, at 11:00 AM in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The workout will be led by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/94feetofgame?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@94feetofgame<\/a> and is open to NBA front office executives, scouts, coaches, league personnel, and officials interested in attending. I\u2019m looking\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E4j4VBBj4i\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/E4j4VBBj4i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Victor Oladipo (@VicOladipo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VicOladipo\/status\/2076000892969439426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 11, 2026<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victor Oladipo <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/basketball\/victor-oladipo-new-hairstyle-g-league\/728585\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last played for the Wisconsin Herd<\/a>, the Bucks\u2019 G League affiliate, during the 2025-26 season, although he wasn\u2019t able to make the NBA roster during the season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only time will tell if an NBA team gives Oladipo a chance. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-time NBA All-Star Victor Oladipo is doing what he can to return to the league, yet nobody has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85,156060],"class_list":["post-876738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-victor-oladipo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876738","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=876738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}