{"id":272755,"date":"2025-11-09T20:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T20:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/272755\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T20:25:08","slug":"bucks-sign-former-all-star-who-was-playing-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/272755\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks sign former All Star who was playing in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big name player has signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/milwaukee-bucks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Victor Oladipo is the newest member of the Wisconsin Herd, the G League affiliate of the Bucks.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamalCollier\/status\/1987610852791320719\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN&#8217;s Jamal Collier<\/a> reported the signing on Sunday with this post on X:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Victor Oladipo will join the Wisconsin Herd, the Bucks G-league affiliate, sources told ESPN. Oladipo had been playing in the Chinese Basketball Association and appeared in a few NBA preseason games last month. He entered the G League player pool this weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/new-orleans-pelicans\/news\/pelicans-zion-williamson-problem-trade-wont-solve\/d2401c46988dc5d034ef0c1b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pelicans have a Zion Williamson problem that a trade won&#8217;t solve<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oladipo made two All-Star teams in the NBA before injury troubles upended his career.<\/p>\n<p>The formerly high-flying Oladipo last played in the 2022-23 NBA season, when he tore his left patellar tendon while playing for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/miami-heat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heat<\/a> in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>He had starred prior to that with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/indiana-pacers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Pacers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The one-time Indiana Hoosiers great was chosen No. 2 overall in 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His All-NBA 2017-18 season was followed by multiple knee injuries the following year, and his career since then has been bumpy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel so great right now!!&#8221;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VicOladipo\/status\/1944555154306662472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1944555154306662472%7Ctwgr%5E517af117325086fbe28777cc58263be60c227724%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnba%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F45742034%2F2025-nba-summer-league-buzz-intel-storylines-reaction-las-vegas\" rel=\"nofollow\">Oladipo wrote this summer on X<\/a>. &#8220;Better than I felt in the last 7 years mind, body and soul. I know I am a fighter! I know I am a warrior! I have seen every lens this game and this league has to offer. I know I can help any team in any role win in any way! I also know the people want to see me succeed in this game and play at the highest level again. My injuries are behind me and it will never happen again! I am at peace with that and my past. I\u2019m ready to build a present now and future of a life time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks will see what Oladipo still has in the tank while he plays under a coaching staff they employ, and if it&#8217;s good, Oladipo may eventually get signed to the big club.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A big name player has signed with the Milwaukee Bucks organization.\u00a0 Victor Oladipo is the newest member of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-272755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}