greg4012 wrote:AirP. wrote:3ammy3uck3ts wrote:Basically we’re going to have to face adversity to the point a lineup change is needed or 1 of Gabe/Duncan just has to be unplayable and then we’ll get Dipo. Just hope it’s not too late at that point. Annoying to me that we’re not maximizing our talent
I've been wanting Oladipo for a while but Miami just held him back way too long to integrate him into the rotation at this time. The issue with a player in Oladipo's situation is him possibly wanting to make a strong impression as a scorer since he's a FA after the season vs doing what's best for the team that may have held him out too long and then couldn't/wouldn't find a place for him in their current rotation. Oladipo's latest injury cost him 15-25 million this year alone that he'll never make up, he's got to be impressive as a main player if on the court in the playoffs, not look like a good role player. It's a position that Miami/Spoelstra have put themselves in with how they handled Oladipo and possibly over valued a player like Gabe.
Giving a guy only 30 days to get on the court and start playing basketball and integrate into the rotation of a team wanting to compete for a championship wasn't a great idea, either he should have came back earlier or he should have just played the last few games of the season to prove he's healthy.
Miami may have just pushed out a talented 2-way player who can score and is a FA after this season for Gabe Vincent... who is signed for next year. Passing over Vincent for a player with a much higher upside should have been decided a long time ago, not this maybe, maybe not situation the last couple weeks of the season. Someone in the Miami organization should have been following Oladipo's progress and personal practices to know how close he was to being good.
Or kept his value depressed for their benefit.
I honestly don't know
No I don't think they did.
They played it safe, and brought him in 1 month too late to integrate him into the offense. We can argue one way or another what should have been the right way to go about it, but here we are.
He is a living, breathing, human being with a consciousness. He isn't an inanimate object like a car you can keep him looking rusty on the outside so people won't take him from you. If Dipo walks into a scheduled work out next off season with whomever invites him and he crushes it, he is getting paid. So no they didn't depress his value.
If anything shutting him down during those couple of weeks helped his cause since he was playing absolutely terribly. He needs the ball in his hands, we will see how we integrate him in the offense next off-season if he is still here. Dipo has never looked good playing off the ball either, at least not that I can remember in either Orlando or Indiana. I don't know if the playoffs is the place to do this either.
