The Cleveland Charge, the G League affiliate of the Cleveland Cavaliers, have acquired guard Victor Oladipo, based on the official G League transaction board. Oladipo, the former quantity two total decide within the 2013 NBA Draft, was enjoying with the Wisconsin Herd. In change, the Charge despatched Jacob Gilyard and Drake Jeffries to Wisconsin, in addition to 2026 second-round and worldwide draft picks.
In 26 video games with the Herd, Oladipo is averaging 14 factors, 4.4 rebounds and three.8 assists per recreation, although he does look like enjoying in a considerably restricted capability (28.7 minutes per recreation). Oladipo has a protracted, lengthy historical past of leg and knee accidents, together with a ruptured quad (which he re-ruptured two years later), adopted by a torn achilles. The group, naturally, has displayed warning with the former lottery decide.
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Oladipo final appeared in an NBA recreation throughout the 2023 playoffs as a member of the Miami Heat, logging 19 minutes. He missed the next season rehabilitating that torn achilles, getting traded (or extra precisely, his contract) a number of instances over earlier than being waived by the Memphis Grizzlies nearly two years in the past. Oladipo performed briefly within the Chinese Basketball Association with the Guangzhou Loong Lions.
The Charge now characteristic a again court docket of former top-seven draft picks in Oladipo and Killian Hayes, the latter of whom is averaging 24.6 factors and seven.7 assists per recreation. Hayes is simply the newest reclamation challenge for the Charge, who’ve despatched a number of gamers to the NBA over the past a number of seasons. Olapido figures to be the subsequent, as he works towards a return to the NBA.