I Was Playing With Fire

Today's episode of The Old Man and The Three is a long time coming as we welcome in Miami Heat guard, Victor Oladipo. In this interview, we dive deep into the ups and downs of Vic's career and how his mindset has changed over the years. Topics include: Training in Southern California, his impression of Chet Holmgren defending NBA all-stars during pick-up, the various injuries he suffered with The Indiana Pacers and The Miami Heat, getting traded from The Orlando Magic and The Oklahoma City Thunder, how his perspective changed after being traded and injured so many times, how devastating it was to suffer two significant injuries after finally achieving his goals of being THE GUY on an NBA team, how he had to change his entire attitude towards life after these injuries, his background of always being overlooked in high school, his Tom Crean recruitment story with Indiana, what he learned by playing with Russell Westbrook on The Oklahoma City Thunder, Victor recalls playing against The Philadelphia 76ers during one of JJ Redick's best games in Philly, Vic's takeaways from going toe-to-toe with LeBron James and The Cleveland Cavaliers in The Eastern Conference Finals and discussing if that was the best version of LeBron, discussing "Heat Culture" and so much more.

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