Oladipo exercises $9.5-million option to remain with Heat for 2023-24 season

MIAMI (AP) – Victor Oladipo exercised his $9.5-million option on Tuesday and is now under contract with the Miami Heat for this coming season. He tore his left patellar tendon during the first round of the playoffs against the Milwaukee Bucks in April. The 31-year-old guard underwent his third major surgery in the last four years – the other two were on his right knee area – and there is no timetable for his return. Oladipo was a two-time All-Star with Indiana before getting hurt in January 2019. Indiana traded him to Houston in January 2021. The Rockets traded him…