Victor Oladipo held a funeral for his injured knee
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On the eve of his 2020-21 NBA preseason finale in December, Victor Oladipo participated in a funeral for his injured knee.
The service was held to say goodbye to an injury mindset, which was weighing on the two-time All-Star guard s pursuit of fully recovering from a ruptured quad tendon in his right knee that required surgery in 2019. I was feeling better, but my mind was so used to protecting me and being hesitant because of my leg that I had created a habit of doing that, Oladipo told ESPN. And burying my injury and letting myself know that I m healed, I m stronger than ever before, it gave me the courage, the strength to actually go out there and perform and not think about the leg. Not defer as much.