Victor Oladipo aka Victor Olapido is already locked in on the 2018-19 season despite the 2017-18 campaign having just ended. The Pacers star guard fired off a text to his trainer minutes after Game 7 in Cleveland asking when they start putting in work for next season.
When his trainer posted a screenshot of that text to Instagram, people fawned over Oladipo’s work ethic and commitment to getting better. He shrugged it off as just the way he’s wired and that basketball is his sole focus in life, which is why he doesn’t want to take significant time off before getting back to work.
Dirk Nowitzki, who just wrapped up his 20th season in the NBA, took notice of Oladipo’s text and decided to have a little fun with the concept, posting a screenshot to Twitter of him asking his trainer the same question only to get roasted about his old age in return.
I got inspired by @VicOladipo. I also texted my trainer. Here is his response… @HoopConsultants pic.twitter.com/Wgo1p0dmh1
— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) May 1, 2018
Nowitzki is the best in the NBA when it comes to self deprecating humor, regularly poking fun at his status as one of the league’s elder statesman, which has made him even slower than he already was as a lumbering 7-footer that earned his Hall of Fame credentials through craftiness and elite shooting skill rather than athleticism. This is another great example of that and a reminder that not everyone in the league can go right back to work following a grueling NBA season.
