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Though veteran guard Gabe Vincent would welcome a Heat reunion, the Heat hasn’t made an offer to him. A strong case could be made for extending him a nonguaranteed deal to compete with Dru Smith in training camp, but Miami hasn’t presented that option. (That would not preclude Miami from signing another player to a 15th standard contract.)
Barry Jackson: For those asking about Gabe Vincent, there has been no Heat offer. Knicks brought him to New York earlier this week. New York signed 5 vets today to compete for 1 or 2 roster spots: Bruce Brown, John Konchar, James Wiseman, Drew Eubanks, Ochai Agbaji. Heat, which is hard-capped, added Nick Richards on this type of non-guaranteed deal but otherwise is holding onto a spot in case something needle-moving shakes free in months ahead.
Mike Vorkunov: Myles Turner has been elected as a VP on the NBPA Executive Committee. He replaced Garrett Temple, who retired. This is now the full NBPA executive committee: • Fred VanVleet, President • Grant Williams, First Vice President • Mason Plumlee, Secretary-Treasurer • Karl-Anthony Towns, Vice President • Santi Aldama, Vice President • Jaylen Brown, Vice President • Trey Murphy III, Vice President • Myles Turner, Vice President • Gabe Vincent, Vice President
Legion Hoops: Gabe Vincent says Bam Adebayo has to rent out the entire theater in order to go see a movie: “That’s cool to do, but when you go to the movies, do you really wanna spend $1,500?” 💀 (via The Rookie & The Vet with Trey Mourning/YT)
The Heat has 12 players on standard deals; the 13th would go to Klay Thompson if Dallas buys him out and he agrees to terms. The 14th could go to a center, with small forward Demar DeRozan and guard Gabe Vincent among others who have received consideration. But DeRozan wants exception money, and the Heat is holding that for Thompson.
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Heat Central: Gabe Vincent stands up for Bam Adebayo getting slandered for scoring 83 points and passing Kobe: “Why is it a problem to score more than Kobe? He gotta shoot more turn around or what? If there was more step backs and crossovers and he had 83 would you like it more? — it’s not easy to put up 83 points in a gym by yourself. I gotta tip my hat. We still don’t have footage of wilt…. Obviously Bam is my guy but I feel for him from the backlash he got” (Via @notbpod)
Heat Central: Gabe Vincent speaks on what makes Erik Spoelstra a great coach: “They have their standards of what they do and then they change things as they go based on who they have. He’s not going to make a work horse into a race horse, a plumber into an electrician. He’s going to find a place for you to do what you do. — Spo has done a good job of that whether it’s the teams with the big 3, the team where we had a run, or even this past season” (Via @notbpod)
The Heat has opted not to pursue former Heat guard Gabe Vincent, at this point, and is instead focusing on adding a guard with more size, a source with direct knowledge said. The Heat ideally would love to add that type of player at the minimum but possibly could offer more than that.
Vincent would have welcomed a Heat return and has support internally, including from Bam Adebayo. The front office appreciates his maturity, toughness, grit and intelligence, among other attributes, but isn’t looking for another 6-2 point guard at this point after guaranteeing next season’s $2.6 million salary for 6-2 Dru Smith.
Veteran Khris Middleton remains a possibility for one of those minimum contracts. Miami has respect for veteran point guard Gabe Vincent, who was on the Heat’s 2023 Finals team, but it’s undecided if the Heat will pursue this. Either way, adding another point guard remains a necessity.
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Law Murray 📘: Gabe Vincent played 10 playoff games with the Lakers Luke Kennard has more points tonight in his Lakers playoff debut (27) than Vincent had in his Lakers playoff career (21)
Kevin Chouinard: Hawks missing lots of players tonight. For tonight’s game at Miami: Mo Gueye (right shoulder inflammation) is questionable. Nickeil Alexander-Walker (right great toe sprain) is out. Dyson Daniels (left great toe sprain) is out. Jalen Johnson (rest) is out. Jonathan Kuminga (left knee injury management) is out. Jock Landale (right high ankle sprain) is out. CJ McCollum (rest) is out. Onyeka Okongwu (left index finger sprain) is out. Gabe Vincent (left knee inflammation) is out.
Luke Kennard, who was acquired Thursday from the Atlanta Hawks for Gabe Vincent, played his role well. He had 10 points in his first game as a Laker, coming off the bench to go four for seven from the field and two for four from beyond the three-point line. He also had two assists and two rebounds. Kennard impressed James with his play. “I mean, it showed tonight, obviously. I mean, some of the ones that he had when he was driving, penetrating, kickout, some of them we didn’t make, but it’s just a great basketball play,” James said. “So, it’s going to help us have another ball handler, for sure. But then his shooting, how elite his shooting is, is going to help us as well, tremendously.”
Kevin Chouinard: Gabe Vincent is now listed as available.
