The Miami Heat still have one open roster spot, but the path to filling it is not pointing toward a Gabe Vincent reunion.
Vincent has spent the last couple of months in unrestricted free agency and has been interested in coming back to Miami. Bam Adebayo has backed the idea, but the Heat have not offered the veteran guard a contract, according to recent reports.
Miami’s offseason has already been busy. The team made one of the biggest swings of the summer by sending four players and picks to the Milwaukee Bucks for Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis.
More recently, the Heat added Klay Thompson and Nick Richards, and earlier in the offseason they brought in Tim Hardaway Jr. on a one-year deal. That leaves one roster spot still available, with Miami able to either keep it open for flexibility later in the season or use it now.
Vincent, 30, has had a winding NBA path. He went undrafted in 2018 and signed with the Sacramento Kings on an Exhibit 10 deal, but never played an NBA game for them.
Instead, he spent a season-and-a-half with the Stockton Kings before joining Miami on a two-way contract in January 2020. That year, he barely saw the floor in the NBA, shuttled between the league and the G-League, and won the G-League Most Improved Player award in a season that was cut short by COVID-19.
He was back with the Heat the next season, appeared in 50 NBA games, and eventually earned a standard contract in the 2021 offseason. His best stretch came in 2022-23, when he started a career-high 34 games and played a major role in Miami’s playoff run. That performance led to a three-year, $33 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Things never quite clicked the same way in Los Angeles. Vincent did not reach the level he showed in Miami, and his Lakers stint ended at the trade deadline when he was sent to the Atlanta Hawks, where his production was similar.
Even without the reunion buzz, the fit in Miami is easy to see. The Heat could use another point guard behind Davion Mitchell, and Vincent’s experience in Erik Spoelstra’s system gives him a clear case.
If Miami wants to keep Adebayo happy and use that final roster spot on a guard with familiar roots, Vincent is one of the cleaner options on the board. A training camp deal could also be a route, giving him a chance to compete with Dru Smith for a spot.
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