Gabe Vincent

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Gabe Vincent
No. 2 – Miami Heat
Position Point guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1996-06-14) June 14, 1996 (age 28)
Modesto, California, U.S.
Nationality Nigerian / American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school St. Mary's
(Stockton, California)
College UC Santa Barbara (2014–2018)
NBA draft 2018 / Undrafted
Playing career 2018–present
Career history
2018–2020 Stockton Kings
2020–present Miami Heat
2020–2021 →Sioux Falls Skyforce
Career highlights and awards

Gabriel Nnamdi Vincent (born June 14, 1996) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also plays for the Nigerian national basketball team.[1] He played college basketball for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.

Early life

Vincent was born in Modesto, California, to Franklyn and Cynthia Vincent.[2] His father is Nigerian and his mother is from Connecticut. They both earned doctorates in psychology.[3][4] The youngest of three brothers, Vincent attended St. Mary’s High School in Stockton.[3]

College career

Vincent played college basketball for UC Santa Barbara from 2014 to 2018, averaging 12.8 points in 113 games for the team. After his senior season, he was named to the 2018 Second Team All-Big West.

Professional career

Stockton Kings (2018–2020)

After graduating, Vincent had a pre-draft workout with the Sacramento Kings.[5] Although he went undrafted in the 2018 NBA Draft, he signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Sacramento Kings on October 2.[6] He was waived a few days later[7] He played 24 games, with 3 starts, for the Stockton Kings of the G League during the 2018–19 season, averaging 8.8 points in 18.6 minutes per game.[8] He scored 35 points in a game twice for the Kings in December 2019.[9] Vincent played in 20 games (three starts) in his second season with Stockton while averaging 23.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.30 steals per game and shooting 46.9 percent from the field, 41.2 percent from three-point range and 89.7 percent from the free throw line.[10]

Miami Heat (2020–present)

On January 8, 2020, the Miami Heat announced that they had signed Vincent to a two-way contract.[10] He made his NBA debut against the Orlando Magic on January 29.[11] In the G League, Vincent tallied 27 points, three assists and one rebound a win over the Salt Lake City Stars on February 3.[12] He averaged 20.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in 31 G League games. On June 22, 2020, the NBA G League announced that Vincent won the Most Improved Player award.[13] The Heat reached the 2020 NBA Finals, but lost in 6 games to the Los Angeles Lakers.

On August 1, 2021, Vincent joined the Heat for the NBA Summer League[14] and five days later, he signed a standard contract with the Heat.[15]

National team career

Vincent represents the Nigerian national team, D'Tigers. On August 24, 2019, he scored 23 points against Poland, including the game winning three pointer with 0.3 seconds left in the game.[16] He represented the Nigerian Team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China.[17]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019–20 Miami 9 0 9.2 .216 .222 – .6 .7 .6 .0 2.4
2020–21 Miami 50 7 13.1 .378 .309 .870 1.1 1.3 .4 .0 4.8
2021–22 Miami 68 27 23.4 .417 .368 .815 1.9 3.1 .9 .2 8.7
Career 127 34 18.3 .396 .343 .831 1.5 2.2 .7 .1 6.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2020 Miami 1 0 .3 – – – .0 .0 .0 .0 0.0
2021 Miami 3 0 4.7 .667 .500 – .3 .7 .0 .0 1.7
2022 Miami 18 8 23.5 .382 .309 .950 1.9 3.2 .8 .3 8.0
Career 22 8 19.9 .388 .313 .950 1.6 2.7 .6 .2 6.8

References

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External links

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