Gabriel Nnamdi Vincent (born June 14, 1996) is a Nigerian-American professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player for the

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...

of the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

(NBA) and the Nigerian national basketball team. He played

college basketball In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...

for the

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos are the intercollegiate athletic teams who represent the University of California, Santa Barbara. Referred to in athletic competition as ''UC Santa Barbara'' or ''UCSB'', the Gauchos participate in 19 NCAA Division I ...

Early life

Vincent was born in

Modesto, California Modesto () is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of 218,464 at the 2020 census, it is the 19th largest city in the state of California and forms part of the Sacramento-Stockton- ...

, to Franklyn and Cynthia Vincent. His father is

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

n and his mother is from

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

. They both earned

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

s in

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

. The youngest of three brothers, Vincent attended St. Mary's High School in Stockton.

College career

Vincent played college basketball for

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduate ...

from 2014 to 2018, averaging 12.8 points in 113 games for the team. After his senior season, he was named to the 2018 All-

Big West The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The conference was originally formed on July 1, 1969, as the Pacific ...

Second Team.

Professional career

Stockton Kings (2018–2020)

After graduating, Vincent had a pre-draft workout with the

Sacramento Kings The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the oldest ...

. Although he went undrafted in the

2018 NBA draft The 2018 NBA Draft was held on June 21, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including inte ...

, he signed an Exhibit 10 contract with Sacramento on October 2. He was waived a few days later. He played 24 games, with three starts, for the

Stockton Kings The Stockton Kings are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Stockton, California, and are affiliated with the Sacramento Kings. The Kings play their home games at the Stockton Arena and compete in the G League' ...

of the

G League The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) from 2001 to 2005, and the NBA Dev ...

during the 2018–19 season, averaging 8.8 points in 18.6 minutes per game. He scored 35 points in a game twice for the Kings in December 2019. 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.

Miami Heat (2020–2023)

On January 8, 2020, the

Miami Heat The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast Division (NBA), Southe ...

announced that they had signed Vincent to a

two-way contract A two-way contract is a professional sports contract that stipulates that an athlete's salary is dependent upon the league in which the athlete is assigned to play. This is opposed to a one-way contract that would pay the same salary regardless of ...

. He made his NBA debut against the

Orlando Magic The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The franchise was establ ...

on January 29. In the G League, Vincent tallied 27 points, three assists and one rebound in a win over the

Salt Lake City Stars The Salt Lake City Stars are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are affiliated with the Utah Jazz. As of the 2022-23 season, the Stars play in the Maverik Center in West Valley City, U ...

on February 3. 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. The Heat reached the

2020 NBA Finals The 2020 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2019–20 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. In this best-of-seven playoff series, the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Laker ...

, but lost in 6 games to the

. On August 1, 2021, Vincent joined the Heat for the

NBA Summer League The NBA Summer League, also known as the Las Vegas Summer League, is an off-season competition organized by the National Basketball Association. NBA teams come together to try out different summer rosters instead of their regular season line-ups ...

and five days later, he signed a standard contract with the Heat. In Game 3 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals, Vincent scored a playoff career high of 29 points in a 128–102 win to give the Heat a 3–0 lead over the

Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of t ...

. The Heat eventually advanced to the

NBA Finals The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. The team that wins the series is awa ...

after winning the series in seven games. In Game 2 of the 2023 NBA Finals, Vincent had a team-high 23 points in a 111–108 win over the

Denver Nuggets The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the D ...

to tie the series 1-1. Vincent struggled to shoot from the 3 point line in the NBA Finals, shooting just 33% from beyond the arc. The Heat went on to lose the series in five games.

Los Angeles Lakers (2023–present)

On July 6, 2023, Vincent signed with the

National team career

Vincent represents the Nigerian national team, D'Tigers. On August 24, 2019, he scored 23 points against

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, including the game-winning three-pointer with 0.3 seconds left in the game. He represented the Nigerian team at the

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, becoming the first since 1967 FIBA World Ch ...

in China.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

, - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

, 9 , , 0 , , 9.2 , , .216 , , .222 , , – , , .6 , , .7 , , .6 , , .0 , , 2.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 50 , , 7 , , 13.1 , , .378 , , .309 , , .870 , , 1.1 , , 1.3 , , .4 , , .0 , , 4.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 68 , , 27 , , 23.4 , , .417 , , .368 , , .815 , , 1.9 , , 3.1 , , .9 , , .2 , , 8.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 68 , , 34 , , 25.9 , , .402 , , .334 , , .872 , , 2.1 , , 2.5 , , .9 , , .1 , , 9.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 195 , , 68 , , 21.0 , , .399 , , .339 , , .852 , , 1.7 , , 2.3 , , .8 , , .1 , , 7.7

Play-in

, - , style="text-align:left;",

2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 2 , , 2 , , 24.4 , , .333 , , .333 , , , , 3.0 , , 2.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 6.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan=2, Career , 2 , , 2 , , 24.4 , , .333 , , .333 , , , , 3.0 , , 2.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 6.0

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;",

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 1 , , 0 , , .3 , , – , , – , , – , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 0.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 3 , , 0 , , 4.7 , , .667 , , .500 , , – , , .3 , , .7 , , .0 , , .0 , , 1.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 18 , , 8 , , 23.5 , , .382 , , .309 , , .950 , , 1.9 , , 3.2 , , .8 , , .3 , , 8.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;",

, 22 , , 22 , , 30.5 , , .402 , , .378 , , .882 , , 1.4 , , 3.5 , , .9 , , .2 , , 12.7 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 44 , , 30 , , 25.8 , , .397 , , .353 , , .907 , , 1.5 , , 3.1 , , .8 , , .2 , , 9.7

References

External links

*
NBA G League profileUC Santa Barbara Gauchos bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, Gabe 1996 births Living people 21st-century African-American sportspeople 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players American men's basketball players American sportspeople of Nigerian descent Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Stockton, California Los Angeles Lakers players Miami Heat players National Basketball Association players from Nigeria Nigerian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Nigeria Point guards Sioux Falls Skyforce players St. Mary's High School (Stockton, California) alumni Stockton Kings players UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball players Undrafted National Basketball Association players