Lakers guard Gabe Vincent is expected to be sidelined for approximately two-to-four weeks after undergoing an MRI on his left ankle, sources tell Shams Charania and Dave McMenamin of ESPN (Twitter link).
NBA insider Chris Haynes reports (via Twitter) that Vincent, who started each of the Lakers’ first three games before sustaining the injury on Sunday, has a “slight ligament tear” as well as sprained ligaments in the ankle.
According to Dan Woike of The Athletic (Twitter link), Vincent was wearing a walking boot and using crutches ahead of Monday’s game vs. Portland.
The 29-year-old was limited to just 11 games due to a knee injury in his first season with the Lakers after signing a three-year, $33MM deal with Los Angeles in the 2023 offseason. He was much healthier last season (72 games), and was a rotation regular (21.2 minutes per contest) for head coach JJ Redick, averaging 6.4 points while shooting 35.3% from long distance and playing solid defense.
Vincent won a starting job to open ’25/26 after a four-game preseason slate in which he averaged 16.3 PPG and shot 55.6% from three in 22.3 MPG. The hot shooting hasn’t carried over to the regular season yet, as he was 2-of-10 from deep in three games.
Marcus Smart (right quad contusion) was also out Monday for the Lakers, who had a total of seven players unable to suit up, most notably Luka Doncic (finger, leg injuries) and LeBron James (right sciatica), tweets Khobi Price of The Southern California News Group.
Vincent is in the final year of his contract, which will pay him $11.5MM in ’25/26. He will be an unrestricted free agent next summer.
Nice expiring contract for someone
They might actually be better off without him. He is so bad.
Called it
That sciatica will be the reason why LeBron calls it quits, eventually.
@ Tuna….Trump says hold my beer. Couldn’t get LBJ on that Miami clinic due to the paper trial ending with Brons wife. This gambling stuff may be a bit different.
Nah it won’t be any different. The goats are always untouchable… look at what happened with Ohtani!
For some reason, JJ Reddick and Co thought four pre-season games gave them more insight into Gabe Vincent than his previous 7 seasons.
Ok so say the Lakers just are abysmal and have a lottery year. Whats the status of their 1st round pick in next years draft?
They have it no matter where it lands but it cant be traded bc of Stephien Rule
He’s making the most out of that contract. How GMs fall for these signings…
They signed him after being the starting PG on a finals team and could be argued he was MVP most nights lol.. It’s the Heat effect… better franchises let players thrive… crappy franchises sign those players on a high and wonder why it never repeats itself… Ironically the Heat themselves did this 35 years ago when they signed John Salley from the bad boys pistons…. he was a total bust… luckily they haven’t bought the sugar high since… the Lakers are a poorly run franchise
How are the Heat doing right now? Lmao
the fact that everyone that blows up on the Heat can’t produce the same results outside of that uniform speaks for why everyone KNOWS Erik Spoelstra is the goat….. Hassan Whiteside, Gab Vincent, Derek Jones Jr, James Johnson, Dion Waiters, Caleb Martin, even now (small sample) its looks like the “scrap” the Heat got from Detroit for Duncan Robinson IS OUT PLAYING DUNCAN ROBINSON lol….. its uncanny. Even Max Strus’ numbers are down in analytics (he was more efficient off the bench for the heat than as a starter for the cavs) I wouldn’t be shocked if the Heat picked up James Wiseman and he suddenly looked like Joel Embiid lol
Got that information out before Maverick Carter even, lols. Very impressive. Wonder if LBJ is regretting his back and forth with the Don yet?