Lakers guard Gabe Vincent should be back sometime this month, Shams Charania said on FanDuel’s Run It Back program (video link).
“Gabe Vincent is doing more and more on the court. … Barring any setbacks, his hope is still mid-to-late March to get back in the lineup for the Lakers,” Charania said, adding, “(With) Gabe, you’d want to kind of change the tempo, change the pace. That’s why they signed him from Miami.”
Vincent underwent left knee surgery in late December. He was signed to a three-year, $33MM contract last summer but has only appeared in five games.
We have more from the Pacific Division:
- Austin Reaves is taking on more essential defensive responsibilites with Taurean Prince and Cam Reddish no longer in the Lakers’ starting lineup. Reaves shadowed Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Los Angeles’ victory on Monday, Khobi Price of the Orange County Register notes. “He just took the challenge,” LeBron James said of Reaves. “Obviously, Shai is one of the best players that we have in our league, so it’s just trying not to put him at the free-throw line because that’s where he gets a lot of his points from too. Austin was sensational from the start to the finish, whenever he was out on the floor just trying to play the ball and making Shai and making [Jalen Williams] take tough shots and we’d just try to protect him on the back end.”
- Warriors forward Draymond Green wants to finish his career on a positive note, which is why he’s continuing to go through therapy even after his league-imposed suspension ended, he told Howard Beck of The Ringer. “I’m far closer to the end than I am the beginning,” Green said. “Do you want the end to look like complete s–t? Or do you want the end to look closer to how it looked in the beginning? Do you want to leave gracefully? Or do you want to leave like a f–ing a–hole? Do you want your legacy to be a guy who couldn’t contain himself, a guy who couldn’t finish the job? Or do you want your legacy to be a guy who did it his way, yes, but did it the right way? I think that’s what it boils down to.”
- Bradley Beal was instructed to wear a mask after suffering a broken nose in late January but he hasn’t done so since returning this month from a hamstring injury. He’s not done with nasal procedures, Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic tweets. “Still have to get my septum realigned. Think I’ll do it after the season,” the Suns guard said. “Still having a little trouble breathing out my right nostril.”
Dray, your legacy is already cemented. You could play 10 more years and win the Mr. Nice Guy award every year and people would still say you were an a$$&o!#. Can’t change the past. But keep working at changing your behavior. Not to change your legacy…but to be a better person for those around you.
He is a HOF and will go down as one of the great defensive players in the NBA. He will probably have a long career after the NBA on the post game shows.
And that equates to him not being an ass how? Bill Laimbeer won two championships, was a multiple time all star, and has had a great post-playing career as a WNBA coach. He’s also known first, foremost, and forever as a complete ass.
History shows people look at accomplishments more than the negative things. Look at how many sport stars, actors, or politicians are immortalized that were complete terrible people. They even put up statues for people who did horrible things.
So he’s going to remain known as a terrible person, just also known for his accomplishments.
Don’t forget bad things were said about Michael Jordan just like LeBron bad things has been said about him which will be remembered.
You are *wildly* missing the point. Like, not even facing the same direction as the point.
Point is once he retires nobody will care. They will probably say remember when the league was tougher. Will people remember LeBron for flopping a lot? No Most people don’t remember Jordan punching his team mate just like Green did. I bet you forgot about that?
Reaves is a sneaky interesting option to defend SGA. SGA is the better player, but they play the game very similarly. And it’s not like SGA is this superhuman explosive athlete; most of his value comes from skill and technique, so he can’t just blow past Reaves.
The Gabe Vincent signing was a disaster for the Lakers
It was a bad signing from the start. Pelinka apparently got fooled by Vincent’s abnormally good shooting in the playoffs against the Bucks and Celtics. He’s a career 33% 3P shooter. If they could have re-signed Dennis Schroeder who is a better player for the same money and decided to go with Vincent instead it makes it even worse.