Miami Heat: The ultimate peak player comparison for Gabe Vincent

The Miami Heat are renowned for finding talent. One of their current examples is Gabe Vincent.

A combo guard that came into the Miami Heat organization known for his ability to shoot it, he has since blossomed into a more than trustworthy backup point guard who shows extreme promise with his two-way ability.

With all of that, how far can that promise go? Let’s talk about it here, as we look into his ultimate peak player comparison based on what we’ve seen thus far.

Gabe Vincent’s Peak Comparison: Bigger And More Athletic Jalen Brunson

First of all, the Miami Heat would love a player like Jalen Brunson. Though all of the noise this offseason was probably more leverage than anything else to ensure he got what he sought on the market, he is a Miami Heat type of player, through and through.

Brunson is an excellent guard. He can create and convert offense at all three levels on that side of the ball.

He especially excels at converting his two-point attempts as a small guard. He doesn’t do it with as much finesse though, as he does with intelligence, craftiness, brute force, and strength.

The Miami Heat excel at finding and developing undervalued talent. Gabe Vincent is certainly that, but who is his peak player comparison right now?

He is a two-way guard that plays defense as well as offense. His intelligence and simplistic approach to his offense also allows him to be able to be just as effective in a myriad of roles.

He could be your sixth man, your starting point guard and focal point, or your off-guard beside a say—Luka Doncic type, in example. However, he isn’t overly athletic and he is just around 6’0″ tall.

That’s where Gabe Vincent gets the “bigger and more athletic” tag. Showing an improved ability to convert at the rim last season, Vincent’s next step is to fully incorporate all three levels of his offensive game to allow it all to flourish more.

More attempts at the rim, an ever-increasing aspect of his game, should only allow his three-point shot to be more effective as the defenders should be more on their heels, so to speak. And that’s all while the change of pace or counter to either could be the mid-range game.

That’s how he takes the next step as a player. With the improvements seen elsewhere, defensively, as a leader, and as a playmaker, you expect those trajectories to continue.

Though Gabe Vincent has a ton of potential, you use Brunson here as they share the ability to be effective from any vantage, as a starter or otherwise, they are smaller guards, they are both two-way players, and they are both truly combo guards that can also run a team.

To be fair and honest though, Vincent has a chance to be better with reps and opportunity. But for now, the newly minted $100 million dollar man is the level of player that Vincent should keep aspiring to get to.

And as stated, he can.