4 Miami Heat players who definitely won’t be back next season

Heat players who won’t be back next year: Gabe Vincent

Gabe Vincent, for almost identical reasons to Strus, probably also won’t be back next year. If anything, Miami will have to decide between one of the two of these players, but based on their cap space there’s a very real possibility they won’t be able to bring back either.

In the post-Goran Dragic era, Vincent has been everything Miami needed him to be, stepping up as a part-time starter when injuries called for it, and filling his role as an off-the-bench offensive spurt in other scenarios.

Like Strus, Vincent shoots well, 40.2% from the field and 33.4% from beyond the arc. But between those two players, they averaged just 20 points per game in the regular season and also have a low defensive ceiling due to their size.

Miami may instead need to put even deeper trust in Caleb Martin or hope that Duncan Robinson is able to take significant steps forward in his game this offseason.

Vincent has proven to be a viable part of a postseason rotation, including a 29-point performance in Game 4 against the Celtics. Again, he’s probably played himself right out of the range that Miami would even be able to think about affording under the salary cap constraints.