{"id":437740,"date":"2026-01-26T03:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/437740\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T03:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:11:07","slug":"spurs-devin-vassell-set-to-return-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/437740\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs&#8217; Devin Vassell Set To Return Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spurs wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/v\/vassede01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-25_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Devin Vassell<\/a>, who has missed the team\u2019s past 13 games due to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/01\/devin-vassell-to-miss-time-with-left-adductor-strain.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">left adductor strain<\/a>, is set to return on Sunday against New Orleans, writes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/sports\/spurs\/article\/latest-devin-vassell-s-status-sunday-s-game-new-21313097.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-458824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Devin-Vassell-vert-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"  \/>Vassell was a full participant in Saturday\u2019s practice and expects to be on a minutes limit in his first appearance since December 29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what the minutes will look like, but I am definitely excited to be out there,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think the minutes restriction will be too crazy, but you just have to be cautious with this type of injury. I haven\u2019t played for like a month, so I still have to work my way back into shape. But I\u2019m ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A native of Georgia, Vassell started each of San Antonio\u2019s 32 games to open the 2025\/26 campaign prior to suffering the injury. The 25-year-old guard\/forward averaged 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 31.9 minutes per contest while shooting 37.9% from three-point range.<\/p>\n<p>According to Orsborn, Vassell is glad he decided not to rush back from the groin injury before he was fully healthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith an injury like this, you don\u2019t want to come back and then have to sit out again because it starts nagging you,\u201d Vassell said. \u201cI\u2019ve been getting some good workouts in with my guys and I just feel good. I\u2019m ready to go. But it\u2019s definitely tough whenever you have to sit out and watch your teammates play. You feel like you can help. It always tests you mentally, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs, who hold an overall record of 31-14, went 8-5 in Vassell\u2019s absence, Orsborn notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spurs wing Devin Vassell, who has missed the team\u2019s past 13 games due to a left adductor strain,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,62608,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-437740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-devin-vassell","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}