Jared Vanderbilt saw his previous season cut short to just 36 appearances due to an injury that even drew a sly remark from Anthony Irwin. This year, Vanderbilt played the first 14 games for the Los Angeles Lakers. But recently, the situation has taken a turn. Although he is fully healthy, the Lakers forward has been handed five straight DNPs.

Lakers head coach JJ Redick spoke openly about Jarred Vanderbilt’s benching and how he has responded to being on the bench.

“He’s been good. He’s been a pro, he’s been great in the most recent stay-ready that we had this week. He was great. He’s been a great teammate, so no surprise there. I communicated to him before LeBron came back that there were certain things that he needed to be able to do consistently to play before LeBron came back, after

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