Jarred Vanderbilt ramping up to on-court activities
The Lakers are hoping to have a more formal update on Jarred Vanderbilt’s return-to-the-court status soon, but the one Coach JJ Redick gave before his team’s loss to the Houston Rockets on Sunday was encouraging. “He continues to progress and ramping up to on-court activities,” Redick said of the defensive-minded forward. “And hopefully we have a firm update on the timetable soon. But his progress is real right now.”Source: Los Angeles Daily News More on this storyline “From the knee swelling, that has dissipated,” Redick said. “And right now, it’s just ramping up to be able to play and then recover and then play and then recover just like what an NBA season is versus any sort of setback he’s had in the last few weeks. He’s progressing along.” -via Los Angeles Daily News / January 6, 2025 Dave McMenamin: Gabe Vincent (hip) did not practice today, per JJ Redick. Redick added that Jaxson Hayes (ankle) is probable to play for the first time since late November. Jarred Vanderbilt (foot injuries) also participated in the non-contact portion of practice. -via Twitter @mcten / December 30, 2024 How does L.A. fix what still ails it? This deal removes the largest expiring contract the Lakers could use in any future trade. Anything they do now would have to rely on aggregating multiple contracts that go beyond this season and, most likely, would carry negative value to receiving teams: Gabe Vincent, Rui Hachimura and Jarred Vanderbilt. Those three and Jalen Hood-Schifino’s expiring $3.9 million deal can combine to make $43.6 million in outbound salary and could take back roughly the same amount while keeping L.A. under the collective bargaining agreement’s second apron (remember, the Lakers would have to backfill empty roster spots in a four-for-one or three-for-one trade). That amount is enough to match the salaries of most of the star players they’d be considering. Zach LaVine, for instance, makes $43 million; Anfernee Simons makes $25.9 million; LaMelo Ball (sure, let’s go there) makes $35.1 million; and De’Aaron Fox (what the heck, let’s go there, too) makes $34.5 million. -via New York Times / December 30, 2024
The Lakers are hoping to have a more formal update on Jarred Vanderbilt’s return-to-the-court status soon, but the one Coach JJ Redick gave before his team’s loss to the Houston Rockets on Sunday was encouraging. “He continues to progress and ramping up to on-court activities,” Redick said of the defensive-minded forward. “And hopefully we have a firm update on the timetable soon. But his progress is real right now.”
Source: Los Angeles Daily News
Source: Los Angeles Daily News
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“From the knee swelling, that has dissipated,” Redick said. “And right now, it’s just ramping up to be able to play and then recover and then play and then recover just like what an NBA season is versus any sort of setback he’s had in the last few weeks. He’s progressing along.” -via Los Angeles Daily News / January 6, 2025
Dave McMenamin: Gabe Vincent (hip) did not practice today, per JJ Redick. Redick added that Jaxson Hayes (ankle) is probable to play for the first time since late November. Jarred Vanderbilt (foot injuries) also participated in the non-contact portion of practice. -via Twitter @mcten / December 30, 2024
How does L.A. fix what still ails it? This deal removes the largest expiring contract the Lakers could use in any future trade. Anything they do now would have to rely on aggregating multiple contracts that go beyond this season and, most likely, would carry negative value to receiving teams: Gabe Vincent, Rui Hachimura and Jarred Vanderbilt. Those three and Jalen Hood-Schifino’s expiring $3.9 million deal can combine to make $43.6 million in outbound salary and could take back roughly the same amount while keeping L.A. under the collective bargaining agreement’s second apron (remember, the Lakers would have to backfill empty roster spots in a four-for-one or three-for-one trade). That amount is enough to match the salaries of most of the star players they’d be considering. Zach LaVine, for instance, makes $43 million; Anfernee Simons makes $25.9 million; LaMelo Ball (sure, let’s go there) makes $35.1 million; and De’Aaron Fox (what the heck, let’s go there, too) makes $34.5 million. -via New York Times / December 30, 2024
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