<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-traded-tim-connelly-twice');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt gets real on being traded by Tim Connelly twice');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-gets-real-on-being-traded-by-tim-connelly-twice.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt gets real on being traded by Tim Connelly twice</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-23T06:04:37-07:00">September 23rd, 6:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-23T06:04:37-07:00">September 23rd, 6:04am</time><address><a>Gerard Angelo Samillano</a>Gerard is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, with his focus primarily on the NBA, NFL, and Gaming. When he's not writing for CP, Gerard can often be seen playing VALORANT or playing pick-up basketball. He's also working on his BS Mathematics degree.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The NBA is a harsh business. Beneath the talented basketball players and genius coaches is a cold, calculated business. Players get traded at a drop of a hat, loyalty is just a word, you get it. Los Angeles Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt learnt that when he became part of multiple trades that sent him from the Nuggets to the Timberwolves to the Jazz, until eventually <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-pelicans-nearly-acquired-malik-beasley-jarred-vanderbilt-before-jazz-traded-duo-lakers" rel="noopener">ending up on the Lakers</a>.</p><p>The common factor in two of these three trades? Weirdly enough, it’s Tim Connelly, who was the GM for two of the teams that ended up trading Jarred Vanderbilt away. In a podcast appearance on Run Your Race, the Lakers forward <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1705428059321672181" rel="noopener">commented</a> on this bizarre coincidence.</p><p>“[Timberwolves] got a new President/GM. Same one that came from [the Nuggets]… He traded me to Minnesota, then he got to Minnesota, traded me again to [the Jazz]. I’m like ‘damn.’”</p><p>Jarred Vanderbilt started his career in Denver, where he was drafted by the Nuggets in the second round of the 2018 draft. After two years, Vanderbilt was traded to the Timberwolves in a rather unassuming move. The forward built a strong career in Minnesota. After two years, he was packaged as part of Tim Connelly’s blockbuster deal that sent Rudy Gobert to Minnesota. He was then dealt by the Jazz at the trade deadline to the Lakers.</p><p>Vanderbilt was part of the Lakers’ sudden resurgence after the trade deadline. Vando’s strong defense and rebounding became a key part of LA’s resurgence in the second half of the season. It’s no surprise that LA ended up <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-agrees-4-year-48-million-contract-extension" rel="noopener">extending</a> Vanderbilt. LA fans are now hoping that the forward takes care of his offensive weaknesses to be a true game-changer on both sides of the ball.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt gets real on being traded by Tim Connelly twice

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-explains-life-easier-playing-lebron-james-anthony-davis');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jarred Vanderbilt explains why life is ‘easier’ when playing alongside LeBron James, Anthony Davis on the Lakers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Jarred-Vanderbilt-explains-why-life-is-_easier_-when-playing-alongside-LeBron-James-Anthony-Davis.jpg"></figure><h1>Jarred Vanderbilt explains why life is ‘easier’ when playing alongside LeBron James, Anthony Davis on the Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-19T11:51:47-07:00">September 19th, 11:51am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-19T11:51:47-07:00">September 19th, 11:51am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jarred Vanderbilt was one of a handful of players who were picked up by the Los Angeles Lakers at the trade deadline last season and ended up playing a huge role in their run to the Western Conference Finals. Vanderbilt <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-agrees-4-year-48-million-contract-extension" rel="noopener">signed</a> a four-year, $48 million extension with the Lakers last week, so he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and it sounds like he is thrilled to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-reacts-to-jarred-vanderbilt-la-contract-extension" rel="noopener">continue playing</a> alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis.</p><p>Vanderbilt’s solid two-way abilities at the forward position helped him earn some big minutes with the Lakers, and he should continue to see a lot of the court this upcoming season. Vanderbilt is a solid player in his own right, but he believes that playing alongside James and Davis <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1704175817704763875" rel="noopener">makes everything easier</a> for him, and he recently explained why that’s the case.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"[Anthony Davis &amp; LeBron] are such high IQ, high level players that it made our jobs easier… Its huge, especially coming in mid-season for the top players to accept you… They made our transition so much smooth.”</p><p>—Jarred Vanderbilt </p><p>(via "Run Your Race", <a href="https://twitter.com/TidalLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TidalLeague</a>) <a href="https://t.co/Q0Kj3EAxdE">pic.twitter.com/Q0Kj3EAxdE</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1704175817704763875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Jarred Vanderbilt has bounced around the league a bit during his first few seasons, and he finally found a stable role with the Lakers after his trade there last year. Of course, he’s played alongside some other solid guys to start his career, but working with James and Davis, who are both top ten players when operating at their best, has helped make life easier for the young wing.</p><p>With Vanderbilt and several of his other teammates getting locked into new deals this offseason, it’s clear that the Lakers feel good about their core group that led them on a deep postseason run last year. And for Vanderbilt, that could make things even easier for him as he spends a full season playing for the Lakers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jarred Vanderbilt explains why life is ‘easier’ when playing alongside LeBron James, Anthony Davis on the Lakers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/timberwolves-news-jarred-vanderbilt-on-why-he-believes-dawg-anthony-edwards-is-destined-for-big-things');   ga('set', 'title', 'Former Timberolves PF Jarred Vanderbilt on why he believes ‘dawg’ Anthony Edwards is destined for big things');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Jarred-Vanderbilt-Lakers-Timberwolves-Anthony-Edwards.jpg"></figure><h1>Former Timberolves PF Jarred Vanderbilt on why he believes ‘dawg’ Anthony Edwards is destined for big things</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-19T08:47:58-07:00">September 19th, 8:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-19T08:49:37-07:00">September 19th, 8:49am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Although he is no longer teammates with Anthony Edwards, Los Angeles Lakers power forward Jarred Vanderbilt remains a big believer in the Minnesota Timberwolves star.</p><p>“[Anthony Edwards] is just a dawg— on both ends… You could tell now that he’s like <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jarred-vanderbilt-talking-lebron-james-anthony-davis/id1636718576?i=1000628398649" rel="noopener">‘this my team’</a>… The sky is the limit for him… He got everything lined up to be one of those guys,” Vanderbilt said of Anthony Edwards during a recent appearance on the Run Your Race podcast.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"[Anthony Edwards] is just a dawg— on both ends… You could tell now that he's like 'this my team'… The sky is the limit for him… He got everything lined up to be one of those guys."</p><p>—Jarred Vanderbilt </p><p>(via "Run Your Race", <a href="https://twitter.com/TidalLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TidalLeague</a>)<a href="https://t.co/Upddbwq8qK">pic.twitter.com/Upddbwq8qK</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1704140883925385227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Vanderbilt <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jarred-vanderbilt-2023-nba-trade-deadline-best-destinations-jazz" rel="noopener">played alongside</a> Anthony Edwards in Minnesota from 2020 to 2022 when he was traded by the Timberwolves to the Utah Jazz. The Edwards version that Vanderbilt teamed up with was already brimming with star potential, but Edwards took yet another big step forward in the 2022-23 NBA season when he averaged a career-high 24.6 points per game to go with 5.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists per contest — both career-best numbers as well.</p><p>The Timberwolves have the twin-tower combo of Karl-Antony Towns and Rudy Gobert but it’s become clear that Edwards is going to be the face of the franchise for years to come.</p><p>Edwards further impressed basketball fans in the NBA offseason when he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/team-usa-news-steve-kerr-reveals-anthony-edwards-biggest-challenge-vs-germany-in-fiba-world-cup" rel="noopener">starred for Team USA</a> in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. While the Americans failed to bring home the gold medal, Anthony Edwards’ play in the tournament and in the lead-up to it solidified his status as one of the best young talents in the NBA today.</p><p>The Timberwolves are hoping that Edwards will be the one who will finally lead them to winning the ever-elusive NBA title.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Former Timberolves PF Jarred Vanderbilt on why he believes ‘dawg’ Anthony Edwards is destined for big things

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-drops-eye-opening-admission-on-guarding-steph-curry-in-warriors-playoff-series');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt drops eye-opening admission on guarding Steph Curry in Warriors playoff series');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Warriors-Lakers-Stephen-Curry-Jarred-Vanderbilt-playoffs.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt drops eye-opening admission on guarding Steph Curry in Warriors playoff series</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-19T08:23:36-07:00">September 19th, 8:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-19T14:28:25-07:00">September 19th, 2:28pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime -- so he writes about it instead as a form of therapy. (It hasn't worked though. Someday maybe it will -- especially when he's been working for ClutchPoints since August 2022.)</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>One of the highlights of the 2023 NBA Playoffs was the heavyweight clash between two of the NBA teams with the most populous fanbases in the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors. While the two teams, led by all-time greats in LeBron James and Stephen Curry, respectively, traded one punch after another, it was the Lakers that came out on top in the end by sheer <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-steve-kerr-reacts-to-massive-game-1-free-throw-disparity-vs-lakers" rel="noopener">physicality and force of will</a>.</p><p>It’s revisionist history to say that the Lakers, despite <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-reactions-dubs-season-ends-with-familiar-blowout-game-6-loss-to-lakers" rel="noopener">blowing out the Warriors</a> in Game 6, had an easy time against the then-reigning champions. They didn’t — especially those who had the thankless task of trying to slow down the greatest shooter of all time. Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt explained just how difficult being Curry’s primary defender is on an appearance on Theo Pinson’s Run Your Race podcast by Tidal League.</p><p>“Ran like 3 miles [in Game 2 of the 2023 Playoffs vs. Warriors], chasing Steph around. Obviously, Game 1 did a good job. Game 2, I actually got hurt in the 2nd game, I think Moses Moody fell on my leg. [But] I still got to chase [Steph]. Steph [Curry] just nonstop moving… It’s a tough task. People don’t realize that it’s a tough task being the guy that has to chase somebody around,” Vanderbilt said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Ran like 3 miles [in Game 2 of the 2023 Playoffs vs. Warriors]… I actually got hurt in the 2nd game… Steph [Curry] just nonstop moving… It’s a tough task being the guy that has to chase somebody around.”</p><p>—Jarred Vanderbilt</p><p>(via "Run Your Race",  <a href="https://twitter.com/TidalLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TidalLeague</a>) <a href="https://t.co/e8W96LlbMT">pic.twitter.com/e8W96LlbMT</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1704131583127732415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Nevertheless, as difficult as it was to pull off for Vanderbilt, that was his role — to defend the opponent’s best player. Vanderbilt isn’t exactly a stellar offensive player, so being able to stay in front of Stephen Curry to at least give the Lakers some chance of surviving against a potential barrage from the Warriors star was imperative. And Vanderbilt was able to do just that.</p><p>Of course, stopping Curry completely is impossible. But Vanderbilt did as good a job as any, as he possesses a combination of size and speed that would at least bother the Warriors star’s line of sight and make him feel the contact as he flies around the court. This is the exact reason why the Lakers signed Vanderbilt to a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-reacts-to-jarred-vanderbilt-la-contract-extension" rel="noopener">four-year, $48 million extension</a>, as he’ll be a huge defensive piece for the team for years to come.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt drops eye-opening admission on guarding Steph Curry in Warriors playoff series

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lakers-news-lebron-james-reacts-to-jarred-vanderbilt-la-contract-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'LeBron James reacts to Jarred Vanderbilt’s Lakers contract extension');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lakers_news_LeBron_James_reacts_to_Jarred_Vanderbilt_s_LA_extension.jpg"></figure><h1>LeBron James reacts to Jarred Vanderbilt’s Lakers contract extension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-18T19:29:06-07:00">September 18th, 7:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-18T19:30:16-07:00">September 18th, 7:30pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a>Angelo Guinhawa is a Senior Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jarred Vanderbilt has officially put pen to paper his four-year, $48 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, and sure enough, LeBron James is hyped up over the development.</p><p>On his Instagram story, James shared the Lakers’ <a href="https://twitter.com/BeatKit22/status/1703928212169056670" rel="noopener">official announcement</a> of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-agrees-4-year-48-million-contract-extension" rel="noopener">Vanderbilt signing</a>. While he didn’t say any word, the superstar forward did make his feelings about the deal clear by adding several “Raising Hands” emojis on his social media post.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LeBron's hyped  👀 <a href="https://t.co/C2pe2eFXej">pic.twitter.com/C2pe2eFXej</a></p><p>— Kit Guinhawa (@BeatKit22) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeatKit22/status/1703928212169056670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grading-jarred-vanderbilt-contract-extension-los-angeles-lakers" rel="noopener">Jarred Vanderbilt was a huge part</a> of the Lakers’ 2022-23 turnaround after arriving in La La Land via a midseason trade with the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves. While he struggled during the playoffs, there’s no denying that he was a big reason why the team even made it to the postseason after a rather horrendous start to the campaign.</p><p>The 24-year-old forward averaged 7.2 points on 52.9 percent shooting, 6.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 steals in the 26 games he played with the Lakers during the 2022-23 regular season. In the playoffs, his numbers fell to 4.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 0.7 steals as he saw his playing time decrease as well. However, his presence remains important for the Purple and Gold, as he’s arguably their second-best defender after Anthony Davis.</p><p>Vanderbilt is expected to play a crucial role again in 2023-24 as the Lakers look to return to the postseason and get past the Western Conference Finals. They lost to the Denver Nuggets in last year’s conference finale. It surely won’t be easy for LeBron James and co., which is why they will need role players like Vanderbilt to step</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James reacts to Jarred Vanderbilt’s Lakers contract extension

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grading-jarred-vanderbilt-contract-extension-los-angeles-lakers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grading Jarred Vanderbilt’s 4-year, $48 million contract extension with Lakers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jarred-vanderbilt-lakers.jpeg"></figure><h1>Grading Jarred Vanderbilt’s 4-year, $48 million contract extension with Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-15T12:03:10-07:00">September 15th, 12:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-15T12:03:10-07:00">September 15th, 12:03pm</time><address><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/author/michaelc/">Michael Corvo</a>Los Angeles Lakers beat reporter. Follow me at @michaelcorvoNBA on Twitter, IG, TikTok for daily Lakers news, notes, and analysis. I also write things about golf.NYC/USC/LA. Aspiring Shane Falco.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Friday morning, the Los Angeles Lakers and Jarred Vanderbilt <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-agrees-4-year-48-million-contract-extension" rel="noopener">agreed</a> to a fully guaranteed four-year, $48 million contract extension, according to various sources, via Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul. Vanderbilt, who made $4.3 million in 2023-24, became extension-eligible this week.</p><p>The Lakers already picked up Vando’s $4.7 million option for this season, so the extension begins in 2024-25. The fourth year is a player option. Because players cannot be traded for six months after signing an extension, Vando is ineligible to be dealt until next summer (the trade deadline is Feb. 8).</p><p>Vanderbilt was acquired before last season’s trade deadline from the Utah Jazz. He instantly became an integral “Swiss Army knife” defender and energy booster for Darvin Ham. In 26 regular season games for the Lakers (24 starts), Vanderbilt averaged 7.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.2 steals while often guarding the opponent’s best player. His <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelcorvoNBA/status/1702753832311333115" rel="noopener">1.9 Defensive Box Plus Minus</a> — which measures the difference per 100 possessions in points allowed with a player on the court versus off — was the best mark on the team. His role decreased as the playoffs went along, but he still started 13 games as the Lakers marched to the conference finals.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jarred Vanderbilt locking down Steph Curry 🔒 <a href="https://t.co/USHj9agFnS">pic.twitter.com/USHj9agFnS</a></p><p>— The Lakers Chip (@Lakerschipp) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lakerschipp/status/1702686779994759178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The deal is a win-win for both sides.</p><p>Vando gets to continue evolving as an all-around player under a coaching staff and organization — not to mention the tutelage of LeBron and Davis — with a highly impressive track record of player development. (Outside shooting and finishing are essential areas for growth.) Rui Hachimura, fresh off his $51 million extension, will likely begin the season as the third frontcourt starter, but Vanderbilt will almost certainly play a key role on a contender. Last April, The Athletic <a href="https://theathletic.com/4401349/2023/04/11/jarred-vanderbilt-lakers-dennis-rodman/" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Vanderbilt wanted to reach a long-term agreement with what he deemed a “high-caliber organization.”</p><p>For the Lakers, it’s the latest validation of Rob Pelinka’s mission to prioritize continuity coming off their midseason reconstruction. The Lakers could have risked letting Vanderbilt hit unrestricted free agency and possibly re-signing him at a slightly lower AAV — depending on his role/performance — but they opted to lock down the 24-year-old.</p><p>Vanderbilt is the fifth Lakers player to sign an extension this offseason, joining AD, Hachimura, Austin Reaves, and D’Angelo Russell. The Lakers now have AD, Hachimura, Reaves, Vando, Gabe Vincent, and rookies Jalen Hood-Schifino and Maxwell Lewis under contract through 2025-26. Everybody on the roster besides James and Davis is under 30 years old.</p><p>The Lakers have successfully set up their future while developing championship-level versatility and depth around their superstars while maintaining trade flexibility going forward.</p><p><i><b>Vanderbilt Grade: A-</b></i></p><p><i><b>Lakers Grade: B+</b></i></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grading Jarred Vanderbilt’s 4-year, $48 million contract extension with Lakers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-agrees-4-year-48-million-contract-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers’ Jarred Vanderbilt agrees to 4-year, $48 million contract extension');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lakers-news-Jarred-Vanderbilt-agrees-to-4-year-48-million-contract-extension.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers’ Jarred Vanderbilt agrees to 4-year, $48 million contract extension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-15T07:00:26-07:00">September 15th, 7:00am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-15T11:41:39-07:00">September 15th, 11:41am</time><address><a>Jason Patt</a>Jason Patt started as an editor at ClutchPoints in 2018 and became the head of the editorial team in 2022. He also co-hosts Cash Considerations: A Chicago Bulls Podcast for the Blue Wire Network.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt has agreed to a <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1702678649961353423" rel="noopener">four-year, $48 million contract extension</a> with the team, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. The contract is fully guaranteed and has a player option in the final year.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-grading-the-3-team-russell-westbrook-dangelo-russell-trade" rel="noopener">Lakers acquired Vanderbilt</a> from the Utah Jazz when they overhauled the roster ahead of last season’s trade deadline. The 24-year-old was part of the three-team trade that sent out Russell Westbrook and also brought D’Angelo Russell and Malik Beasley to Los Angeles.</p><h2><b>Jarred Vanderbilt’s time with Lakers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Jarred-Vanderbilt-Lakers-option-contract-LeBron-James-Anthony-Davis.jpg"></figure><p>The Lakers exercised the forward’s $4.7 million team option for the 2023-24 season and has now rewarded him with a long-term deal. Vanderbilt started 24 of the 26 regular-season games with LA after the trade and 13 of the 15 playoff games, making him a key part of the rotation.</p><p>The 6-foot-9 forward saw more playing time in the regular season with the Lakers, averaging 7.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 24.0 minutes per game. That dropped to 16.5 minutes per game in the postseason, with averages of 4.6 points and 3.2 rebounds.</p><p>Vanderbilt’s lack of shooting played a role in his diminished playoff playing time, but he’s still a valuable role player who can soak up minutes in the frontcourt while bringing plenty of energy, defense and rebounding to the table. At just 24 years old, it made sense for the Lakers to want to lock up another young member of the roster, and this is a fair deal given his age and contributions.</p><h2><b>Busy Lakers offseason</b></h2><p>This is just another notable contract for Los Angeles in an offseason full of them, with Jarred Vanderbilt <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-anthony-davis-contract-extension" rel="noopener">joining Anthony Davis</a>, Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura and D’Angelo Russell as players getting new deals. The Lakers also brought in Gabe Vincent, Taurean Prince, Cam Reddish, Jaxson Hayes and, mostly recently, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-how-christian-wood-signing-impacts-starting-lineup-choices-depth-chart" rel="noopener">Christian Wood in free agency</a>.</p><p>Los Angeles has NBA Finals aspirations once again after reaching the Western Conference Finals last season, only to get swept by the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers boast two superstars in LeBron James and AD plus a ton of depth around them, including Vanderbilt.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers’ Jarred Vanderbilt agrees to 4-year, $48 million contract extension

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-lakers-4-7-million-plan-on-jarred-vanderbilt-revealed/');   ga('set', 'title', 'RUMOR: Lakers’ $4.7 million Jarred Vanderbilt plan, revealed');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Jarred-Vanderbilt-Lakers-option-contract-LeBron-James-Anthony-Davis.jpg"></figure><h1>RUMOR: Lakers’ $4.7 million Jarred Vanderbilt plan, revealed</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-27T21:27:23-07:00">June 27th, 9:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-27T21:27:23-07:00">June 27th, 9:27pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For much of the 2022-23 season, the Los Angeles Lakers roster was crying out for a game-changing defensive presence. And in February, they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-grading-the-3-team-russell-westbrook-dangelo-russell-trade" rel="noopener">finally got their man</a>, acquiring Jarred Vanderbilt (along with D’Angelo Russell and Malik Beasley) for Russell Westbrook’s huge expiring contract.</p><p>Beyond Vanderbilt’s defensive versatility and presence on the glass, what made the 6’9 forward so valuable despite his limited offensive game was his team-friendly contract. Vanderbilt has a team option worth $4.7 million for the 2023-24 season, making it almost a no-brainer for the Lakers to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-lakers-plan-jarred-vanderbilt-amid-contract-uncertainty" rel="noopener">keep him in town</a>.</p><p>And it appears that’s exactly what the Lakers will be doing. According to Dave McMenamin of ESPN, the Lakers <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1673889428509708289" rel="noopener">will be picking up</a> Jarred Vanderbilt’s option for next season. Doing so will give the Lakers another surefire rotation piece for cheap, which will be of utmost importance given Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves’ impending huge contracts. By September 7, Vanderbilt will be eligible for a four-year contract extension worth up to $71 million.</p><p>Vanderbilt ended up starting 37 games for the Lakers (including 13 in the playoffs) following his midseason trade from the Utah Jazz, averaging 6.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 1.0 steals in <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/vanderbilt-lakers-averages-including-playoffs" rel="noopener">41 total games</a> donning the Purple and Gold. While those numbers don’t exactly jump off the page, it’s his ability to take on every defensive matchup that made him such an invaluable factor in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lebron-james-anthony-davis-credit-jarred-vanderbilt-for-leading-lakers-to-huge-win-vs-mavs" rel="noopener">spurring the Lakers’ late-season turnaround</a>.</p><p>The next step for Jarred Vanderbilt’s development will be his ability to hone his three-point shot. At the moment, teams can sag off the 24-year old forward, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-los-angeles-dangelo-russell-bench-game-4-nuggets" rel="noopener">making scoring difficult</a> for the Lakers. If he manages to become a more dangerous scoring threat, he should become a more dangerous weapon for Darvin Ham to put alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

RUMOR: Lakers’ $4.7 million Jarred Vanderbilt plan, revealed

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lakers-news-lebron-shoutout-vs-warriors-draws-jarred-vanderbilt-reaction');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers’ Jarred Vanderbilt reacts to hilarious LeBron James shoutout after Game 6 win vs. Warriors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lakers-news-Jarred-Vanderbilt-reacts-to-hilarious-LeBron-James-shoutout-after-Game-6-win-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers’ Jarred Vanderbilt reacts to hilarious LeBron James shoutout after Game 6 win vs. Warriors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-13T14:53:54-07:00">May 13th, 2:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-13T14:53:54-07:00">May 13th, 2:53pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Pao has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-anthony-davis-share-emotional-moment-warriors-win" rel="noopener">LeBron James and Anthony Davis</a> faced a lot of tough questions in their joint post-game presser following the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-la-slay-warriors-with-historic-win-in-stephen-curry-era" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Lakers</a>‘ majestic Game 6 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night. One of the queries centered around the Lakers supposedly “playing with house money” in terms of going beyond people’s expectations this season. LeBron and AD were having none of it, though, and they both decided to quote teammate Jarred Vanderbilt in their response.</p><p>Vanderbilt himself caught wind of the special shootout and the 24-year-old could not help but <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1657475836776181764" rel="noopener">react</a> to the same via Twitter:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="und">Nahhhhhhhh😂😂 <a href="https://t.co/vlNfSMuOQj">https://t.co/vlNfSMuOQj</a></p><p>— Jarred Vanderbilt (@JVando) <a href="https://twitter.com/JVando/status/1657473905957933056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It’s hilarious that both LeBron and Davis impersonated Vanderbilt simultaneously to respond to the reporter’s question. Vando himself took notice of his superstar teammate’s special mention, and he just had to double down on their statement.</p><p>There’s nothing funny about the message, though. After defying the odds by taking down the defending champs in the second round of the NBA Playoffs, there might be some folks who will argue that the Lakers have already gone far and beyond this season. That’s obviously not the mindset LeBron James has, and the same is the case for Anthony Davis. In fact, I’m pretty sure this is how the rest of the squad, as well as the entire organization, feel right about now.</p><p>It’s great that LA has now booked its spot in the Western Conference Finals against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, but at the same time, it is also abundantly clear to every single member of the team that the job is far from done.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers’ Jarred Vanderbilt reacts to hilarious LeBron James shoutout after Game 6 win vs. Warriors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-lakers-plan-jarred-vanderbilt-amid-contract-uncertainty');   ga('set', 'title', 'RUMOR: Lakers’ offseason plan on Jarred Vanderbilt amid contract uncertainty');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NBA_rumors_Lakers__offseason_plan_on_Jarred_Vanderbilt_amid_contract_uncertainty.jpg"><figcaption>4/12</figcaption></figure><h1>RUMOR: Lakers’ offseason plan on Jarred Vanderbilt amid contract uncertainty</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-12T20:19:19-07:00">April 12th, 8:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-12T20:19:19-07:00">April 12th, 8:19pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Pao has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jarred Vanderbilt put in another noteworthy performance for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-darvin-ham-delivers-rousing-speech-booking-playoffs-berth" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in Tuesday’s hard-fought overtime win <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/timberwolves-news-karl-anthony-towns-fouls-vs-lakers-chris-finch-pissed" rel="noopener">over the Minnesota Timberwolves</a>. It was an opportunity for the 24-year-old to play against his former team following his mid-season trade to Hollywood, and unsurprisingly, Vanderbilt gave LA some quality minutes off the bench yet again.</p><p>Vanderbilt has been quite a revelation for the Lakers since his arrival during the NBA trade deadline as part of the D’Angelo Russell blockbuster deal. Vando is no star, but he’s been an integral part of LA’s second unit amid their recent surge.</p><p>It is worth noting that Jarred Vanderbilt currently has two more years remaining in his contract. Moreover, there is some uncertainty surrounding his future in LA given that the Lakers hold a player option on his deal for next season. At this point, though, it seems that the Lakers have already made their decision on the high-energy power forward:</p><p>“Vanderbilt has a $4.7 million team option for next season, one the Lakers <a href="https://theathletic.com/4401349/2023/04/11/jarred-vanderbilt-lakers-dennis-rodman/?access_token=68838&amp;redirected=1" rel="noopener">plan on exercising</a>. He’s hopeful he can put down roots in Los Angeles as part of what he deems a ‘high-caliber organization,'” NBA insider Jovan Buha of The Athletic wrote.</p><p>After seeing what he’s brought to the table thus far, pickup up the team option for Vanderbilt next season seems like a no-brainer for the Lakers. This young man has come a long way from his early days in the league where he was plagued with injury — something that Vando has kept as motivation ever since:</p><p>“It drives a chip on my shoulder,” he says. “I feel like I had some catching up to do, especially being in a position where I started at.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

RUMOR: Lakers’ offseason plan on Jarred Vanderbilt amid contract uncertainty

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-discusses-advantage-of-facing-former-team-timberwolves-in-play-in');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jarred Vanderbilt discusses advantage of facing former team Timberwolves in play-in');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LeBron-James-Jarred-Vanderbilt-Lakers-Timberwolves.jpg"></figure><h1>Jarred Vanderbilt discusses advantage of facing former team Timberwolves in play-in</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-10T20:15:35-07:00">April 10th, 8:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-10T20:17:08-07:00">April 10th, 8:17pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Lakers don’t have to look far for some inside info about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/timberwolves-news-worrying-karl-anthony-towns-injury-update-vs-lakers" rel="noopener">their Play-in Tournament</a> opponent Minnesota Timberwolves. After all, they have some former Timberwolves players on the team, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-3-reasons-los-angeles-beat-timberwolves-2023-nba-play-in-tournament" rel="noopener">including forward Jarred Vanderbilt</a>, who came to Purple and Gold nation from the Utah Jazz via a three-team trade last February.</p><p>Jarred Vanderbilt, who played three seasons (140 games total) with the Timberwolves from the 2019-20 season to the 2021-22 campaign, is already sharing helpful insights with the Lakers about his former team.</p><p>“I know those guys personally and their tendencies,” Jarred Vanderbilt said while speaking to reporters during a Lakers practice. “I’m helping these guys with scouting, figuring out their game plan and how they operate. It’s much easier, especially since I got a couple of guys with me that have also been in that system and played with those guys.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lakers’ Jarred Vanderbilt on facing his former team <a href="https://t.co/Po43KrdqFT">pic.twitter.com/Po43KrdqFT</a></p><p>— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/1645543070279286785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Jarred Vanderbilt has given the Lakers a tremendous boost and is a key reason why the team has looked so much better in the second half of the season than in the early goings of the 2022-23 campaign. Over the last 10 Lakers games in the regular season, Jarred Vanderbilt mustered averages of 6.6 points on 53.1 percent shooting from the field and 46.2 percent from behind the arc and 5.7 rebounds per game. He’s not someone the Lakers would consider as a primary offensive option, but he stretches the floor and provides an effective and versatile presence on the defensive end of the floor.</p><p>The Lakers are scheduled to face the Timberwolves in the Play-in Tournament this <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/nba-play-in-tournament" rel="noopener">Tuesday</a> at Crypto.com Arena.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jarred Vanderbilt discusses advantage of facing former team Timberwolves in play-in

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-pelicans-nearly-acquired-malik-beasley-jarred-vanderbilt-before-jazz-traded-duo-lakers');   ga('set', 'title', 'RUMOR: Pelicans nearly acquired Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt before Jazz traded duo to Lakers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Pelicans-nearly-acquired-Malik-Beasley-Jarred-Vanderbilt-before-Jazz-traded-duo-to-Lakers.jpg"></figure><h1>RUMOR: Pelicans nearly acquired Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt before Jazz traded duo to Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-03-19T13:34:37-07:00">March 19th, 1:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-03-19T13:34:37-07:00">March 19th, 1:34pm</time><address><a>Quenton Albertie</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Considering the struggles that they’ve had since the All-Star break, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-cj-mccollum-larry-nance-jr-get-real-nba-playoff-race" rel="noopener">New Orleans Pelicans</a> could have used the reinforcement <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-malik-beasley-matches-kobe-bryants-20-year-old-scoring-feat" rel="noopener">Malik Beasley</a> and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lebron-james-anthony-davis-credit-jarred-vanderbilt-for-leading-lakers-to-huge-win-vs-mavs" rel="noopener">Jarred Vanderbilt</a> would have provided to the roster after the NBA trade deadline.</p><p>Unfortunately, with the Utah Jazz determined to trade veteran point guard Mike Conley Jr. and his oversized contract, the Jazz sent the duo the Los Angeles Lakers instead.</p><p>This information, passed on by ESPN insider Zach Lowe on The Lowe Post podcast, is likely to rub Pelicans fans the wrong way. However, business is business, and Utah had to choose between a trade package centered around significant “draft equity” and one centered around a lightly protected 2027 first-round pick.</p><p>“The Pelicans were close to getting Beasley and Vanderbilt from Utah at the trade deadline, or close-ish,” Lowe tells ESPN writer Kevin Pelton on The Lowe Post.</p><p>“They had a pretty good offer on the table. It was a draft equity-based offer with a pick that maybe was not as good as the Lakers pick that they ended up trading, but pretty close, I think, from what I’ve heard.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>“But one of the issues was – maybe the picks weren’t exactly equivalent – but then another issue was [Mike] Conley and the Jazz’s determination to get off of [Conley’s contract] and could the Pelicans figure that out somehow? And it became a little complicated.”</p><p>The Lakers have truly benefitted from the arrivals of Beasley and Vanderbilt, with the former providing them with the type of 3-point threat they’ve been looking for all season and the latter a reliable backup center with starter-level talent. Unfortunately for the Pelicans, if they want either one of these players, they may have to wait another season.</p><p>Both Beasley and Vanderbilt are under contract with the Lakers through the 2023-24 season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

RUMOR: Pelicans nearly acquired Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt before Jazz traded duo to Lakers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lebron-james-anthony-davis-credit-jarred-vanderbilt-for-leading-lakers-to-huge-win-vs-mavs');   ga('set', 'title', 'LeBron James, Anthony Davis, credit Jarred Vanderbilt for leading Lakers to huge win vs. Mavs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/lakers-jarred-vanderbilt-lebron-james-anthony-davis-luka-doncic-mavs.jpeg"></figure><h1>LeBron James, Anthony Davis, credit Jarred Vanderbilt for leading Lakers to huge win vs. Mavs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-02-26T18:21:48-08:00">February 26th, 6:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-02-27T00:08:57-08:00">February 27th, 12:08am</time><address><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/author/michaelc/">Michael Corvo</a>Los Angeles Lakers beat reporter. Follow me at @michaelcorvoNBA on Twitter, IG, TikTok for daily Lakers news, notes, and analysis.NYC/USC/LA. Aspiring Shane Falco.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Since the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/los-angeles-lakers-grades-for-2023-nba-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">2023 NBA trade deadline</a>, the Los Angeles Lakers have been revitalized by the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lebron-james-dreadful-game-vs-warriors-welcome-sight-lakers" rel="noopener">newfound depth</a> around LeBron James and Anthony Davis. They’re 4-1 post-deadline and have been specifically ignited by recent pickups in each win.</p><p>In the final game before the All-Star break, D’Angelo Russell (21 points, 7 assists) helped deliver the Lakers a smooth win over the New Orleans Pelicans. In the first game back from break, Malik Beasley dropped 25 points (7-of-11 from 3) in a dub over the Golden State Warriors.</p><p>On Sunday, after a massive comeback road victory over the Dallas Mavericks — in which the Lakers became the <a href="https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/1629983243658223621?s=20" rel="noopener">first team</a> of 2022-23 to overcome a 27-point deficit — the game ball goes to Jarred Vanderbilt.</p><p>After the Lakers rallied to cut the Mavs lead to a manageable 14 points at halftime, Vanderbilt fueled a third-quarter run with inspired two-way play, including a highlight-reel combination of hustle and razzle-dazzle.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">8 points, 8 boards, and 3 steals in the third quarter for <a href="https://twitter.com/JVando?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JVando</a> <a href="https://t.co/df2v1YCIHR">pic.twitter.com/df2v1YCIHR</a></p><p>— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1629974268430917633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“His defense on (Luka Doncic), his activity, his energy, him getting us extra possessions, him getting big defensive rebounds … that’s a tall task to try to manage that matchup, as skilled as Luka is, one of the top-five players in our league, hands down,” said Darvin Ham. “That’s why he’s here: to create havoc with his energy and his efforts. And his size and athleticism, his quickness, all of that was on full display tonight.”</p><p>Vanderbilt finished with 15<b> </b>points, 17 rebounds (8 offensive), and 4 steals. Most impressively, he <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/1629991827204890625">held</a> Luka to 2-of-7 shooting when he was the primary defender.</p><p>“Vando started it all with his ball pressure on Luka,” AD said about the Lakers’ comeback. “Getting some steals. Kinda turnt us up defensively. … You can put him 1-through-5 defensively. He knows how to play.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jarred Vanderbilt's ball pressure on Luka Doncic <a href="https://t.co/r5n3RaZi9y">pic.twitter.com/r5n3RaZi9y</a></p><p>— pickuphoop (@pickuphoop) <a href="https://twitter.com/pickuphoop/status/1630018307033006081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Vando’s efforts forced the game-sealing turnover, too.</p><p>“Vanderbilt kicked our a–,” admitted Mavs head coach Jason Kidd.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">1) Miscommunication between Kyrie &amp; Luka during most important play of game</p><p>2) Kyrie signals to Luka after the turnover he was expecting something different </p><p>3) Jarred Vanderbilt is hell <a href="https://t.co/dyKdvkxBsE">pic.twitter.com/dyKdvkxBsE</a></p><p>— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1629984755587641345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>LeBron <a href="https://twitter.com/SpectrumSN/status/1630013266561998853">articulated</a> on how Vanderbilt’s elite basketball IQ, rebounding, and cutting has enabled him to take advantage — rather than succumb to — how defenses tend to sag off him.</p><p>“He knows where to be on every possession,” summarized James.</p><p>Vanderbilt’s relentless motor seemed to spark the rest of his teammates, as the Lakers dramatically picked up their defensive intensity and overall feistiness in the second half.</p><p>“He comes out and sets the tone defensively for us,” said AD. “His rebounding on both ends of the floor. Just started an effect for our group to lock in. … His value for our team, you can’t even put it into words.”</p><p>Davis finished with 30 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks — including a fiery second-chance slam with 2:00 to go that he retrieved thanks to Vando’s tip on the ball — and a stone-cold dagger on Luka.</p><p>“I’m a bucket,” AD <a href="https://twitter.com/LADEig/status/1629985488592568321">hollered</a> at the Mavs bench. “I’m a f–king bucket.”</p><p>LeBron battled through a foot injury to post 26. Dennis Schroder had 16 and 8 assists in place of D’Angelo Russell. Austin Reaves told Josh Green “he ain’t s–t.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Austin Reaves to Josh Green: "You ain't sh*t. I'll fu*k you up." 😳</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/jovanbuha?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jovanbuha</a>)</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/WtgHZ2nLTW">pic.twitter.com/WtgHZ2nLTW</a></p><p>— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1629976090377879555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I really was just trying to up the intensity, be a little more physical … just try to change the game,” Vanderbilt <a href="https://twitter.com/SpectrumSN/status/1630008167907332098">said</a> about his impact on his teammates.</p><p>Suddenly, as winners of three straight games, each against Western Conference foes, the rejuvenated Lakers (29-32) find themselves one game out of the Play-In and 2.5 games behind the Mavs for the No. 6 seed.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James, Anthony Davis, credit Jarred Vanderbilt for leading Lakers to huge win vs. Mavs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-gets-real-on-physicality-on-luka-doncic-mavs-in-comeback-win');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jarred Vanderbilt gets real on ‘physicality’ on Luka Doncic, Mavs in comeback win');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Vanderbilt.jpg"></figure><h1>Jarred Vanderbilt gets real on ‘physicality’ on Luka Doncic, Mavs in comeback win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-02-26T17:17:12-08:00">February 26th, 5:17pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-02-26T17:17:12-08:00">February 26th, 5:17pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Lakers were one of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-grading-the-3-team-russell-westbrook-dangelo-russell-trade" rel="noopener">the most active teams</a> at the NBA trade deadline. The major trade they made was to reunite with former draft pick D’Angelo Russell, but other trade might have been equally important. The Lakers added Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt from the Utah Jazz at the deadline and both players <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-malik-beasley-fires-warning-shot-after-leading-la-to-win-over-warriors" rel="noopener">have made immediate impacts</a> since their arrival. Vanderbilt in particular was huge on Sunday during the Lakers comeback win from being 27 points against the Dallas Mavericks. After the game, Vanderbilt <a href="https://twitter.com/LakersReporter/status/1629996399222837248?s=20" rel="noopener">spoke</a> on what turned the tide in favor of the Lakers against Luka Doncic and the Mavs.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jarred Vanderbilt after his huge impact towards L.A.‘s win at Dallas. <a href="https://t.co/u67clk9pzi">pic.twitter.com/u67clk9pzi</a></p><p>— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) <a href="https://twitter.com/LakersReporter/status/1629996399222837248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I really was just trying to help the intensity, just be a little bit more physical. I knew we needed it at that point,” Vanderbilt said. “Just trying to bring the energy, bring the effort and just try to change the game momentum-wise. Obviously shots weren’t falling early on for us, we were able to get out and run, crash the glass, get some steals, force some turnovers and that kind of just changed the game for us.”</p><p>Against the Mavs, Jarred Vanderbilt finished with 15 points, 17 rebounds and four steals while shooting 6-8 from the field and knocking down his only three-point shot. He also spent some time guarding Luka Doncic and he spoke on his role defensively as well.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I like that challenge every single night,  you know being able to guard the best players no matter 1-5… I think that's my value and my impact on this team." <a href="https://twitter.com/JVando?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JVando</a> knows his value and embraces his role, whatever that may be on any given night. <a href="https://t.co/IwfFX6Qb3O">pic.twitter.com/IwfFX6Qb3O</a></p><p>— Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpectrumSN/status/1630008167907332098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Prior to Sunday, he had played in four games for the Lakers since the trade including two starts. In those games he averaged 7.0 points per game, 6.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.0 steals with shooting splits of 66.7 percent from the field and 100 percent from the free-throw line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jarred Vanderbilt gets real on ‘physicality’ on Luka Doncic, Mavs in comeback win

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jarred-vanderbilt-2023-nba-trade-deadline-best-destinations-jazz');   ga('set', 'title', '3 best 2023 NBA trade deadline destinations for coveted Jazz forward Jarred Vanderbilt');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/jarred-vanderbilt-3-best-2023-nba-trade-deadline-destinations-for-coveted-jazz-forward.jpg"></figure><h1>3 best 2023 NBA trade deadline destinations for coveted Jazz forward Jarred Vanderbilt</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-02-06T18:08:22-08:00">February 6th, 6:08pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-02-06T18:08:22-08:00">February 6th, 6:08pm</time><address><a>Guilherme Hiray Leal</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the February 9 NBA trade deadline coming up, many organizations will likely be very active in the market to try to find the missing pieces for their puzzles. Because of that, players such as Utah Jazz forward Jarred Vanderbilt could be in a new uniform by the end of the week.</p><p>The forward is the most likely to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-the-jazz-player-most-likely-to-be-traded-ahead-of-deadline" rel="noopener">get traded from the Jazz</a> roster ahead of the trade deadline. In 52 games this season, Vanderbilt is <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/vandeja01.html" rel="noopener">averaging</a> 8.3 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 2.7 assists. He is shooting 55.6 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from the 3-point line and hitting 65.7 percent of his free throws.</p><p>“The Jazz value him,” Shams Charania of The Athletic said in his report. “But, in Utah’s system, Vanderbilt is a center, and rookie Walker Kessler has emerged and made it impossible for the franchise to keep the rookie off the floor.”</p><p>With the rise of Walker Kessler, the Jazz could capitalize on Vanderbilt’s value while it is high. Also, with him making only $4.7 million next season, teams over the salary cap could still try to trade for him without giving up too much.</p><p>With that being said, here are the three best destinations for the Jazz’s Jarred Vanderbilt ahead of the 2023 NBA trade deadline.</p><h2>Philadelphia 76ers</h2><p>Based on what Jarred Vanderbilt is showing, some playoff teams could try to bring him in. One of them is the Philadelphia 76ers. They are currently 34-18 and the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference. With Joel Embiid playing some of the best basketball of his career, the Sixers could be closer than ever to a trip to the Finals.</p><p>However, Philadelphia still needs to work on its depth. Embiid has already missed 10-plus games due to injuries, and the team does not have a clear backup big man. Montrezl Harrell is playing only 12.8 minutes a night and averaging 5.8 points. Paul Reed is averaging just 3.1 points in less than 10 minutes per contest.</p><p>With Vanderbilt, the Sixers would have a clear backup to Embiid. Although he plays mostly as a forward, he has shown he can be a center at times too. Vanderbilt would improve the team’s defense off the bench while not taking away shots from other players.</p><p>Philadelphia could offer some second-round picks and a salary filler to bring Vanderbilt. If that happens, the Sixers would be more prepared for the postseason as they can rest Embiid more with a quality backup.</p><h2>Portland Trail Blazers</h2><p>On the other side of the playoff picture, the Portland Trail Blazers are 26-27 and 11th in the Western Conference. As of now, they would be out of the Play-In Tournament. Because of that, they might try to improve the roster ahead of the trade deadline.</p><p>The frontcourt is an area that Portland likely needs to address. As of now, the Blazers have Drew Eubanks as the main backup big. The problem is that he has yet to play in the postseason in his career and his career-high in points per game in a season is 7.7 when he played for Portland after Damian Lillard missed a big part of the year.</p><p>Also, starter <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-jusuf-nurkic-hit-with-brutal-injury-update-ahead-of-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">Jusuf Nurkic is dealing</a> with an injury that should sideline him for weeks. This could seriously affect Portland in the standings and could remove them from playoff contention depending on how the team responds to this adversity.</p><p>With Vanderbilt, the Blazers would have a quality big to help in Nurkic’s absence. Additionally, he can be a spark off the bench in a potential postseason appearance. By bringing him, Portland’s chances of making it to the playoffs, at least via the Play-In Tournament, become more realistic.</p><h2>Denver Nuggets</h2><p>Another interesting option for Vanderbilt in case of a trade is a reunion with the Denver Nuggets. The forward played with the franchise from 2018 to 2020 before being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. In Colorado, he appeared in just 19 games and spent most of his time in the G League.</p><p>Now, Vanderbilt seems to be a good fit for the Nuggets. They currently have Vlatko Cancar, DeAndre Jordan and Zeke Nnaji sharing the backup minutes to Nikola Jokic and Aaron Gordon.</p><p>Vanderbilt could get the minutes of two of them and provide some quality minutes off the bench. He would also be a better rebounding big as opposed to the trio. The Kentucky product’s 7.9 rebounds per game are the second-best mark of his career</p><p>Even though the Nuggets have one of the best records in the league at 37-17, they could still improve their roster with key and cheap moves. Vanderbilt would not be an expensive option, and he could become an important piece in the playoffs. With him, Denver would have a better frontcourt rotation as he could be a defensive challenge for other bigs in the West.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.2	4.8	1.2	0.2	1.2

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.2	4.8	1.2	0.2	1.2

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