The story has been the same for Los Angeles Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt for nearly the entire time he’s been with the franchise. When healthy, he is an extremely impactful defensive player that can guard multiple positions and can even be assigned opposing team’s best players. But his offense has, at times, made him borderline unplayable.
That’s been the battle for head coach JJ Redick, to figure out how to best utilize Vanderbilt on offense so the team can have what he brings on defense. But the scrappy forward has not been healthy enough to take strides on that end of the floor, leaving Redick unable to use him at all in some big spots.