Rebounding, defense could keep Jarred Vanderbilt in rotation for Timberwolves

Jarred Vanderbilt cracked the Timberwolves rotation with his defense and rebounding last season.In January, the Timberwolves were down double digits early in a game in Denver.

Looking for a spark, former coach Ryan Saunders turned to his bench and put forward Jarred Vanderbilt in for some of the first significant minutes Vanderbilt played since joining the Wolves from the Nuggets shortly before the coronavirus shut down the 2019-20 season.

The rebounding and defense Vanderbilt brought helped the Wolves come back in the game, even though they would go on to lose by six.

There was another stretch where Vanderbilt was out of the rotation in late March and early April, but aside from that,…