Recently extended by the Lakers for four seasons and $48 million, Jared Vanderbilt fit in perfectly in Los Angeles. Holder and complement of Anthony Davis, he showed his talents as a fighter and a good soldier. Which he always was, from Minnesota to Utah.
But there, he had to do it in a franchise in the spotlight, during the season after his transfer. He who started the season with the Jazz, a team in reconstruction, saw the difference.
“Lakers fans are second to none. Everywhere we go, it’s like a movie. There’s no other way to say it,” he tells Run Your Race podcast. “There are more lights and every match is televised. When we’re in Utah, we have two games on national television and now it’s every night. So it’s day and night. The approach is also different: I went from a team that won few games to a team where it’s almost the title or nothing. »
Words reminiscent of those of Rui Hachimura, who experienced “three months of madness” in Los Angeles. The arrivals of the Japanese and the interior, in addition to that of D’Angelo Russell, changed the face of the Lakers, who climbed back up the slope before finishing in the conference final, beaten by the Nuggets.
Jarred Vanderbilt believes that if the rookies have shone so much, it is because playing alongside LeBron James and Anthony makes things much easier.
“We had no time to lose when it came to our transfers, because we were in difficulty. We had to go,” he remembers. “Playing with these two players, learning from them, seeing them in training, it’s profitable. They make it so much easier, with their game intelligence, for us, Hachimura, Russell, Malik Beasley and me. I think the reason we’ve been able to take off is because we complement them. The transition was easy and we started playing well. We were connected, even if that moment was very short. »
| Jared Vanderbilt | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | DEN | 17 | 4 | 47.4 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| 2019-20 * | All Teams | 11 | 4 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| 2019-20 * | DEN | 9 | 5 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| 2019-20 * | MIN | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 64 | 18 | 60.6 | 20.0 | 55.9 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 5.4 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 74 | 25 | 58.7 | 14.3 | 65.6 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 6.9 |
| 2022-23 * | All Teams | 78 | 24 | 54.8 | 32.2 | 69.1 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 7.9 |
| 2022-23 * | UTH | 52 | 24 | 55.6 | 33.3 | 65.7 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 8.3 |
| 2022-23 * | LAL | 26 | 24 | 52.9 | 30.3 | 78.4 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 7.2 |
| Total | 244 | 21 | 57.3 | 28.8 | 64.3 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 6.2 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
