The Los Angeles Lakers announced that during the course of his return-to-play progression from foot surgery, forward Jarred Vanderbilt developed an effusion in his left knee. This development altered the course of his progression, and the team is currently targeting early January for his return to NBA games.
This is obviously a very unfortunate update on Vanderbilt, who has yet to play this season after undergoing surgery on both of his feet at the start of the offseason. The feet issues limited him to just 29 games last season and he wound up needing surgeries after not being able to return during the playoffs.