The Los Angeles Lakers announce that forward Jarred Vanderbilt’s ramp up after offseason foot procedures in May has gone slower than the Lakers anticipated. There have been no setbacks, however, but he will be re-evaluated in a couple weeks, per the team.
Vanderbilt 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.
At the start of training camp, the Lakers were optimistic that Vanderbilt would be ready for Opening Night although that obviously never came to fruition.