The lineups and rotations employed by Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel have been the source of a lot of discussion this year. Of course, injuries played a big part, but many times players saw their minutes fluctuate regularly and possibly the biggest player who was the victim of that was reserve big man Montrezl Harrell.
The Lakers brought in Harrell last offseason to give the team’s reserve unit a huge boost with the 2020 NBA Sixth Man of the Year. But with both Andre Drummond and Marc Gasol on the roster as well, and Harrell’s ideal role being a small-ball center as opposed to the power forward position his frame would suggest, Vogel had some difficult decisions to make.