Jarred Vanderbilt Discussion: The Vandalorian

Maxi was more valuable.

 

If he’s smart he’ll get out of his LA “diet” he looks too weak as an athlete

 

what's his LA diet? Hadn't heard about this.

 

You could see this coming. You cant play him with Luka as he can't shoot and isn't a lob threat.

And then as a backup you can't play him with Hayes. That NO should have been 20 point blowout except again the Lakers offense died with him in there.

He's like a negative 30 plus minus the last two games

 

He’s a Pesca-Pescatarian: he only eats fish who eat other fish.

 

once lebron's back, vando will become a situational player for a while is my guess. rui and laravia are probably getting the regular minutes at backup forward, with vando/knecht being used depending on matchups, right?

 

He's been a situational player the last 2 games. He's played 11 and 8 mins, respectively. This is when we started Bronny in the Miluwukee game with a bunch of injuries; not good. He's probably the 12th guy in a rotation moving forward, IMO.

His contract sucks. Just looked, ugh.

 

yeah, given the makeup of the team, i'd rather be paying half that. is what it is. when he signed that deal, i felt he fit better with what we were trying to do.

anyway, there are worse contracts, and i don't know that his presence is hampering the team-building too much. plus, i still like what we brings and think we need it occasionally.

 

Yeah, can't do much now about his deal, and he was impactful for 1 season; don't know if it warranted a multi-year deal; well, I guess we can argue that, but at the very least he's healthy, but if he can't shoot, he won't play.

hell, if Max stays healthy (miracle), he might take his minutes. I think Jovan mentioned that Thiero might, too, lmao. Think that's a stretch...

 

maxi just can't stay on the floor, so it's kind of moot. thiero might take his minutes, but i think for now he'll benefit from watching vando and learning how to leverage athleticism and intensity.

also, in the lineup thread, panko broke some of it down, and the vando/rui lineups have been pretty good and have played 100+ minutes so far this season. i think jj likes to go fully centerless, and when he does, i still think vando will get the "center" nod.