Report: Jarred Vanderbilt Out Several Weeks (At Least) With Foot Injury. What Now for the Lakers?

On Thursday, the Lakers went into Boston without the services of Anthony Davis and LeBron James, and managed to come out with a fairly shocking win. Part of the underdog story, though, was the absence in the second half of forward Jarred Vanderbilt, who left the game late in the second quarter with an injury to his right foot.

News on the injury following the game was light. Negative x-rays (which frankly doesn't mean much, except nothing was broken), but not much else.

Friday, the news came, and it's not good. Vanderbilt will miss at several weeks at least, and possibly more as the team explores the full nature of the injury. It's a massive blow to a Lakers squad that has struggled all season to find defensive combinations that work, and particularly to replicate the skill set Vanderbilt brings. And he had just started to play his best basketball over the last couple of weeks.

Now, the Lakers have to figure out what to do going forward, especially with Cam Reddish, who played a modified Vanderbilt role earlier in the year when Vando was hurt, also on the shelf. How could this impact the rotation? LA's decision making process at the trade deadline?

There is much to discuss, and not much of it is happy.

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

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