Rotation Questions: Where Do Jarred Vanderbilt, Jake LaRavia and Dalton Knecht Fit In?

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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Lakers open the preseason on Friday, and while there are plenty of issues to work out, and plenty of time to do it, it's not too early to get a feel for what the rotation could look like. Luka Dončić and LeBron James (who won't play Friday, but was doing individual drills on Wednesday) give the Lakers a ton of flexibility, based on having guard skills in forward bodies. Austin Reaves provides obvious guard skills as well. So that means JJ Redick can deploy his other assets creatively. Asked about the guard rotation Wednesday, there were two notable things -- first, he included Jake LaRavia in that group. LaRavia has played some shooting guard, but generally is seen as a forward. And then he didn't mention Dalton Knecht. That indicates Knecht has some work to do before he can crack the regular rotation, and it probably means the Lakers have real plans for LaRavia, even if it's smart not to get too hung up on positional designations. It also leaves a lot of room for frontcourt guys to have rotation minutes, especially Jarred Vanderbilt. Vando has been in and out of the lineup for the last couple of seasons, and has had very little opportunity to develop consistency in his play. Given the amount of energy and physicality he plays with, Vanderbilt really needs good health to perform. Right now, he has it. Vando talked about it on Media Day, Redick noted it Wednesday after practice. So what does a healthy Vanderbilt mean for the Lakers? HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Injury updates: LeBron does individual drills, Vincent is back, Kleber is hurt. SEGMENT 2: Where do LaRavia and Knecht fit into the guard rotation? SEGMENT 3: Vanderbilt! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! 5-Hour ENERGY Enough with boring, flavorless caffeine, it’s time to give your caffeine a flavor upgrade with 5-hour ENERGY®️ shots. Get the favorites you love or be bold and try something new in-store and online at https://www.5hourENERGY.com or Amazon today. Peloton Let yourself run, lift, flex, and push forward. Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread+ today at https://www.onepeloton.com. Monarch Money Take control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNBA at https://monarchmoney.com/lockedonnba for 50% off your first year FanDuel Right now, new customers can bet just FIVE dollars and if your bet wins—you’ll get THREE HUNDRED dollars in bonus bets to use across the app. Download the FanDuel app now by visiting https://FanDuel.comto get started FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone welcome to Locked on Lakers for Thursday, Brian Kaminetsky, Andy Kaminetsky, as the
0:04.8	Lakers get ready for their preseason opener, JJ Redick talks rotations. Where does Jared
0:10.1	Vanderbilt fit into all of this? That's next.
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0:43.1	Andy, all of whom are getting ready for a preseason basketball game coming at the end of the week.
0:49.7	The Lakers getting ready in their first week of the preseason, plenty of stuff from injuries
0:58.2	and beyond to talk about over the course of today, Andy. But, and then along with that,
1:06.6	I should say, the idea of who might be in the rotation as that starts to shape up who's in who might be on the outside looking in and all that good stuff it is uh no not tons of surprises early i would say but a lot of it andy will depend on who's And to that degree, we did get a little more movement.
1:28.4	And it's positive movement. More guys on the floor. Well, sort of. It is more positive movement
1:34.3	in the sense that Gabe Vincent was a full participant in practice on Wednesday. And
1:39.9	LeBron was doing some individual on court workourt work, to the best of my knowledge.
1:45.0	Brian and I were not able to make it to practice on Wednesday, but to the best of my knowledge,
1:49.2	it was not terribly specific what the on-court work was, but it is undoubtedly part of a ramp-up
1:57.4	that will be slower and methodical.
2:00.4	We know that LeBron is not going to play Friday against Phoenix, but Gabe Vincent being
2:05.7	back in full is obviously a good step forward for the Lakers.
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