Vando's Extension
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
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🗓️ 18 September 2023
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Summary
The Lakers and Jarred Vanderbilt have agreed to a contract extension, building on their continuity from last season and keeping another young player in-house for the coming season and beyond. Pete, Mike, and Darius discuss the deal and how it reinforces the shift in approach towards team building the team has taken from past years. And then later, the guys discuss Vando's role on the upcoming team, debate his status as a starter vs. a reserve, and discuss the ways in which the shooting talent the team added can benefit Vando and the lineups he plays in.
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| 0:00.0 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:03.5 | You follow the box scores of the games every day? |
| 0:06.0 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:07.3 | You're kidding. |
| 0:08.6 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:12.8 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show |
| 0:15.5 | because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:17.8 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:20.4 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. Correct. What's up, Laker fans? Welcome to the Laker Filmroom podcast. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And Jared Vanderbilt has signed an extension with the Lakers, reportedly, four years for $48 million with a player option in the final season. And so we're going to talk about that a little bit today. |
| 0:39.2 | And I'd love to talk with you guys also about the idea where we have several players on |
| 0:43.9 | multi-year contracts now for the first time in a very, very long time. |
| 0:47.6 | So I wanted to talk about just that overall idea of kind of having a group that you're committed |
| 0:51.7 | to. |
| 0:52.1 | So, Darius, first thoughts, man, your big Vando guy. He's clearly the second best defensive player on the Lakers. |
| 0:59.1 | Thoughts on an extension for Bando. |
| 1:01.0 | I just think this is good business for the Lakers. I think is good business for Jared Vanderbilt, |
| 1:05.9 | second round pick. And so these guys don't make a lot of money in the early parts of their |
| 1:10.2 | careers. And Vando was already a guy who was looked at as being on a value contract. |
| 1:16.4 | I think it's very good for the Lakers to not let him get into unrestricted free agency next offseason. |
| 1:22.6 | Mike, this is a trend. |
| 1:23.9 | And you've talked about this a bunch. |
| 1:25.4 | Just teams not letting players they like get |
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