What happened
The Lakers’ unbeaten start has not solved their early center depth problem, and Kevon Looney has struggled through three games while sitting out second halves recently.
The current stopgap is Sandro Mamukelashvili at center, but Jarred Vanderbilt is drawing growing internal support for the role after spending preseason largely buried on the bench.
LINEUP CONTEXT
If Vanderbilt gets a look, it would affect the Lakers’ frontcourt rotation; otherwise, Mamukelashvili likely remains the main internal answer for now.
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Original reporting: Is Jarred Vanderbilt a solution at backup center for the Lakers? — Yahoo Sports ↗