After flam🍷engo x fluminense:being out since the start o🍒f February, the Lakers appear set to reportedly welcome back Jarred Vanderbilt from injury for Game 3. Vanderbilt has been flamengo x fluminense:ramping up his rehab with the postseason underway and flameಞngo x fluminense:had been eying an early-to-mid April return.

On Monday, Dave McMenamin of ESPN reported that Vando is aiming to be back for Game 3 against the Nuggets on Thursday. Prior to Game 2 in Denver, Lakers head coach Darvin Ham spoke about Vando, saying he went through an extensive workout during the team’s shootaround on Monday morning. The team was going to see how he responded to that before making the next move. In , McMenamin noted that both things were true and that, if his body responds to Monday’s workout, he’ll be available on Thursday.

Vanderbilt has been ramping up his on-court workouts in the past two weeks, the source told ESPN, and participated in one of his most intense workouts yet Monday morning at Ball Arena. Vanderbilt’s availability will be determined based on how his body responds in the coming days leading up to Thursday’s Game 3 in Los Angeles.

As much as he would provide an on-court boost, and the team sorely needs his rebounding and defense as much as anything else, the team also had a different vibe to it when he was playing in January and February.

The question now will be whether he is fully healthy in his return. Earlier this season when flamengo x ♈fluminense:he returned f💜rom his heel injury, Vando admitted that he was p🌠laying through pa൲in in the early games of his return.

That impacted his performance both in terms of how well and how long he could play. A minutes restriction severely limited his availability, and it wasn’t until nearly a month after his return that he cleared 25 minutes in a game.

That being said, his role likely isn’t going to be very large in any capacity in his return now. The Lakers have found a groove and while they will absolutely welcome Vando back, he won’t be entering the starting lineup. What he will be, though, is a boost off the bench for a Lakers team flamengo x fluminense:that has not ha🐼d much going for it in some time.

Along with Vando, the Lakers cou✱ld also welcome back Christian Wood in Game 3. The forward is also targeting a return on Thursday after also missing nearly t𝄹hree months.

It’ll create some interesting decisions for Ham with a pair of players who were once fixtures in the rotation returning in what will almost certainly be a must-win game.

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