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Jarred Vanderbilt Los Angeles Lakers · #2

Forward · 6'8", 214 lb · Houston, TX · Age 27 · 10th season

Jarred Vanderbilt is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers who has played 374 games over 8 seasons, averaging 4.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 2025-26.

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Los Angeles Lakers · #2 · Forward

Jarred Vanderbilt

Season avg4.4 pts · 4.5 reb · 1.3 ast · .471 fg

Career avg5.6 pts · 6.0 reb · 1.4 ast · .542 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

4.4pts

4.5reb

1.3ast

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Scouting report

Jarred Vanderbilt — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Forward · Rotation piece · Impact 52

Jarred Vanderbilt is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers who has played 374 games over 8 seasons, averaging 4.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Jarred Vanderbilt stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬

43%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #354 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

52Impact index

20Star score

Career scoring average5.6 ppg

Seasons in the index10

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Jarred Vanderbilt — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

4.4 PPG

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Playmaking

1.3 APG

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Rebounding

4.5 RPG

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Shooting

.293 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Jarred Vanderbilt

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27 76% confidence

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pts

2.7–5.7

4.2

reb

3.4–5.0

1.3

ast

0.7–1.9

16.7

min

proj

health

.491

fg%

~base

.295

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 8-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 4.4 → projected 4.2 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season-0.2 PPG

Everything it reads

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10 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 27 — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 29 / 36 / 65 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Jarred Vanderbilt career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2018-19	17	4.1	1.4	1.4	0.2	.474	.000
2019-20 (Denver)	9	4.6	1.1	0.9	0.2	.714	.000
2019-20 (Minnesota)	2	2.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	.000	.000
2020-21	64	17.8	5.4	5.8	1.2	.606	.200
2021-22	74	25.4	6.9	8.4	1.3	.587	.143
2022-23 (Utah)	52	24.1	8.3	7.9	2.7	.556	.333
2022-23 (LA Lakers)	26	24.1	7.2	6.7	1.6	.529	.303
2023-24	29	20.0	5.2	4.8	1.2	.518	.296
2024-25	36	16.1	4.1	5.1	1.1	.488	.281
2025-26	65	17.4	4.4	4.5	1.3	.471	.293
Career	374	19.5	5.6	6.0	1.4

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Los Angeles Lakers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

48–34proj record

#6conf seed

+2.8net rtg

117.6off rtg

114.9def rtg

85%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Austin Reaves, Luka Doncic.

How his role moves

Projected 48–34, 6th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

52 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Jarred Vanderbilt

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1999-04-03

The beginning

Jarred Vanderbilt is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Los Angeles Lakers

Turning pro

Drafted 41st overall, 2018 as a Forward.

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Jarred Vanderbilt is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Chapter

He has played 374 games over 8 seasons (2018-26), averaging 19.5 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 65 games, averaging 4.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 17.4 minutes.

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Vanderbilt's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 214 lbs
College: Kentucky
Experience: 9th Season
NBA debut: 2018
Draft: 41st overall, 2018
Born: Houston, TX
Age: 27
Jersey: #2

Beyond the game

Jarred Vanderbilt is from Houston, TX, born 1999-04-03, listed at 6'8" and 214 lb. He has 9 seasons of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.

The person

A forward on 19.5 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth17.4 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 29.3% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Jarred Vanderbilt — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jarred Vanderbilt, answered.

What position does Jarred Vanderbilt play?

Jarred Vanderbilt is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers.

How many NBA games has Jarred Vanderbilt played?

374 regular-season games over 8 seasons, averaging 19.5 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Jarred Vanderbilt played?

8 seasons (2018-26).

How tall is Jarred Vanderbilt?

6'8", 214 lb

Jarred Vanderbilt career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.