Aware the Lakers need some support off the bench against the Nuggets in their first-round series, Los Angeles coach Darvin Ham spoke to reporters Sunday about where Christian Wood and Jarred Vanderbilt on their respective roads back to rotation.
Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.Wood has been sidelined since Feb. 14 because of discomfort in his left knee and underwent arthroscopic surgery on the knee on March 19. He averaged 6.9 points on 46.6% shooting and 5.1 rebounds in 17.4 minutes per game prior to the injury.
"All I'll say is he's still going through his recovery process from injury, his rehab process," Lakers coach Darvin Ham said on a conference call with reporters when asked about Wood's potential to return."Obviously, he has size, he has length, he has rebounding capabilities, he can stretch the floor. But first and foremost, he has a couple more boxes to check before we even consider that.
Vanderbilt wore a walking boot on his right foot on Friday for the team's flight to Denver and still had it on as he observed Lakers practice at Ball Arena from the sidelines. Ham said that the boot was"just a precautionary measure" and said Vanderbilt's recovery remains a"day-to-day thing."
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