Lakers Failed to Trade Jarred Vanderbilt This Summer
Lakers tried attaching Vanderbilt to deals for Walker Kessler and Jonathan Kuminga, but rivals balked at his $25.7m contract.
The Lakers tried to attach Jarred Vanderbilt to two separate trade packages this summer and could not get either deal over the line, according to Svyatoslav Rovenchuk of Lake Show Life.
Vanderbilt was included in discussions built around Walker Kessler and around Jonathan Kuminga. In both cases, the report says, the other side declined to take on his contract.
The forward is owed roughly $25.7m over the next two years. That number appears to be the sticking point: the Lakers' room to manoeuvre on the market is limited, and rival clubs have shown little appetite for absorbing the deal without something more attractive coming back the other way.
Rovenchuk suggests the failure to move Vanderbilt's salary may disappoint Lakers fans, though he adds that the outcome is understandable given the club's constrained trade assets this off-season.
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