The Los Angeles Lakers are in a fight in the NBA Western Conference to see if they have enough in their arsenal to challenge the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder, who’ve dropped only one game so far in the season.

Luka Doncic is pushing himself with his diet to be the best he can be as one of the frontrunners for the MVP award. LeBron James turns 41 in a couple of weeks and still has games where he looks half his age, attempting to slay Father Time. Austin Reaves has taken a giant leap and is on the verge of making his first All-Star Game.

And Jarred Vanderbilt, in his second season on a four-year $48 million deal?

He’s surprised J.J. Reddick and the Lakers are even trotting him out to play.

“Kind of here and there, I guess,” he mumbled when asked if the coaching team had

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