Jarred Vanderbilt is expected to miss several weeks with foot injury

The Lakers have suffered another bad break on the injury front.

This season has brought a continual string of injuries for the Los Angeles Lakers. A few players have been hit harder by the injury bug than others.

Forward Jarred Vanderbilt didn’t make his regular season debut until Dec. 2 because of a bout with heel bursitis. It took him a while to get into game shape, but over the last few weeks, he had started to look like his old self.

He was seemingly everywhere in the first half of the Lakers’ stunning win on Thursday over the Boston Celtics. Alas, he came up hobbling late in the first half and went straight to the locker room.

The team reportedly expects him to miss several weeks with a right foot injury, and he could be out even longer.

This will be a major loss for L.A. Vanderbilt has given the team ample defensive energy and activity, help on the boards and positive play on the fast break since arriving in a trade nearly a year ago.