Jarred Vanderbilt takes shot at former NBA team after blockbuster trade

The Minnesota Timberwolves decided that the Utah Jazz’s shot-swatting center Rudy Gobert, was going to be their centerpiece of the future recently and they did everything in their power to get him. They got their guy, but the problem is he didn’t come cheap. They gave up a shocking amount of talent: sending Patrick Beverly, Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt, Leandro Bolmaro, and Walker Kessler to the Utah Jazz. Not only that, but they also sent four first-round picks to the Utah. Following one of the biggest blockbuster trades of the NBA offseason, former Kentucky star Jarred Vanderbilt jokingly took a shot at his former team on Twitter.

Of course, the former Kentucky star was laughing about it and even tweeted below it that he wasn’t even mad and that he was just joking.

Last year in his fifth season in the NBA, Vanderbilt stuffed the stat sheet with 6.9 points, 8.4 points, and 1.3 assists per game. He spent two years with the Denver Nuggets before spending three with the Minnesota Timberwolves. For his career thus far in the league, Vanderbilt has averaged 5.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 1.1 assists.

An elite rebounder dating back to his days with the Kentucky Wildcats, he grabbed 10 or more rebounds in five of his 14 appearances in his only season in Lexington. His freshman season was injury plagued at Kentucky–Vanderbilt suffered a left foot injury during practice in September of 2017. The 6-9 forward also suffered two devastating foot injuries prior to his arrival with the Wildcats.

Despite dealing with the injuries at Victory Prep (Bellaire, Texas), Vanderbilt was still one of the highest rated prospects in the country coming out of high school. According to the On3 Consensus Rankings for the 2017 cycle, he was rated five-stars and the No. 3 small forward in America. A native of Houston, Texas, he averaged 28.5 points, 13.4 rebounds, and 8.8 assists per game for Victory Prep as a senior. Vanderbilt was a former AAU teammate of former Kentucky All-American De’Aron Fox. The 6-foot-9 small forward was also named to the McDonald’s All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic.