Jabari Smith Jr. said Fred VanVleet has looked “very good and very healthy” ahead of this season:

"We definitely felt it immediately in training camp with him being back. Just the structure, the ball security, stuff like that. It’s things you think don't matter, but him taking care of the ball, and him getting guys in spots, and him just organizing us is very big. Training camp has been great. He's looked very good, very healthy.”