{"id":549624,"date":"2026-10-13T07:56:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T05:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=549624"},"modified":"2026-10-13T07:56:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T05:56:54","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-injury-update-kessler-nearing-return-sexton-further-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/los-angeles-lakers-injury-update-kessler-nearing-return-sexton-further-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers injury update: Kessler nearing return, Sexton further behind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JJ Redick provided updates on Walker Kessler and Collin Sexton ahead of the Lakers\u2019 final preseason games.<br>Kessler has returned to practice, while Sexton remains on a modified schedule and is further behind in his recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re not committed to that,\u201d Redick said when asked if Kessler would play in the next games. The center has resumed most of the work but not live action yet: \u201cHe did everything else. We\u2019ll see if he can do live.\u201d Kessler injured his finger after hitting it on the backboard during a drill, though Redick downplayed the issue: \u201cHe\u2019s fine. He\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sexton, Redick was more cautious: \u201cCollin was modified again. He\u2019s probably a little bit further behind.\u201d The issue is in the lower leg, with no specific diagnosis or return timetable provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JJ Redick says Walker Kessler is nearing a return to live practice, while Collin Sexton remains further behind in his recovery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":516413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-549624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/Logo-Lakers.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":549626,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549624\/revisions\/549626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549624"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=549624"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=549624"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=549624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}