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Lakers' JJ Redick Provides Update on Walker Kessler's Preseason Status

Head coach JJ Redick addresses the availability of center Walker Kessler as the team prepares for the regular season.

2 publishers · 9 articles · first seen 7 Oct 2026 · updated 5h ago

The odds

How the odds moved · JJ Redick
0%50%100%5%7 Oct, 13:25 UTCnowwww.espn.com: Lakers center Kessler nears preseason debut after full practice · 11 Oct, 22:27 UTCSI Feed: Lakers’ JJ Redick Addresses Biggest Question Surrounding Starting Lineup · 12 Oct, 21:33 UTCSI Feed: Walker Kessler Sends Clear Message Amid Delayed Lakers Debut · 11 Oct, 22:16 UTCSI Feed: JJ Redick Identifies New Defensive Weapon for Lakers Ahead of Season · 11 Oct, 20:04 UTCSI Feed: JJ Redick Casts Doubt on Walker Kessler’s Lakers Preseason Debut · 10 Oct, 23:53 UTCSI Feed: JJ Redick Delivers Promising Update on Lakers’ Walker Kessler Amid Injury Concerns · 9 Oct, 22:45 UTCSI Feed: JJ Redick Highlights What Has Impressed Him Most About Lakers’ Quentin Grimes · 7 Oct, 23:45 UTC

Each tick is a source publishing on this story · 2 more published before price tracking began

Price data
TimeChance of yes
now5%
12 Oct, 02:22 UTC5%
11 Oct, 23:24 UTC8%
11 Oct, 21:19 UTC9%
10 Oct, 21:54 UTC10%
10 Oct, 20:03 UTC4%
9 Oct, 04:53 UTC12%
9 Oct, 04:00 UTC8%
8 Oct, 14:34 UTC5%
8 Oct, 14:23 UTC4%
7 Oct, 13:25 UTC6%

The story so far

2 publishers have covered this in 9 articles since 7 Oct 2026. SI Feed published first, on 7 October at 00:55 UTC; www.espn.com followed 117h 31m later. The most recent article, from SI Feed, appeared on 12 October at 21:33 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: www.espn.com (major outlet), SI Feed.

2 prediction markets price this story:

  • JJ Redick — the market puts it at 5%, with $1 traded in the last 24 hours, closing 2 Aug 2027. The market resolves to Yes if JJ Redick wins the NBA Coach of the Year award during the 2026-27 season. It resolves to No if he does not win that specific award in that timeframe. Readers often mistake general team success or media optimism for the official award result.
  • Will Los Angeles Lakers win the 2027 NBA Finals? — the market puts it at 2%, with $2k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 1 Jul 2027. The Yes outcome occurs if the Los Angeles Lakers are officially named the champion of the 2026-27 NBA season. The No outcome applies if any other team wins, if the Lakers are eliminated from contention, or if the event is cancelled or delayed past June 30, 2027, at 11:59 PM ET.

Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on JJ Redick at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

  1. SI FeedLakers Take No Chances With Luka Doncic, Key Veterans Against Warriors—
  2. SI Feed3 Takeaways From Lakers’ Preseason Loss to Warriors—
  3. SI FeedJJ Redick Highlights What Has Impressed Him Most About Lakers’ Quentin Grimes6%
  4. SI FeedJJ Redick Delivers Promising Update on Lakers’ Walker Kessler Amid Injury Concerns12%▲6 points since the previous source
  5. SI FeedJJ Redick Casts Doubt on Walker Kessler’s Lakers Preseason Debut10%▼2 points since the previous source
  6. SI FeedJJ Redick Identifies New Defensive Weapon for Lakers Ahead of Season10%
  7. SI FeedWalker Kessler Sends Clear Message Amid Delayed Lakers Debut9%▼1 points since the previous source
  8. www.espn.comLakers center Kessler nears preseason debut after full practice9%
  9. SI FeedLakers’ JJ Redick Addresses Biggest Question Surrounding Starting Lineup5%▼4 points since the previous source
  10. Current odds5%

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

  1. Lakers center Kessler nears preseason debut after full practice www.espn.com ·
  2. Lakers’ JJ Redick Addresses Biggest Question Surrounding Starting Lineup SI Feed
  3. Walker Kessler Sends Clear Message Amid Delayed Lakers Debut SI Feed
  4. JJ Redick Identifies New Defensive Weapon for Lakers Ahead of Season SI Feed
  5. JJ Redick Casts Doubt on Walker Kessler’s Lakers Preseason Debut SI Feed
  6. JJ Redick Delivers Promising Update on Lakers’ Walker Kessler Amid Injury Concerns SI Feed
Show 3 more sources
  1. JJ Redick Highlights What Has Impressed Him Most About Lakers’ Quentin Grimes SI Feed
  2. 3 Takeaways From Lakers’ Preseason Loss to Warriors SI Feed
  3. Lakers Take No Chances With Luka Doncic, Key Veterans Against Warriors SI Feed

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  • Kalshi JJ Redick 5% −3 $1 24hends 2 Aug 2027

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  • Polymarket Will Los Angeles Lakers win the 2027 NBA Finals? 2% $2k 24hends 1 Jul 2027

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