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SALT LAKE CITY – Walker Kessler will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 NBA season after suffering a torn labrum.
ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported the news on social media.
“Utah’s Walker Kessler is undergoing season-ending left shoulder surgery for a torn labrum, sources tell ESPN,” Charania wrote.
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Kessler left the Jazz roster on Sunday before the Jazz faced the Charlotte Hornets to undergo testing on the shoulder injury.
The fourth-year center had played in all five Jazz games this season before leaving the team amid their five-game road trip.
Obviously, this radically changes the @utahjazz ‘s season, and significantly alters how

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