2026-27 fantasy · LAL · C
Walker Kessler
Should I get him? · 12-team 9-cat
Worth watching
Small sample: he played only 5 games last season, so this stays at "Worth watching" until he plays more.
- No. 47 in our 9-cat rankings, up 17 spots since Oct 24.
- 31 minutes a game this season, off the bench.
- 1 game this week (Oct 31–Nov 1), about a 90% chance he plays it.
Start or sit him vs…
Scoring from the league button up top.
This week
1 game this week (Oct 31–Nov 1), about a 90% chance he plays it.
- Sun Nov 1vs TOR91%
Played 11 of his team's last 71 games, 6 of the last 10.
How we work out the chance he playsHis role
Minutes a game, and whether he starts.
Last season
31 min
5 games, started all 5
This preseason
23 min
2 games, started both
This season
31 min
6 games, off the bench
We project
30 min
about 43 games
Why we project him this way: 30.5 min, 14 pts, 9 reb, 1.2 ast in 6 games this season.
Numbers
Our projection for a game he plays, 2026-27.
12.7Points
10.6Rebounds
1.8Assists
0.9Steals
2.3Blocks
0.3Threes
1.7Turnovers
65.4%FG%
58.1%FT%
Helps you most in blocks, FG%, rebounds. Costs you in FT% and threes.
- FG%+2.5
- FT%-2.4
- threes-1.6
- points-0.8
- rebounds+2.2
- assists-1.1
- steals-0.5
- blocks+3.5
- turnovers+0.3
When teammates sit
His minutes and fantasy points in real games without a teammate.
No teammate's absence has changed his minutes much yet (we need 5 or more games without them to say).
If he sits, who gains
Not enough games without him on this team to say yet.
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