Collin Sexton
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Sexton ruled out of Lakers season opener with calf strain
Collin Sexton is in the news after the Los Angeles Lakers said on Tuesday that he would miss the season opener against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night with a right soleus strain. Sexton, a new Lakers guard, was listed as questionable before the team downgraded him to out.
The background
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 — The Lakers signed Sexton in the offseason to add ball-handling and scoring off the bench. He is in his ninth NBA season and had been expected to make his first appearance for the team in the opener. He missed all five games of the preseason.
The Lakers started the 2026-27 season with several players sidelined. Rookie Cameron Carr was also ruled out with a right oblique strain, and second-year forward Adou Thiero was out with a left knee effusion. Sources describe Carr as day-to-day.
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Key facts
- Sexton was downgraded to out for the Lakers' season opener against the Warriors on Wednesday night.
- The injury is a right soleus strain, which affects the calf.
- Sexton missed all five games of the NBA preseason.
- Teammates Cameron Carr and Adou Thiero were also ruled out.
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Collin Sexton started trending in the US on Oct 21, 10:50 PM EDT, reaching about 1K+ Google searches. 7 news outlets covered it in our feed, including NBC Sports, CBS Sports, Yahoo Sports. The earliest report we found came from NBC Sports at Oct 21, 3:43 AM EDT. This topic has trended on 4 different days.