Report: Jazz C Walker Kessler (concussion) season likely over

Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler is entering concussion protocol, likely ending his season, ESPN reported Monday.

The All-Rookie team hopeful is averaging 9.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.3 blocks through 74 games (40 starts).

Kessler left Sunday's 111-110 loss at Brooklyn with a head injury in the third quarter and did not return.

Kessler, 21, leads the NBA with a 72.0 field-goal percentage, which will break Rudy Gobert's 2021-22 team record of 71.3 percent.

The 7-foot-1 Kessler was drafted 22nd overall by Memphis in the 2022 NBA Draft and eventually traded to the Jazz.