Day: March 8, 2023

The Utah Jazz have ruled Collin Sexton out for another week due to a hamstring strain. Sexton has missed Utah’s last five games with this current injury. He previously missed 13 games due to an earlier hamstring strain.

In his first year with the Jazz, Sexton has averaged 14.3 points on career-best 50.7% shooting from the field, including a career-high 41% on three-pointers. The fifth-year guard took over as a starter for Utah after the Jazz traded Mike Conley to the Minnesota Timberwolves ahead of the trade deadline.

Karl-Anthony Towns is entering the “final stages” of his rehab from a calf injury, but there is still no timetable for when he will return.

Chris Finch gave the update on Towns to reports before the Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Towns has been out since November with the injury.

“He’s doing some basketball activities now, which is good to see,” said Finch. “Still no real timeline for him though.”

The Wolves still expect Towns to return despite his extended absence.

“There’s a sense of real urgency for him to, I think now, he can see the end in sight, and I think he’s getting excited by that,” said Finch.

The Milwaukee Bucks have signed Lindell Wigginton to a Two-Way contract.

A 6-1 guard, Wigginton has played in 35 games (18 starts) with the Wisconsin Herd this season and is averaging 18.6 points, 5.8 assists and 3.9 rebounds in 33.5 minutes per game. This is Wigginton’s second stint with the Bucks after he appeared in 19 games with the team last season while on a Two-Way contract. In those 19 games, the Iowa State product averaged 4.2 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 10.5 minutes of action.

After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA Draft, Wigginton has played in 117 NBA G League games over the last four seasons, including 60 games (36 starts) with the Herd since 2020. The 24-year-old also played professionally in both Israel and Canada.

Milwaukee’s roster is now at 17 players.