Los Angeles Lakers superstar Anthony Davis has been extremely outspoken about his desire to play next to a center more often. While Davis understands why it is beneficial to the Lakers for him to play at center, he prefers not to have to bang against the NBA’s most physical bigs every single minute, night after night.
Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes could finally reach his potential in 2024-25 after showing positive signs in the preseason thus far. Hayes is a 7-0 behemoth of a center who piqued the interest of many after getting drafted No.
The Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA championship with Anthony Davis playing a majority of his minutes at power forward. The team was even more dominant when Davis was at center, but that was intentionally used more sparingly to preserve Davis during the long season.
Los Angeles Lakers young center Jaxson Hayes is enthusiastic about working with star Anthony Davis for the upcoming games. The 24-year-old center raised his developing relationship with the fellow big man, expressing admiration for his “big brother” throughout the offseason.
The Lakers were mediocre at rebounding the basketball last season and Jaxson Hayes wants to be a part of the solution this year. Jaxson Hayes is entering his second season as a Laker and with a new year comes a fresh start.
A big challenge for first-time head coaches is getting buy-in from their players, and that is always amplified with the Los Angeles Lakers. With LeBron James entering his 22nd season and Anthony Davis in his prime, head coach JJ Redick has his work cut out for him.
LOS ANGELES – With the Los Angeles Lakers hiring JJ Redick as their head coach, there is at least one player on the roster who finds it a little weird and that’s Jaxson Hayes.
Last summer, the Los Angeles Lakers added a handful of young players on smaller contracts, effectively taking a low-risk chance to see if these promising players could begin to fulfill that potential.
The longer the Lakers wait to make a move, the deeper hole they will have dug for themselves.
It has been a quiet offseason for the Los Angeles Lakers as they have not made any significant changes to their roster. They currently have 15 players
Rob Pelinka made aggressive moves last summer following the Lakers’ run to the conference finals. Now, those moves have hamstrung the upcoming team.
With the Los Angeles Lakers officially deciding to hire a first-time head coach in JJ Redick, he is looking to bring a new approach to this historic franchise.
After four seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans, center Jaxson Hayes signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2023 offseason. Now 24 years old, he agreed to a two-year deal worth about $4.6 million.
Lakers big man Jaxson Hayes is exercising his minimum-salary player option for the 2024-25 season.
When the Los Angeles Lakers signed a number of players like Jaxson Hayes, Christian Wood and Cam Reddick to minimum contracts last summer, they also gave them player options for the 2024-25 seasons.
Last free agency period featured the Los Angeles Lakers taking a flyer on former lottery pick center Jaxson Hayes. After struggling to find a consistent role and minutes with the New Orleans Pelicans, Hayes came to L.A.
The Los Angeles Lakers may be throwing one of their new additions straight into the fire next season.
The Lakers are signing Jaxson Hayes to a two-year contract, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter links). The second year will be a player option, Woj adds.
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Jaxson Hayes suffered a torn UCL in his left elbow during Friday’s preseason game, the Pelicans announced in a press release.
New Orleans Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes has been sentenced following his July 2021 felony arrest in the Los Angeles area.
Body camera footage released by the Los Angeles Police Department Friday showed an officer placing his knee onto the neck of Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes
A couple of weeks after the news of Jaxson Hayes getting arrested saw the light, LAPD released the video of the incident, where the New Orleans Pelicans player shoved a police officer and resisted arrest. After somebody called 911 due to Hayes being 'loud and violent,' police made a presence at his girlfriend's house.
New Orleans Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes was arrested and hospitalized following an altercation with police at his home last month, and video footage from the incident has been released.
Police say Hayes met with responding officers in the front yard of a residence and then attempted to prevent them from entering the home.
This alleged violent incident may put his NBA career on hold depending on how it shakes out.
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