Given the performances Jaxson Hayes is having for the Lakers this season, D’Angelo Russell believes he is on his way to a big free agent contract this summer.
A priority for the Los Angeles Lakers this past offseason was to add some center depth behind Anthony Davis in case he was forced to miss time. General manager Rob Pelinka did so by signing Jaxson Hayes and Christian Wood, who both have had their moments this season.
With LeBron James out due to illness, and Anthony Davis leaving the game early due to an eye injury, the Los Angeles Lakers had a large mountain to climb to take down the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday.
With LeBron James already sitting out due to illness, it was a major blow for the Los Angeles Lakers to lose Anthony Davis to an eye injury in the first quarter of Sunday night’s contest against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
With LeBron James already sitting out due to illness, it was a major blow for the Los Angeles Lakers to lose Anthony Davis to an eye injury in the first quarter of Sunday night’s contest against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes was forced to play a much larger than expected role on Sunday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. With Christian Wood already out and Anthony Davis suffering an eye injury that limited him to only 12 minutes, head coach Darvin Ham had to turn to Hayes to play a considerable role.
Amid their final stretch of regular-season games, the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers suffered a 127-117 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday. Without the presence of LeBron James, LA had no answer to Naz Reid and Anthony Edwards, who both piled up the points for Minnesota.
The Los Angeles Lakers scored another dominant victory on Tuesday, taking down the Toronto Raptors to improve to 4-1 on their six-game road trip. Of course
Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes got 19 minutes on the court on Tuesday night against the Toronto Raptors, as L.A. won in blowout fashion and the team’s stars got to rest for a majority of the fourth quarter.
The Los Angeles Lakers got back on track this past weekend when they beat the Brooklyn Nets on Easter Sunday and they continued their road trip up north in Canada to take on the Toronto Raptors.
It is no secret that every player in the NBA definitely belongs in the top 1% of the most athletic human beings in the world. Oftentimes, fans just forget that the star up to the last guy on the bench with a two-way contract could definitely take a crowd’s breath away if they displayed their full talent.
Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis is impossible to replace, but backup Jaxson Hayes did an admirable job in Saturday night’s loss to the Golden State Warriors.
Lakers-Warriors on ABC should have been a fantastic showcase for the NBA. The last two minutes only featured incompetence and delays.
Jaxson Hayes has become the Los Angeles Lakers’ trusted big man off the bench over the past few weeks. The highly athletic and energetic center has done an excellent job doing what he does well such as rebounding, protecting the rim and finishing at the basket.
Simply put, Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis was at another level on Sunday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. He became just the eighth player in NBA history to have at least 25 points and 25 rebounds in a single game and no player in history has also had at least five assists and five steals in that same game.
Once again, the Lakers played the world-champion Nuggets tough. Once again, they fell short at the end.
It took an entire team effort for the Los Angeles Lakers to upset the Boston Celtics on the road Thursday night. Austin Reaves and D’Angelo Russell will get a lot of praise, and rightfully so, but it was big man Jaxson Hayes who may have made the biggest impact in the victory.
The Los Angeles Lakers may be throwing one of their new additions straight into the fire next season.
The Los Angeles Lakers are in agreement with free agent center Jaxson Hayes on a two-year deal, ESPN reported Saturday. Hayes, 23, will have a player option on the second year of the deal, per ESPN.
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
Police say Hayes met with responding officers in the front yard of a residence and then attempted to prevent them from entering the home.
Pelicans big man Jaxson Hayes was arrested in the Los Angeles area after an alleged altercation with police. The incident occurred after police were called early Wednesday to an unspecified home due to a domestic disturbance.
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