Free agent heart Jaxson Hayes has agreed on a one-year deal to return to the Los Angeles Lakers, sources informed ESPN.
Hayes’ brokers, Invoice Duffy and Marlon Harrison of WME Basketball, finalized a contract with Lakers president Rob Pelinka on Thursday — sooner or later after the franchise reached a two-year take care of free agent heart Deandre Ayton.
Hayes emerged because the Lakers beginning heart final season and shot a profession excessive 72.2% from the sphere and completed top-10 in subject objective share allowed as contesting defender on layups and dunks amongst gamers to contest 250 or extra pictures, in response to ESPN Analysis. He averaged 6.8 factors and 4.8 rebounds in 56 video games.
Hayes began the primary 4 video games of the Lakers’ 4-1 playoff loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, however, by no means logged greater than 10 minutes in any sport of the sequence and didn’t play in Sport 5.
Now, he’ll again up Ayton.