{"id":625,"date":"2025-07-04T12:30:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=625"},"modified":"2025-07-04T12:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:30:36","slug":"lakers-agree-to-terms-to-bring-back-jaxson-hayes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=625","title":{"rendered":"Lakers agree to terms to bring back Jaxson Hayes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cropped-wrapper fig-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cropped-img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/IRjik.5BjXYtDIlUFDb9Hw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY2NTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/la_times_articles_853\/3d2df9f9e641cc7dbe84d57df40ca659\" alt=\"Minneapolis, Minnesota, Friday, April 25, 2025 - Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes (11) glides by defenders Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley (10) and Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert (27) during the LA Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves in game three of the NBA playoffs, at the Target Center. (Robert Gauthier\/Los Angeles Times)\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><button class=\"lightbox-btn\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"2\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/story\/2025-07-03\/can-the-lakers-count-on-veteran-center-deandre-ayton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Lakers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"29\" data-v9y=\"1\">The Lakers<\/a>\u00a0and free-agent center\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/story\/2025-04-02\/lakers-center-jaxson-hayes-luka-doncic-nba-playoffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jaxson Hayes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"30\" data-v9y=\"1\">Jaxson Hayes<\/a>\u00a0have agreed up on a one-year contract for him to return to the team, according to people not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>With Hayes, the Lakers now have a backup center after they agreed to a\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/story\/2025-07-02\/lakers-free-agency-wednesday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:two-year deal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"31\" data-v9y=\"1\">two-year deal<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/story\/2025-07-03\/can-the-lakers-count-on-veteran-center-deandre-ayton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deandre Ayton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"32\" data-v9y=\"1\">Deandre Ayton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hayes became the Lakers\u2019 starting center when Anthony Davis was part of a trade that sent him to the Dallas Mavericks for Luka Doncic.<\/p>\n<p>Despite shooting a career-high 72.2% from the field as a lob threat for the Lakers during the regular season, he struggled in the playoffs. He started the first four games against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first-round series but was so ineffective that he didn\u2019t play more than 10 minutes in any game as the Lakers lost 4-1. He did not play at all in Game 5.<\/p>\n<p>In 56 games during the regular season, Hayes averaged 6.8 points and 4.8 rebounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakers\u00a0and free-agent center\u00a0Jaxson Hayes\u00a0have agreed up on a one-year contract for him to return to the team,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":626,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions\/626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}