In the 2019 NBA Draft, the New Orleans Pelicans selected 212cm center Jaxon Hayes with the 8th pick in the first round and carefully developed it.
Although Hayes has average shooting ability, he is tall and long-armed, has excellent running and jumping ability, stretches and quick attacks, and has a strong finishing ability near the basket, which is expected to become the next McGee. Such a center, if properly trained, is still very suitable for modern basketball, which is also an important reason why Hayes was selected in the high pick.
But Hayes is also a player with mediocre emotional control, he has played 14 starts in the rookie season, but lost his position in the second season, only 3 starts, and this season is a complete substitute.
Mentally unbalanced, Hayes was arrested at his home in Los Angeles at the end of July last year on suspicion of domestic violence against his girlfriend. At that time, the Los Angeles police came out and wanted to force their way into Hayes' house. Hayes resisted, so the Los Angeles police used stun guns to subdue hayes at 212 centimeters.
Paid $25,000 bail, Hayes was released without being caught for too long and played this season. But Hayes was trying to get a foothold in the Pelicans, and Los Angeles didn't let him go. It is understood that prosecutors in Los Angeles are currently going to prosecute Hayes on 12 counts.
If all 12 counts were convicted, Hayes, who was not yet 22 years old, could be in jail. For the Pelicans, they had slowly lost interest in cultivating Hayes, and if such a thing really happened, then it was possible to abandon Hayes directly.