Former Gators center Kevarrius Hayes made a huge step in his professional basketball career this week signing with club ASVEL in Villeurbanne, France, a suburb of Lyon.
In his first season after graduating from Florida Hayes signed with Red October Cantu in the Italian Lega Serie A. This is a solid professional league and was an excellent first contract for Hayes to get out of college and he took the opportunity and ran with it.
Earning a 29-minute per game starting role right out of the gate he dominated defensively and found ways to contribute on offense leading to averages of 9.