LAS VEGAS – “This is going to be a fun one to talk about.”
As New Orleans summer league head coach Fred Vinson approached a group of media members, he seemed to channel the thoughts of every Pelicans fan who’d tuned in for the Monday debuts of draft picks Jaxson Hayes, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Didi Louzada. The trio probably could not have produced a better, more entertaining performance, just 90 minutes after speaking at their introductory press conference in Thomas & Mack Center.
Hayes barged his way into every highlight reel in America with a high-flying first-half slam over a Chicago defender, en route to a dominant 28-point night.