Jaxson Hayes was not in the New Orleans rotation for five of his team’s final seven games prior to the mid-March suspension of the NBA season, but from the moment he was drafted a year ago, the focus hasn’t necessarily been about this season for the promising 6-foot-11 center. A former football standout whose father played 12 years as an NFL tight end, the rookie is still just scratching the surface of his hoops ability.
“Man, Jaxson’s got a lot of potential,” Pelicans starting center Derrick Favors said on a recent Pelicans Podcast.