The Los Angeles Lakers have been thin at the center position with Jaxson Hayes serving as the only current healthy backup to Anthony Davis.
Hayes signed a two-year minimum contract with the Lakers in 2023 with the second year being a player option that he chose to pick up to return to the team for the 2024-25 season.
The Lakers signed Hayes despite him having a past domestic violence issue in 2021 while with the New Orleans Pelicans. Hayes was arrested for the incident with his girlfriend and later sentenced to three years of probation, 450 hours of community service and a year of weekly domestic violence classes.