To gain more insight into one of the newest members of the New Orleans Pelicans – No. 8 overall NBA draft choice Jaxson Hayes – we caught up with Brian Davis, who covers the Texas Longhorns in football and men’s basketball for the Austin American-Statesman newspaper.
Davis provided his unique perspective on Hayes’ background off the court, as well as the center’s rapid rise from high-school afterthought to lottery pick:
Pelicans.com: It was reported that as a high school junior in Cincinnati, Hayes was not always even part of his team’s rotation, but he obviously has made immense strides since then in only two years.