Two years ago, he was a seldom-used reserve for Archbishop Moeller in Cincinnati who only played six minutes a game. Now he’s a potential top-10 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft with unlimited potential.
Again, don’t expect him to act surprised by it.
“I’ve always expected highly of myself,” Hayes said on Tuesday in a farewell press conference following one season of basketball for the Texas Longhorns. “I feel like that’s just because of how I was raised, so I’ve always felt like I could do something like that.”
Hayes was raised in a family of athletes.