<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Video: Pelicans’ Jaxson Hayes puts Cheick Diallo on a poster');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Pelicans-video-Jaxson-Hayes-puts-Cheick-Diallo-on-a-poster.jpg"></figure><h1>Video: Pelicans’ Jaxson Hayes puts Cheick Diallo on a poster</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-12-05T19:53:42-08:00">December 5th, 7:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2019-12-05T19:53:42-08:00">December 5th, 7:53pm</time><address><a>Chris Guest</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The New Orleans Pelicans faced off against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night, and rookie Jaxson Hayes of the Pels produced one of he best highlights of his young career by obliterating Cheik Diallo with a wild dunk:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">JAXSON HAYES. GOODNESS. <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/VuzaFP7LQk">pic.twitter.com/VuzaFP7LQk</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1202785132056170496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>As you can see, Hayes gets so much lift that he is basically looking down at the rim, and he simply throws the ball in from close-range rather than actually touching rim – usually the mark of extreme athleticism (think of famous examples from Blake Griffin or Derrick Jones Jr.).</p><p>This one was extra-special, as it took place during a furious Pelicans comeback in which they outscored the Suns 34 to 18 in the fourth quarter in order to force overtime.</p><p>Hayes is known for his brilliant finishing at the rim, as he shot a striking 72.8 percent from the field in his long collegiate season at Texas.</p><p><i>Follow ClutchPoints on </i><a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp"><i>Twitter</i></a><i> &amp; </i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpoints/?hl=en"><i>Instagram</i></a><i>, and like us on </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints/"><i>Facebook</i></a><i>. We can also be found on Flipboard where you can subscribe and follow us.</i></p><p><i>All of our NBA content can be found on the NBA section of the ClutchPoints home page </i><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba-news"><i>here</i></a><i>. For all of our college basketball content, click </i><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ncaa-basketball/"><i>here</i></a><i>.</i></p><p><i>Follow NBA games live by downloading the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clutchpoints-live-sports/id1044413150">ClutchPoints App</a> and heading to the scores tab under the NBA section.</i></p><p><i>You can listen and subscribe to the Battle for LA podcast on </i><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/battle-for-la-podcast-clutchpoints/id1454992632"><i>Apple Podcasts</i></a><i>, </i><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5okIevNHpv8dWj4E9iciry"><i>Spotify</i></a><i>, and </i><a href="https://soundcloud.com/battleforlaclutchpoints"><i>Soundcloud</i></a><i>. You can also find new episodes of Battle for LA, the ClutchPoints NBA Podcast, and Establish the Pass under the </i><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/podcast/"><i>Podcast tab</i></a><i> on the ClutchPoints home page.</i></p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Video: Pelicans’ Jaxson Hayes puts Cheick Diallo on a poster

Zhaire Smith

Corey Brewer

Lance Thomas

Norman Powell

Cheick Diallo

Michael Beasley

Abdel Nader

Tony Bradley

Dorian Finney-Smith

Thaddeus Young

New Orleans Pelicans

Phoenix Suns

Career

1 season

https://twitter.com/cheick_diallo13/status/1649092117837524993/

#F*ckwithmeyouknowigotit 👀 #CD just landed in Japan 🇯🇵 🗣️🗣️🗣️ 

2019-20 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
4.7	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.2

2019-20 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
4.7	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.2

Cheick
Diallo

Latest Cheick Diallo News

Video: Pelicans’ Jaxson Hayes puts Cheick Diallo on a poster

Latest Cheick Diallo Tweets