<!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', '/jaxson-hayes-christian-wood-get-key-injury-update-per-jj-redick');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaxson Hayes, Christian Wood get key injury update, per JJ Redick');   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 id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_1131.jpeg"></figure><h1>Jaxson Hayes, Christian Wood get key injury update, per JJ Redick</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-23T20:22:37-08:00">December 23rd, 8:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-23T20:22:37-08:00">December 23rd, 8:22pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Lakers came into the 2024-25 season <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-gets-important-updated-injury-timeline">short-handed in the frontcourt as both Jarred Vanderbilt</a> and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jj-redick-reveals-christian-wood-injury-setback">Christian Wood were sidelined due to injury</a>. Both players have yet to make their season debuts. Unfortunately for the Lakers, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jaxson-hayes-worrisome-injury-update-jj-redick">Jaxson Hayes joined them on the sidelines with an ankle injury</a>. Sometimes the news is there is no news and that was the case, as per Lakers head coach JJ Redick.</p><p>According to JJ Redick, there is <a href="https://x.com/jovanbuha/status/1871377060830347386" rel="noopener">no current injury update</a> regarding either Jaxson Hayes or Christian Wood, as per Jovan Buha of The Athletic. Redick’s comments took place during his pregame media availability ahead of the Lakers’ game against the Detroit Pistons. He was not asked about Vanderbilt.</p><p>With the Lakers’ main frontcourt depth all sidelined, they’ve been relying on two-way contract big man Christian Koloko. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sources-lakers-plans-decimated-center-position-behind-anthony-davis">Lakers have also reportedly been scouring the trade market</a> for frontcourt help.</p><p>In Hayes’ case, he began the season as the Lakers’ primary backup behind Anthony Davis, but he suffered an ankle injury back on Nov. 13 that sidelined him for six games. He returned to the lineup on Nov. 26 against the Phoenix Suns, but re-aggravated the injury and has now missed 12 straight games.</p><p>Prior to the injury, Hayes had been averaging 6.4 points and 4.5 rebounds with splits of 72.2 percent shooting from the field and 78.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line. He was making an impact as a rim-rolling big as well as a being a defensive presence.</p><p>With Wood, his injury timeline goes back to last year when he missed the final 26 games of the 2023-24 regular season and was out for the playoffs as well due to a knee injury and subsequent surgery.</p><p>Before training camp began, Wood suffered a setback, needing another surgery on the same knee. Last season, his first in the purple and gold, Wood appeared in 50 games. He averaged 6.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists with splits of 46.6 percent shooting from the field, 30.7 percent shooting from the three-point line and 70.2 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>Wood picked up his player option in the offseason rather than test unrestricted free agency, as did Hayes.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaxson Hayes, Christian Wood get key injury update, per JJ Redick

<!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', '/lakers-news-jaxson-hayes-worrisome-injury-update-jj-redick');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaxson Hayes gets worrisome injury update from JJ Redick');   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 id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_1084.jpeg"></figure><h1>Jaxson Hayes gets worrisome injury update from JJ Redick</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-12T16:49:53-08:00">December 12th, 4:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-12T17:02:54-08:00">December 12th, 5:02pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Coming into the 2024-25 season, the Los Angeles Lakers knew they were going to be short-handed in the frontcourt. Both Christian Wood and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-gets-important-updated-injury-timeline">Jarred Vanderbilt would be sidelined due to injury,</a> and both have yet to make their season debut. About two months into the regular season, the Lakers are also without <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jaxson-hayes-brutal-injury-blow">Jaxson Hayes, who has been battling an ankle injury</a>.</p><p>According to Lakers head coach JJ Redick, the team <a href="https://3.basecamp.com/5767866/buckets/36793780/card_tables/cards/8123335231" rel="noopener">is not sure when</a> Jaxson Hayes will return from injury, as per Daniel Starkand of Lakers Nation.</p><p>The update certainly isn’t very reassuring for Lakers fans, and it leaves the team incredibly thin in the frontcourt. In the meantime, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sources-lakers-plans-decimated-center-position-behind-anthony-davis">Lakers have been active in the trade market</a>, looking for additional frontcourt depth, as per ClutchPoints’ Lakers insider Anthony Irwin. They’ve been linked to a few center targets, such as Jonas Valanciunas and Walker Kessler.</p><p>Hayes began the season as the team’s backup center by default due to the injuries to Wood and Vanderbilt. In his absence, the team has relied on second-year center Christian Koloko, who is on a two-way contract.</p><h2><b>Jaxson Hayes’ importance to Lakers’ rotation</b></h2><p>Hayes originally signed with the Lakers as a free agent during the 2023 offseason. He signed a two-year contract with a player option after the first year, which he exercised this past offseason. He was playing behind Wood for the start of the 2023-24 season but saw his role increase when Wood went down in the second half of the year.</p><p>This season, though, Hayes was proving his worth as a rim-running big who was active on the defensive end of the court. There have been a couple of instances this season where <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jaxson-hayes-impact-la-frontcourt-injuries">Redick has praised Hayes as being a major difference-maker</a> in a win.</p><p>He has appeared in 11 games so far, including one start, at a little over 17 minutes per game. He had been averaging 6.4 points and 4.5 rebounds with splits of 72.2 percent shooting from the field and 78.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>Hayes initially suffered the ankle injury during practice right before the Lakers’ Nov. 13 game against the Memphis Grizzlies. He ended up missing six games before making a return on Nov. 26 against the Phoenix Suns.</p><p>He re-aggravated that same ankle injury late in the game against the Suns and has been sidelined since. He’s missed seven more games, and there’s no timetable for how many more he might miss. Barring a trade, the Lakers are going to be thin in the frontcourt.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaxson Hayes gets worrisome injury update from JJ Redick

<!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', '/lakers-news-jaxson-hayes-brutal-injury-blow');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers’ Jaxson Hayes dealt brutal injury blow');   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 id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jaxson-Hayes-dealt-brutal-injury-blow.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers’ Jaxson Hayes dealt brutal injury blow</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-30T08:20:38-08:00">November 30th, 8:20am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-30T08:31:01-08:00">November 30th, 8:31am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Lakers have been skidding over the past week or so, as they have lost four of their past five games to fall to 11-8 on the season. The team was hoping that they’d be able to get some reinforcements soon, with one guy closing in on a return being center <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jaxson-hayes-suffers-ankle-injury-during-practice">Jaxson Hayes</a>. Instead, the team has been dealt a tough injury blow regarding Hayes.</p><p>Hayes has only <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jaxson-hayes-injury-update-suns-clash">played in one game</a> since November 10th due to a right ankle sprain, and he ended up missing Los Angeles’ past two games after he aggravated that injury. It turns out he actually <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1862891781404151853" rel="noopener">re-sprained the same ankle</a>, which will force him to miss another two-to-three weeks as he attempts to get himself healthy again.</p><p>“Lakers center Jaxson Hayes suffered a re-sprain of his right ankle and will miss two to three weeks, sources tell me and Dave McMenamin,” Shams Charania of ESPN reported on Saturday morning.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lakers center Jaxson Hayes suffered a re-sprain of his right ankle and will miss two to three weeks, sources tell me and <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mcten</a>. <a href="https://t.co/Qr8GRF3NLD">pic.twitter.com/Qr8GRF3NLD</a></p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1862891781404151853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Jaxson Hayes set to miss more time for Lakers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jaxson-Hayes-fired-up.jpg"><figcaption>© Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>This is a pretty tough blow for the Lakers, as their frontcourt will remain shorthanded for the next couple of weeks with Hayes missing more time. Jarred Vanderbilt, who is really more of a power forward than a center, hasn’t played yet this season in addition to Hayes’ absence, which has forced Christian Koloko into a bigger role off the bench as the team’s second center.</p><p>Hayes has been solid for Los Angeles when he’s been on the court this season, as he’s averaging 6.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game on 72.2 percent shooting from the floor. Big man depth has always been a concern for this Lakers team, though, and with Hayes set to miss more time, they are going to be forced to piece together their frontcourt rotation again for however long he ends up missing.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers’ Jaxson Hayes dealt brutal injury blow

<!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', '/lakers-news-jaxson-hayes-injury-update-suns-clash');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaxson Hayes’ crucial injury update ahead of Suns clash');   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 id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_1035.jpeg"></figure><h1>Jaxson Hayes’ crucial injury update ahead of Suns clash</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-25T20:57:19-08:00">November 25th, 8:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-25T20:57:19-08:00">November 25th, 8:57pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Lakers are looking to get back in the win column after a two-game skid that came on the heels of a six-game win streak. They head out on the road for two games against the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs, and they have reinforcements on the way. Backup center Jaxson Hayes <a href="https://x.com/Dave_Yapkowitz/status/1861214862611022131" rel="noopener">no longer appeared</a> on the Lakers’ injury report, paving the way for his return to the lineup.</p><p>Jaxson Hayes has missed the Lakers’ last five games as he’s been dealing with an ankle injury. His absence has put a bit of a strain on the Lakers’ depth in the frontcourt. Both Christian Wood and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jarred-vanderbilt-injury-update-la-road-trip">Jarred Vanderbilt have been sidelined due to injury</a> and have yet to make their 2024-25 season debut.</p><p>With the team down three frontcourt players, head coach JJ Redick has turned to Christian Koloko who is on a two-way contract. Koloko is in his second season and was recently cleared medically by the NBA to resume his career. He missed the entirety of last season due to a blood clot.</p><p>In addition to Vanderbilt and Wood who remain out, the Lakers will also be without Bronny James who has a heel injury, and Jalen Hood-Schifino who was assigned to the South Bay Lakers. Anthony Davis remains probable as he deals with plantar fasciitis.</p><p>The team has started out the season at 10-6 under Redick who is in his first year at the helm. Amid their injuries in the frontcourt, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sources-lakers-plans-decimated-center-position-behind-anthony-davis">Lakers have explored trade avenues for a potential center</a>.</p><h2><b>Jaxson Hayes’ importance to Lakers</b></h2><p>With the injuries to Wood and Vanderbilt, the Lakers have relied heavily on Hayes as the team’s backup center. And he’s done a solid job in his role.</p><p>Back on media day, Hayes spoke about working on his decision making with the ball in his hands playing in the short roll. But as the season has progressed, he’s thrived in more of his natural off-ball role. He’s been a screen-setter and rim-running big who has been efficient around the basket.</p><p>Redick has also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jaxson-hayes-impact-la-frontcourt-injuries">praised Hayes’ defensive activity</a>. The six-year big man is in his second season with the Lakers after signing as a free agent in the 2023 offseason.</p><p>Hayes has played in ten of the Lakers’ first 16 games, including one start, at a little over 17 minutes per game. He’s been averaging 6.3 points and 4.6 rebounds with splits of 70.6 percent shooting from the field and 78.9 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaxson Hayes’ crucial injury update ahead of Suns clash

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From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes suffered a <a href="https://x.com/BrettSiegelNBA/status/1856752748248928750" rel="noopener">left ankle injury</a> during the team’s practice on Tuesday. Upon further examination and imaging, he has been diagnosed with a left ankle sprain and will be re-evaluated in approximately one to two weeks, the team said on Wednesday afternoon.</p><p>Hayes, 24, has arguably been the Lakers’ best performer off the bench this season. With Christian Wood yet to play this season and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jj-redick-reveals-christian-wood-injury-setback">recently suffering a setback in his injury recovery process</a>, Hayes has been Los Angeles’ primary backup option behind All-Star big man Anthony Davis.</p><p>In a total of 10 games, one of which he started when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-la-hit-with-major-anthony-davis-injury-concern-loss-pistons">Davis was dealing with a heel/foot injury</a>, Hayes has averaged 6.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game while shooting 70.6 percent from the floor. Given his athleticism at the center position, Hayes has been on the receiving end of many lobs towards the rim offensively, an area he has thrived in since coming to the Lakers.</p><h2><b>Impact of Jaxson Hayes’ absence</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0824.jpeg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Between crashing the glass and being able to slice through opposing defenses for easy scoring opportunities at the rim, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jaxson-hayes-impact-la-frontcourt-injuries">Hayes has been willing to do all the little things</a> to help Los Angeles win games.</p><p>“I’m just trying to find openings in the defense, force overs on my screens and just get behind the defense on my rolls,” Hayes said after the team’s latest victory over the Toronto Raptors. “And then I just try to look at spots where I could just sprint down the floor because I know my athleticism and my speed just keep of help me compared to most of the other bigs… So I know I got to beat them how I can which is my speed.”</p><p>Without Hayes, the Lakers are left extremely thin in their frontcourt. Christian Koloko is the only other big man on this roster, but he has only played a total of 15 minutes this season and is not in head coach JJ Redick’s nightly rotation. Rui Hachimura and LeBron James will likely see their minutes as “frontcourt options” increase alongside Davis.</p><p>Once again, the question of the Lakers’ big man depth will be tested. This was an issue a season ago, and the idea of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-2-centers-on-lakers-internal-trade-board">Los Angeles possibly looking to upgrade their roster in the frontcourt</a> has been notable since the offseason. Robert Williams III, Jonas Valanciunas, and Walker Kessler are a few centers around the league that have been mentioned in recent trade rumors.</p><p>At this time, there are no indications that the Lakers are actively engaged in trade conversations for another big man next to Davis. However, recent injury concerns surrounding Hayes and Wood may very well lead to the team addressing their depth before the trade deadline.</p><p>Further updates on Hayes’ status will be provided by the Lakers at a later time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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