Jarvis Hayes
Encyclopedia
Jarvis James Hayes is an American
professional basketball
player. A 6'8", 220 lbs. small forward
from the University of Georgia
and Western Carolina University
, Hayes was selected by the Washington Wizards
with the 10th overall pick of the 2003 NBA Draft
. Throughout his NBA career, Hayes has averaged at least 8.0 points per game. Hayes is known for scoring points but sometimes lacks defensive prowess.
After a year, they moved on to Georgia, where he was named First Team All-SEC in both his sophomore and junior years. He became the first Bulldog to be so honored since Dominique Wilkins in 1981–82. He also stepped up in big games, averaging 28.5 points per game in the 2002 NCAA Tournament.
Hayes holds the rare distinction of having led two different conferences in scoring while in college.
by the Washington Wizards, to back up Jerry Stackhouse
, to come in off the bench and provide that deep range. Hayes averaged 13.0 points and 4.3 rebounds through the first three games of the season but hit the 'rookie wall' within a month. He was the Wizards' only representative at the seasons's All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles when he made the Rookie-Sophomore challenge. By season's end, he had made through a tough season and sported some solid numbers in spite of missing 12 games with various injuries. In that rookie season, he averaged 9.6 points while making 42 starts and playing an average of 29.2 minutes. In a draft class that featured LeBron James
, Carmelo Anthony
, Dwyane Wade
and Chris Bosh
, Hayes was seen as a steal.
Hayes did well in his second season, filling in for Larry Hughes, averaging 10.2 points a game, until a fateful night in February when he and Manu Ginobili bumped knees. A few games later, Hayes went up for a dunk against the Sacramento Kings and when he came down, his right knee had split completely open. For a year, he hoped things would get better, as he noted, without surgery. In his recovery period from the injury, he ballooned to 245 pounds reviewing local area restaurants with Washingtonian Magazine Food Critic Tom Head on a weekly radio segment.
In his third season, at a preseason game at Wake Forest, Hayes scored 18 points in the first half of a preseason matchup with the San Antonio Spurs on Tobacco Road. After that game, his right knee, which forced him to miss a third of the 2004–05 season after he fractured his kneecap, swelled through the night. Hayes, named the starting off guard by Wizards coach Eddie Jordan, missed the remainder of the preseason but did not let the injury discourage him. Later, on December 16, 2005, he had to leave a Laker game. The knee had fractured again and again his season was over. On February 14, 2006, he had the long-delayed surgery with the pins.
In the 2006–07 season, he played 81 games, but only averaged 7.2 points, shot only 41% overall, but better than 36% from the three and 84.5% from the line. In the Wizards' injury plagued first round loss to the Cavs, he had started all four games, averaging 10.5 and 3.5 but shot only 32.6%. Even with a 29 point effort in the famous double triple-double overtime loss to the Nets in April 2007, he clearly was not the same player. Although he still had the ability to make his trademark off-balance jump shots, he seemed to shy away from contact. From filling the lanes on the fast break as a healthy rookie to he often settled for shots on the perimeter.
The Wizards declined to offer Hayes a contract after the 2006–07 season. On August 15, 2007, after four years with the Wizards, Hayes signed a contract for the veteran's minimum with the Detroit Pistons. Hayes became a key player in the Pistons rotation, serving as the main backup for starter Tayshaun Prince
. He averaged 6.7 points in only 15.7 minutes, improved on his shooting numbers, and had another 29-point effort again as his best game.
Hayes signed with the New Jersey Nets on July 16, 2008. He became the team's valuable 6th man & most times outplayed starters Trenton Hassell
& Bobby Simmons
, he also learned to play the power forward position during the season & was able to give the Nets an advantage on offense stretching defenses with his outside shooting.
His wife Illia gave birth their son Jarvis II on March 29, 2009.
in Russia
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| align="left" | 2003–04
| align="left" | Washington
| 70 || 42 || 29.2 || .400 || .305 || .786 || 3.8 || 1.5 || 1.0 || .2 || 9.6
|-
| align="left" | 2004–05
| align="left" | Washington
| 54 || 22 || 28.9 || .389 || .341 || .839 || 4.2 || 1.7 || .9 || .2 || 10.2
|-
| align="left" | 2005–06
| align="left" | Washington
| 21 || 13 || 24.6 || .421 || .362 || .833 || 3.6 || 1.3 || .8 || .1 || 9.3
|-
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Washington
| 81 || 17 || 20.1 || .410 || .361 || .845 || 2.6 || 1.0 || .6 || .2 || 7.2
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Detroit
| 82 || 1 || 15.7 || .431 || .376 || .750 || 2.2 || .8 || .6 || .1 || 6.7
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | New Jersey
| 74 || 1 || 24.8 || .445 || .385 || .692 || 3.6 || .7 || .7 || .1 || 8.7
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
| align="left" | New Jersey
| 45 || 9 || 23.0 || .421 || .335 || .778 || 2.4 || .9 || .6 || .2 || 7.8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 427 || 115 || 23.2 || .415 || .356 || .798 || 3.1 || 1.1 || .7 || .1 || 8.3
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Washington
| 4 || 4 || 34.8 || .326 || .368 || .857 || 3.5 || 1.0 || .5 || .2 || 10.8
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Detroit
| 11 || 0 || 5.5 || .300 || .357 || .000 || 1.5 || .4 || .1 || .2 || 2.1
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 15 || 4 || 13.3 || .316 || .364 || .857 || 2.0 || .5 || .2 || .2 || 4.4
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player. A 6'8", 220 lbs. small forward
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
from the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
and Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University is a coeducational public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States. The university is a constituent campus of the University of North Carolina system....
, Hayes was selected by the Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...
with the 10th overall pick of the 2003 NBA Draft
2003 NBA Draft
The 2003 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2003 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting basketball players and other first-time eligible players, such as players from high schools and...
. Throughout his NBA career, Hayes has averaged at least 8.0 points per game. Hayes is known for scoring points but sometimes lacks defensive prowess.
College career
Jarvis Hayes was born five minutes ahead of his twin brother, Belmont Abbey College assistant coach Jonas. After a stellar high school career at Douglass High School in Atlanta, he (and Jonas) enrolled first at Western Carolina, where he became the first freshman in 40 seasons to lead the Southern Conference in scoring.After a year, they moved on to Georgia, where he was named First Team All-SEC in both his sophomore and junior years. He became the first Bulldog to be so honored since Dominique Wilkins in 1981–82. He also stepped up in big games, averaging 28.5 points per game in the 2002 NCAA Tournament.
Hayes holds the rare distinction of having led two different conferences in scoring while in college.
NBA career
He was taken 10th in the 2003 NBA Draft2003 NBA Draft
The 2003 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2003 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting basketball players and other first-time eligible players, such as players from high schools and...
by the Washington Wizards, to back up Jerry Stackhouse
Jerry Stackhouse
Jerry Darnell Stackhouse is an American professional basketball player who plays both shooting guard and small forward. He most recently played for the Miami Heat. He is now an NBA TV analyst but remains as an eligible free agent....
, to come in off the bench and provide that deep range. Hayes averaged 13.0 points and 4.3 rebounds through the first three games of the season but hit the 'rookie wall' within a month. He was the Wizards' only representative at the seasons's All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles when he made the Rookie-Sophomore challenge. By season's end, he had made through a tough season and sported some solid numbers in spite of missing 12 games with various injuries. In that rookie season, he averaged 9.6 points while making 42 starts and playing an average of 29.2 minutes. In a draft class that featured LeBron James
LeBron James
LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association . Nicknamed "King James", he was a three-time "Mr. Basketball" of Ohio in high school, and was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while a...
, Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Kiyan Anthony , nicknamed "Melo", is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association...
, Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. nicknamed Flash or D-Wade, is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat. Awarded 2006 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, Wade has established himself as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league...
and Chris Bosh
Chris Bosh
Christopher Wesson Bosh is an American professional basketball player who plays power forward for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association ....
, Hayes was seen as a steal.
Hayes did well in his second season, filling in for Larry Hughes, averaging 10.2 points a game, until a fateful night in February when he and Manu Ginobili bumped knees. A few games later, Hayes went up for a dunk against the Sacramento Kings and when he came down, his right knee had split completely open. For a year, he hoped things would get better, as he noted, without surgery. In his recovery period from the injury, he ballooned to 245 pounds reviewing local area restaurants with Washingtonian Magazine Food Critic Tom Head on a weekly radio segment.
In his third season, at a preseason game at Wake Forest, Hayes scored 18 points in the first half of a preseason matchup with the San Antonio Spurs on Tobacco Road. After that game, his right knee, which forced him to miss a third of the 2004–05 season after he fractured his kneecap, swelled through the night. Hayes, named the starting off guard by Wizards coach Eddie Jordan, missed the remainder of the preseason but did not let the injury discourage him. Later, on December 16, 2005, he had to leave a Laker game. The knee had fractured again and again his season was over. On February 14, 2006, he had the long-delayed surgery with the pins.
In the 2006–07 season, he played 81 games, but only averaged 7.2 points, shot only 41% overall, but better than 36% from the three and 84.5% from the line. In the Wizards' injury plagued first round loss to the Cavs, he had started all four games, averaging 10.5 and 3.5 but shot only 32.6%. Even with a 29 point effort in the famous double triple-double overtime loss to the Nets in April 2007, he clearly was not the same player. Although he still had the ability to make his trademark off-balance jump shots, he seemed to shy away from contact. From filling the lanes on the fast break as a healthy rookie to he often settled for shots on the perimeter.
The Wizards declined to offer Hayes a contract after the 2006–07 season. On August 15, 2007, after four years with the Wizards, Hayes signed a contract for the veteran's minimum with the Detroit Pistons. Hayes became a key player in the Pistons rotation, serving as the main backup for starter Tayshaun Prince
Tayshaun Prince
Tayshaun Durell Prince is an American basketball player who last played for the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association. Prince is a small forward, listed at and . A graduate of Dominguez High School and the University of Kentucky, Prince was drafted in the first round by the...
. He averaged 6.7 points in only 15.7 minutes, improved on his shooting numbers, and had another 29-point effort again as his best game.
Hayes signed with the New Jersey Nets on July 16, 2008. He became the team's valuable 6th man & most times outplayed starters Trenton Hassell
Trenton Hassell
Trenton Lavar Hassell is an American professional basketball player who formerly played in the NBA. He earned a reputation for being one of the NBA's best perimeter defenders...
& Bobby Simmons
Bobby Simmons
Bobby Simmons is an American professional basketball player.-College career:Simmons played three years of college basketball for DePaul University...
, he also learned to play the power forward position during the season & was able to give the Nets an advantage on offense stretching defenses with his outside shooting.
His wife Illia gave birth their son Jarvis II on March 29, 2009.
International career
In January 2011, Hayes joined the Turkish club Aliağa Petkim. In July 2011 he signed a one-year deal with BC Krasnye Krylya SamaraBC Krasnye Krylya Samara
BC Krasnye Krylya Samara is a Russian professional basketball club from the city of Samara, Russia. The team played in the 2009-10 Russian Super League as a replacement for bankrupt CSK VVS, that is also from Samara.-External links:* *...
in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
Regular season
|-| align="left" | 2003–04
| align="left" | Washington
Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...
| 70 || 42 || 29.2 || .400 || .305 || .786 || 3.8 || 1.5 || 1.0 || .2 || 9.6
|-
| align="left" | 2004–05
| align="left" | Washington
| 54 || 22 || 28.9 || .389 || .341 || .839 || 4.2 || 1.7 || .9 || .2 || 10.2
|-
| align="left" | 2005–06
| align="left" | Washington
| 21 || 13 || 24.6 || .421 || .362 || .833 || 3.6 || 1.3 || .8 || .1 || 9.3
|-
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Washington
| 81 || 17 || 20.1 || .410 || .361 || .845 || 2.6 || 1.0 || .6 || .2 || 7.2
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...
| 82 || 1 || 15.7 || .431 || .376 || .750 || 2.2 || .8 || .6 || .1 || 6.7
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
2008–09 NBA season
The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...
| align="left" | New Jersey
New Jersey Nets
The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
| 74 || 1 || 24.8 || .445 || .385 || .692 || 3.6 || .7 || .7 || .1 || 8.7
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
2009–10 NBA season
The 2009–10 NBA season was the 64th season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, and ended on Wednesday, April 14, 2010....
| align="left" | New Jersey
| 45 || 9 || 23.0 || .421 || .335 || .778 || 2.4 || .9 || .6 || .2 || 7.8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 427 || 115 || 23.2 || .415 || .356 || .798 || 3.1 || 1.1 || .7 || .1 || 8.3
Playoffs
|-| align="left" | 2006–07
2007 NBA Playoffs
The 2007 NBA Playoffs was the postseason to the National Basketball Association's 2006–2007 season.There were four rounds of postseason action, all of them in a best-of-seven format, with teams seeded on a bracket. The team with the better record wasn't necessarily the basis of seeding teams in...
| align="left" | Washington
Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...
| 4 || 4 || 34.8 || .326 || .368 || .857 || 3.5 || 1.0 || .5 || .2 || 10.8
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
2008 NBA Playoffs
The 2008 NBA Playoffs was the postseason for the National Basketball Association's 2007–08 season which ended with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4–2....
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...
| 11 || 0 || 5.5 || .300 || .357 || .000 || 1.5 || .4 || .1 || .2 || 2.1
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 15 || 4 || 13.3 || .316 || .364 || .857 || 2.0 || .5 || .2 || .2 || 4.4
External links
- Official Website
- NBA.com Profile - Jarvis Hayes
- Turkish Basketball League profile
- http://www.sportsstats.com/jazzyj/greats/03/hayes.htm
- Hayes: From Injury-Prone to Ironman?