There was damage Friday in the meeting between the Pelicans and the Pistons, and it was Jaxson Hayes who paid the price. The pivot is indeed suffering from a tear in the ulnar collateral ligament of the left elbow and has been declared a forfeit for at least the next two weeks.
It’s a setback for the slender position 5 of New Orleans which came out of a good first against Chicago (14 points at 7/8 shooting, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 interception and 1 against) and had still benefited from an interesting playing time against Detroit (23 minutes for 2 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 against) before being injured.
For example, Paul George suffered a similar injury last season and took almost 100 days to recover. Even if the average in the NBA is rather forty days.
| Jaxson Hayes | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2019-20 | NOP | 64 | 17 | 66.9 | 25.0 | 64.7 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 7.4 |
| 2020-21 | NOP | 60 | 16 | 62.5 | 42.9 | 77.5 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 7.5 |
| 2021-22 | NOP | 70 | 20 | 61.6 | 35.1 | 76.6 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| Total | 194 | 18 | 63.3 | 36.0 | 72.3 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 8.1 | |
