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Brooklyn Nets Bring in Former Top-10 Pick on 10-Day Contract
The Brooklyn Nets have signed guard Killian Hayes to a 10-day contract. He was the No. 7 pick in the 2020 draft by the Detroit Pistons and was waived by Detroit at last season's trade deadline.
ESPN's Shams Charania was the first to report Hayes's new contract with the Nets. Hayes signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Nets before this season and has played for the Long Island Nets, Brooklyn's G-League affiliate, since the regular season tipped off.
The Brooklyn Nets are finalizing a 10-day contract with former No. 7 overall pick Killian Hayes, agent Yann Balikouzou tells ESPN. Hayes went to training camp in Brooklyn and has played for Nets' Long Island NBA G League, averaging 21 points and 8.3 assists. pic.twitter.com/vMpg9dnIuR
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 19, 2025
In four NBA seasons with the Pistons, Hayes averaged 8.1 points and 5.2 assists per game while shooting a lackluster 27.7% on 3-pointers in 210 career games. This season in the G-League, he's averaging 16.1 points, 7.6 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game in 29 total appearances with Long Island. Now, he gets his shot to prove himself in his return to the NBA on a 10-day deal with the Nets.
Charania noted that Brooklyn is waiving Bojan Bogdanovic in a subsequent move, which gave the Nets two open roster spots to sign Hayes and two-way guard Tyrese Martin. Bogdanovic hasn't played this season and Charania reported Wednesday morning the veteran forward will undergo season-ending foot surgery.
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Blake Silverman is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, he covered the WNBA, NBA, G League and college basketball for numerous sites, including Winsidr, SB Nation's Detroit Bad Boys and A10Talk. He graduated from Michigan State University before receiving a master's in sports journalism from St. Bonaventure University. Outside of work, he's probably binging the latest Netflix documentary, at a yoga studio or enjoying everything Detroit sports. A lifelong Michigander, he lives in suburban Detroit with his wife, young son and their personal petting zoo of two cats and a dog.