fenerbahce signs nigel hayes

Fenerbahce officially signs for next season American forward Nigel Hayes-Davis who comes from Barcelona

Fenerbahce signs Nigel Hayes for the next season.

The American big comes from Barcelona.

The press release of Fenerbahce on Nigel Hayes’ signing.

Born on December 16, 1994 in Westerville, Ohio, the played for Wisconsin in his college career. Nigel Hayes-Davis averaged 14.0 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 2016-17, the season he graduated from Wisconsin.

Nigel Hayes-Davis, who had experience in the NBA Summer League with the New York Knicks in the summer of 2017, had short-term contracts with the NBA teams New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors and Sacramento Kings in the same season, but he had the most serious chance with the Westchester Knicks, one of the G-League teams..

Nigel Hayes-Davis decided to come to Europe in the summer of 2018 and signed a contract with Galatasaray. Having a very successful season in his first European experience, the US forward averaged 12.6 points (50.68% two points, 37.40% three points), 5.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists in the Basketball Super League, and 15.7 points (57.4% two points) in the EuroCup. , 43.2% three points), 5.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.1 steals and 17.8 PIR stats.

The successful performance of Nigel Hayes-Davis in his first season in Europe opened the doors of the EuroLeague to him. He signed a contract with Lithuanian team Zalgiris Kaunas in the summer of 2019, Hayes scored 6.3 points (43.8% two points, 37.2% three points), 3.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists in his first season in EuroLeague with this team; In his second season, he averaged 9.5 points (44.3% two points, 44.3% three points), 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists. With Zalgiris, Hayes-Davis won the Lithuanian Cup in 2020 and 2021, and the Lithuanian League in 2021.

The forward transferred to Barcelona in the summer of 2021, coached by his former coach Sarunas Jasikevicius. Nigel Hayes-Davis, who appeared in 37 EuroLeague games with the Spanish team, averaged 6.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 6.7 PIR. While Hayes won the Spanish Cup with Barcelona, he also played in the EuroLeague finals.