{"id":160013,"date":"2025-09-23T17:18:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=160013"},"modified":"2025-09-23T17:18:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:18:25","slug":"cavs-add-pg-depth-killian-hayes-latest-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/09\/23\/cavs-add-pg-depth-killian-hayes-latest-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs Add To PG Depth With Latest Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of 2025-26 NBA training camp, the Cleveland Cavaliers have signed point guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hayeski01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Killian Hayes<\/a>, per HoopsHype senior insider Michael Scotto.<\/p>\n<p>The details of the contract weren\u2019t disclosed. With two available roster spots, the Cavaliers were expected to sign a player to a non-guaranteed contract and leave the last slot open <a href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/jake-fischer-latest-jonathan-kuminga\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">due to tax concerns<\/a> (h\/t The Stein Line insider Jake Fischer). However, Hayes hasn\u2019t seen the court much the past two years and played just six games last season.<\/p>\n<h2>Cavs Add To PG Depth With Killian Hayes Signing<\/h2>\n<p>As the seventh overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, Hayes is considered a bust at this point. In five seasons, he\u2019s played 216 games (150 starts), averaging 8.1 points, 5.2 assists and 1.2 steals per contest. Shooting 38.3% from the field and 28.1% from 3, his modest scoring has been the byproduct of rough touch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Cleveland Cavaliers and former No. 7 overall pick Killian Hayes have agreed to a deal, agent Yann Balikouzou of <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LIFTSPORTSMNGMT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LIFTSPORTSMNGMT<\/a> told <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hoopshype?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@hoopshype<\/a>. He averaged 9.0 points on 38% from 3-point range, 5.2 assists and 3.0 rebounds during six games with the Brooklyn Nets last season <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xyh6vdXMBh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/xyh6vdXMBh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/1970582011707527584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Not only does the lefty have an off-center jumper, he\u2019s also been an inefficient finisher. This has overshadowed the things that Hayes does do at a high level. At 6-foot-5 and 195 pounds, he\u2019s effective at using his intelligent and physical tools (which includes a solid amount of fluid athleticism) to make plays in the passing lanes, at both ends.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154856\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154856\" style=\"width: 2422px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154856\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25555159_168401876_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2422\" height=\"1615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25555159_168401876_lowres.jpg 2422w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25555159_168401876_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25555159_168401876_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25555159_168401876_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25555159_168401876_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25555159_168401876_lowres-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25555159_168401876_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25555159_168401876_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2422px) 100vw, 2422px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mar 1, 2025; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) dribbles defended by Brooklyn Nets guard Killian Hayes (7) in the second half at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There may be hope that the 24-year-old is rounding the corner offensively though. He spent most of the 2024-25 season in the G League with the Long Island Nets. However, he surprisingly shot 41.7% from 3 (on 6.0 attempts per game). When he got an opportunity to play for the guard-needy Brooklyn Nets, he shot 38.1% from 3. With that being said, if Hayes\u2019s improved trey-ball isn\u2019t a fluke, he\u2019s an x-factor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 John Jones-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of 2025-26 NBA training camp, the Cleveland Cavaliers have signed point guard Killian Hayes, per HoopsHype senior insider Michael Scotto. The details of the contract weren\u2019t disclosed. With two available roster spots, the Cavaliers were expected to sign a player to a non-guaranteed contract and leave the last slot open due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":160041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1608,6,62,3],"tags":[3622,297],"class_list":["post-160013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cavaliers","category-basketball","category-nets","category-nba","category-news","tag-killian-hayes","tag-nba-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160042,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160013\/revisions\/160042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}