{"id":160689,"date":"2025-07-10T12:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T12:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/160689\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T12:27:09","slug":"suns-sign-nigel-hayes-davis-to-one-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/160689\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns Sign Nigel Hayes-Davis To One-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 10: The Suns have officially signed Hayes-Davis, per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/players\/transactions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBA.com\u2019s transaction log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hayes-Davis and Fenerbahce <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2025\/07\/free-agent-notes-melton-warriors-horford-hayes-davis.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">officially parted ways<\/a> this week after he <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2025\/07\/free-agent-notes-simmons-knicks-shamet-ayton-bonga-more.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reportedly<\/a> turned down a lucrative offer from the Turkish team that would have made him one of the EuroLeague\u2019s highest-paid players.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-404439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nigel-Hayes-Davis-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\"  \/>June 30: The Suns have agreed to a one-year deal with free agent forward <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hayesni01.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nigel Hayes-Davis<\/a>, reports ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania (via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1939844900217930173\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>). The deal is fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Hayes-Davis is coming off being named <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2025\/05\/and-ones-fournier-hayes-davis-mirotic-free-agent-point-guards.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Final Four MVP<\/a> as he helped Turkish club Fenerbahce win the 2025 EuroLeague championship. He averaged 16.8 points and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 42.3% from three-point range in 34 EuroLeague contests in 2024\/25 (31.1 MPG).<\/p>\n<p>After starring at Wisconsin in college, Hayes-Davis played nine total NBA games during the 2017\/18 season, bouncing between the Lakers, Raptors, and Kings. He has been out of the league ever since.<\/p>\n<p>While the 6\u20197\u2033 forward\u2019s first NBA stint was brief, he has been one of the top players in the EuroLeague over the past three seasons with Fenerbahce. With the Suns loaded with shooting guards and centers, the 30-year-old will provide forward depth alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/onealro01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-30_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Royce O\u2019Neale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fenerbahce\u2019s GM said Hayes-Davis was drawing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2025\/05\/international-notes-jokic-bogdanovic-valanciunas-micic-hayes-davis-biberovic.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">serious<\/a> NBA interest shortly after the team won the title and was preparing for his potential departure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 10: The Suns have officially signed Hayes-Davis, per NBA.com\u2019s transaction log. 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