{"id":583004,"date":"2026-02-05T00:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/583004\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T00:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:31:17","slug":"lakers-jaxson-hayes-suspended-for-pushing-wizards-mascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/583004\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers&#8217; Jaxson Hayes suspended for pushing Wizards mascot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lakers big man Jaxson Hayes has been suspended for one game for pushing the Wizards mascot before Friday\u2019s road win in Washington.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The league announced Hayes\u2019 punishment on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.69701087;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38390550\" width=\"411\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-04-at-30744\u202fPM.jpg\" alt=\"Jaxson Hayes shoving the Wizards mascot, G-Wiz, during pre-game introductions.\" class=\"wp-image-38390550\"  \/>Jaxson Hayes shoved Wizards mascot, G-Wiz, in pre-game introductions<br \/>\n X\/@BleacherReport<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during pregame introductions when Wizards\u2019 mascot, G-Wiz, was running off the court during player introductions. As he approaches the Lakers bench, Hayes goes out of his way to drop his shoulder into the much shorter mascot.<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/2019149628021576080?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video cuts out<\/a>, it appears the mascot if lifted off his feet and hit into the direction of members of the Wizards dancing team, who were running onto the floor. <\/p>\n<p>Hayes will serve his suspension on Thursday against the Philadelphia 76ers, when the Lakers kick off their eight-game homestand sandwiched around All-Star weekend (Feb. 13-15).<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Hayes has run into issues. <\/p>\n<p>In July of 2021,\u00a0Los Angeles police were called to Hayes\u2019 home by the cousin of his then-girlfriend, Sofia Jamora, during a domestic dispute. <\/p>\n<p>Once police arrived, bodycam footage showed Hayes in a physical altercation with an officer, wrestling and shoving him. Hayes would later pay the officer $150,000 to cover his injuries, according to a deposition given by the officer.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38390558\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260203_mcd_cc1_349.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes (11) celebrates during a game against the Brooklyn Nets.\" class=\"wp-image-38390558\"  \/>Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes celebrates in the first quarter against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center. Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Hayes was eventually charged with 12 misdemeanors in Los Angeles County, and was ultimately sentenced to three years probation, had to do community service and attend domestic violence classes.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA chose not to suspend, fine or take any disciplinary action against Hayes in the wake of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The 7-foot Hayes is slated to participate in the Dunk Contest during All-Star weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hayes has averaged 6.4 points (77.5% shooting) and 3.8 rebounds in 41 games in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lakers big man Jaxson Hayes has been suspended for one game for pushing the Wizards mascot before Friday\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,160,251,150,6,66,47894,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":["post-583004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-wizards","tag-basketball","tag-california","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-suspensions","tag-washington","tag-washington-wizards","tag-washingtonwizards","tag-wizards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116015209147101327","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}