The Warriors will hire longtime Rockets player and front office member Chuck Hayes as their new director of basketball operations, according to Danielle Lerner of The Houston Chronicle.
Hayes, 40, joined Houston’s management team six years ago as a pro player personnel scout and worked his way up to assistant director of player personnel. He told Lerner that his position with Golden State will involve some college and professional scouting but will also “enhance my responsibilities with free agency and some trade strategy.”
Hayes is originally from San Leandro, California, so the new job will bring him close to home.
The 6’6″ forward signed with the Rockets after going undrafted out of Kentucky in 2005 and spent his first six NBA seasons with the team. He also played for the Kings and Raptors before rejoining Houston for two games in his final season. Hayes averaged 3.7 points and 5.0 rebounds in 644 career games.
The Chuck Wagon will always be a Rocket. The OG small ball center.
My verbatim thought first reading this article was “chuck Hayes, the OG small ball center” and saw this immediately afterwards lol
San Leandro stand up!
“I’m very good at free throws. Seriously, free throws are probably the best facet of my game.”
– Jackie Moon / Chuck Hayes
Looks like they sense some potential trouble between Draymond and Kuminga… Kerr ain’t jumping in the middle of that
If that happened the other way around, A. silver would veto it