POSITION: Forward
HEIGHT: 6-8
WEIGHT: 228
BIRTHDATE: August 9, 1981
BIRTHPLACE: Atlanta, GA
COLLEGE: Georgia
HIGH SCHOOL: Frederick Douglass (Atlanta, GA)
DRAFTED: Washington, First Round (10th overall) 2003 NBA Draft
ACQUIRED: Free Agent, July 16, 2008
CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2009-10 season
YEARS PRO: 6
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Drafted by the Washington Wizards in the First Round (10th overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft… Signed as a free agent with Detroit on 8/16/07… Signed as free agent with New Jersey on 7/16/08.
2008-09: Appeared in 74 games, earning one start… Averaged 8.7 points and 3.6 rebounds in 24.8 minutes per contest… Shot a career-high .445 (257-577) from the field, a career-high .385 (94-244) from downtown and .692 (36-52) from the line… Recorded 30 games scoring in double figures… Led the Nets in scoring once, in rebounds three times, in steals 13 times and in blocks three times… Scored a season-high 19 points on 7-of-14 FG’s and 4-of-8 from downtown vs. LA Lakers on 3/27… Tallied 18 points on 7-of-10 FG’s and four three’s in 29 minutes at Cleveland on 3/25… Scored 18 points on 8-of-12 FG’s in 27 minutes vs. Miami on 3/20… Recorded a season-high eight rebounds vs. Memphis on 1/7… Tallied 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting and a season-high four assists vs. Minnesota on 12/5… Tallied 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting, five rebounds and three steals in his Nets debut at Washington on 10/29… Missed a total of eight games on the season, seven due to injury and one due to personal reasons (3/29)… Inactive for four games due to a strained left hamstring (12/12-12/17), two games (2/20 and 2/23) with torn ligaments in his left thumb and one game (12/22) with a mild concussion.
PRO CAREER: Has appeared in 382 career games, including 96 starts, with Washington, Detroit and New Jersey, averaging 8.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists… Has shot .415 (1,259-of-3,035) from the field, .360 (332-of-922) from three and .799 (353-of-442) from the line… 2007-08: Appeared in 82 games, including one start, averaging 6.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 15.7 minutes per game… Shot .431 (217-of- 504) from the field and .376 (73-of-194) from three-point range to go along with a .750 (45-of-60) mark from the free-throw line… Made a 73 three-point field goals… Played in all 82 games for the first time in his five-year career… Led the team in scoring twice… Scored 10-plus points in 19 games and 20-plus twice… Played 20-plus minutes in 20 games – Pistons 17-3 in those games – averaging 10.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 22.4 minutes per game… Scored a career-high-tying 29 points, on 10-of-13 from the field and a career-high 7-of-8 from three in 25 minutes vs. New Orleans on 3/16… Had his best scoring month of the season in November, averaging 7.6 points per game in 14 games… Shot .453 (174-of- 384 FG) from the field in wins compared to .358 (43-of-120 FG) in losses… Shot .412 (63-of-153) from three-point range in wins compared to .244 (10-of-41) in losses… 2006-07: Averaged 7.2 points and 2.6 rebounds in 20.1 minutes in 81 games, including 17 starts… Scored in double figures 21 times and had three games with 20-plus points… Missed one game with a right foot sprain on 3/21… Tallied a career-high 29 points at New Jersey on 4/7… 2005-06: Averaged 9.3 points, 1.3 assists and 24.6 minutes per game in 21 games including 13 starts… Fractured right patella at LA Lakers on 12/16, forcing him to miss the remaining 61 games of the season… Had surgery to repair non-healed fractured right patella on 2/14… Recorded season-highs of 21 points, eight rebounds and 37 minutes vs. Toronto on 12/13… Connected on a season-high four three-point field goals and scored 19 points vs. New Jersey (12/13)… 2004-05: Played in 54 games with 22 starts… Averaged a career-high 10.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists in his second season… Scored in double-figures 26 times…Connected on .839 (99-of-118) free throw attempts… Missed final 28 regular season games after being placed on the injured list with a fractured right patella on 3/5… Scored 1000th point of his career vs. San Antonio on 2/9… 2003-04: Named to the 2003-04 NBA All-Rookie Second Team… Averaged 9.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 40 games, including 42 starts… Grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Chicago on 1/19… Participated in the Got Milk? Rookie- Sophomore Game during 2004 NBA All-Star Weekend… Scored a season-high 22 points three times, at New Jersey on 12/19, at L.A. Lakers on 11/26 and vs. Cleveland on 11/8.
CAREER PLAYOFFS: Has appeared in 15 career postseason contests with Washington and Detroit, posting career playoff numbers of 4.4 points and 2.0 rebounds… 2008: Averaged 2.1 points and 1.5 rebounds in 11 playoff games with Detroit… 2007: Started in all four playoff games for the Wizards, averaging 10.8 points and 3.5 rebounds… Scored a playoff career-high 18 points at Cleveland on 4/27.
COLLEGE CAREER: Posted career averages of 18.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 56 games during his junior and senior seasons at Georgia… Played his freshman year at Western Carolina, averaging 17.1 points and 5.4 rebounds in 28 games… Was the first freshman in 40 seasons to lead the Southern Conference in scoring… Did not play during his sophomore year at Georgia due to NCAA transfer rules… Was named First Team All-SEC during his two seasons at Georgia, becoming the first Bulldog to be recognized with that distinction in consecutive seasons since Dominique Wilkins (1981 and 1982)… Averaged 28.5 points per game in the 2002 NCAA Tournament.
PERSONAL: Full name is Jarvis James Hayes. Born five minutes ahead of his twin brother, Jonas, who was his teammate at both Western Carolina and Georgia. Jonas, is currently an assistant coach at Belmont Abbey. Jarvis and his wife, Illia, have one son, Jarvis James Hayes II. While in Washington D.C., had a weekly radio segment on WTOP during the 2004-05 season in which he reviewed local area restaurants with Washingtonian Magazine Food Critic Tom Head. Participated in a Wizards Benefit Lunch which raised money for the Wizards Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. Created the Jarvis Hayes Foundation which aides at risk children in Georgia. For the second straight year, the foundation will be giving away Thanksgiving dinners to 800 families in Atlanta. In the summer of 2009, ran the first annual Jarvis Hayes Basketball Skills Camp in Atlanta at the Pleasant Hill Community Center for 75 kids ages 8-16. Recently started a concierge business named Luxe with his wife. Lists his first job as working for the Washington Wizards. Lists Martin Luther King as the person he would most like to meet from the past or present.
| CAREER STATISTICS - REGULAR SEASON |
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| FREE THROWS | REBOUNDS | AVERAGES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | G | GS | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | 3FG | 3FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | PF | DQ | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | RPG | APG | PPG |
| 03-04 | Was | 70 | 42 | 2044 | 278 | 695 | .400 | 40 | 131 | .305 | 77 | 98 | .786 | 71 | 193 | 264 | 106 | 157 | 1 | 71 | 110 | 11 | 673 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 9.6 |
| 04-05 | Was | 54 | 22 | 1560 | 206 | 530 | .389 | 42 | 123 | .341 | 99 | 118 | .839 | 41 | 186 | 227 | 90 | 107 | 1 | 49 | 62 | 9 | 553 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 10.2 |
| 05-06 | Was | 21 | 13 | 516 | 77 | 183 | .421 | 17 | 47 | .362 | 25 | 30 | .833 | 19 | 57 | 76 | 27 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 196 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| 06-07 | Was | 81 | 17 | 1626 | 224 | 546 | .410 | 66 | 183 | .361 | 71 | 84 | .845 | 42 | 168 | 210 | 80 | 160 | 1 | 48 | 56 | 13 | 585 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 7.2 |
| 07-08 | Det | 82 | 1 | 1287 | 217 | 504 | .431 | 73 | 194 | .376 | 45 | 60 | .750 | 35 | 143 | 178 | 62 | 137 | 0 | 47 | 47 | 6 | 552 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 6.7 |
| 08-09 | NJ | 74 | 1 | 1832 | 257 | 577 | .445 | 94 | 244 | .385 | 36 | 52 | .692 | 27 | 240 | 267 | 54 | 162 | 2 | 52 | 49 | 7 | 644 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 8.7 |
| Totals | 382 | 96 | 8865 | 1259 | 3035 | .415 | 332 | 922 | .360 | 353 | 442 | .799 | 235 | 987 | 1222 | 419 | 761 | 5 | 283 | 346 | 47 | 3203 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 8.4 | |
| CAREER STATISTICS - PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIELD GOALS | 3 POINT FG | FREE THROWS | REBOUNDS | AVERAGES | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | G | GS | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | 3FG | 3FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | PF | DQ | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | RPG | APG | PPG |
| 06-07 | Was | 4 | 4 | 139 | 15 | 46 | .326 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 10.8 |
| 07-08 | Det | 11 | 0 | 61 | 9 | 30 | .300 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 0 | 0 | --- | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| Totals | 15 | 4 | 200 | 24 | 76 | .316 | 12 | 33 | .364 | 6 | 7 | .857 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 4.4 | |