We do not know if Killian Hayes is inspired or not by the current performances of his namesake on the side of Qatar, the fact remains that, due to the long absence of Cade Cunningham, the tricolor leader knew how to take his responsibilities to guide at the better these Pistons despite the losses.
‘Finally!’, one would be tempted to say. While at the start of his third season in the League, the former Choletais seemed to struggle and go straight into the category of Josh Jackson, Kevin Knox and other Jarrett Culver unable to assume their status as top 10 draft picks, It seems to be much better for a few weeks. Admittedly, we are not in the hasty conclusion team here, and we will be careful not to draw definitive lessons over such a short period (Jeremy Lin, we see you), but what the Frenchman has shown for several meetings is nevertheless very encouraging. . It should all the same be noted that Hayes had signed some interesting performances in pre-season, but following a regular start even more calamitous than DeAndre Jordan’s shooting percentages (no match with more than 5 points in the first eleven of the exercise!), the enthusiasm had quickly fallen on the side of Motor City
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17 points
12 passes
6 rebounds
2 interceptions @iam_killian • #Pistons pic.twitter.com/HINZ8cN1QK— NBA France (@NBAFRANCE) December 8, 2022
Since then, there has been this loss in Boston in which Cade Cunningham comes off injured (to date, nothing indicates an imminent return of the first pick of the Draft 2021 on the floors). A blow for Detroit which seems however… to have freed the Frenchie, who has since exceeded the 15-point mark seven times in sixteen games, with a points to 22 in a win over Dallas at the beginning of the month. Last night, therefore, despite the narrow defeat of his team in New Orleans (104-98), the leader did it once more by planting 17 pawns, while taking advantage of the success of his teammate, Saddiq Bey the first (25 points), to enhance the whole of 12 caviars (career high equaled). While his next direct opponent is none other than Ja Morant, and De’Aaron Fox and Kyrie Irving are also on the program for the next few days, Kiki would be well advised to keep his good momentum to continue to help the Pistons.
Killian Hayes is certainly not a franchise player in this League, and may never be All-Star. However, the native of Lakeland (Florida) is beginning to demonstrate more and more his ability to be a more than useful player for his team, and compared to his debut, it is already quite a progression. Hope it lasts !