God bless the dead.
Lazar Hayward is an interesting player. The Minnesota Timberwolves traded up in the 2010 NBA draft in an attempt to hand him a guaranteed contract, odd for a talent that was already well past the age of 23 at the time, in a move this know-it-all dumbly chose to criticize. Hayward’s first run through Minnesota didn’t turn out that well – despite the team’s paucity of wing players he didn’t stand out, and he was traded to Oklahoma City for a second rounder as soon as 2011’s lockout ended. Just before 2012-13 started, he was sent to Houston in the James Harden deal. Days later, he was waived.
Now, after a whirlwind 30 months, Hayward is back with the Wolves just after submitting to play for the NBA Development League’s Los Angeles D-Fenders. In his time away from the bigs, he’s also apparently submitted to, erm, getting better at seeing ghosts. From Jerry Zgoda at the Star-Tribune:
Hayward has a friend whom he claims has talked through such a medium to a brother who has been dead for six years. That relationship helped convince him to seek his own answers.
"I've actually been able to see a spirit," Hayward said. "I can't talk to them yet, but I have seen them."
He has spent the past two months pursuing a path of what he calls "meditation and spiritual healing and living in an enlightened state" while also waiting for a road back to the NBA.
"I think it helps me cope with some of the things that go on in basketball and just in life," he said. "It really, really helps me a lot."
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Lazar Hayward is an interesting player. The Minnesota Timberwolves traded up in the 2010 NBA draft in an attempt to hand him a guaranteed contract, odd for a talent that was already well past the age of 23 at the time, in a move this know-it-all dumbly chose to criticize. Hayward’s first run through Minnesota didn’t turn out that well – despite the team’s paucity of wing players he didn’t stand out, and he was traded to Oklahoma City for a second rounder as soon as 2011’s lockout ended. Just before 2012-13 started, he was sent to Houston in the James Harden deal. Days later, he was waived.
Now, after a whirlwind 30 months, Hayward is back with the Wolves just after submitting to play for the NBA Development League’s Los Angeles D-Fenders. In his time away from the bigs, he’s also apparently submitted to, erm, getting better at seeing ghosts. From Jerry Zgoda at the Star-Tribune:
Hayward has a friend whom he claims has talked through such a medium to a brother who has been dead for six years. That relationship helped convince him to seek his own answers.
"I've actually been able to see a spirit," Hayward said. "I can't talk to them yet, but I have seen them."
He has spent the past two months pursuing a path of what he calls "meditation and spiritual healing and living in an enlightened state" while also waiting for a road back to the NBA.
"I think it helps me cope with some of the things that go on in basketball and just in life," he said. "It really, really helps me a lot."
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