Lazar Miller Hayward is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles D.-Fenders of the National Basketball Association Development League.
Education
Hayward attended Notre Dame Preparatory School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and while he attended he played with many other notable players, like Michael Beasley (currently playing for the Shanghai Sharks), Syracuse University standout Paul Harris and UTEP player Derrick Caracter. After Notre Dame Preparatory School Hayward attended Marquette University.
Career
He was a college standout for Marquette University. Hayward went to Buffalo Traditional High School where he was an outstanding basketball player. After graduating from Buffalo Traditional in 2005, Hayward enrolled in Notre Dame Preparatory School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, as only the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III college State University of New York Fredonia expressed any interest in Hayward.
Hayward started both freshman and sophomore seasons.
Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Hayward was listed as the Number. 18 small forward and the Number.
73 player in the nation in 2006. At Marquette University, Hayward received the nickname "Money Manitoba".
On April 2, 2010, Hayward was named the Hershey"s Player of the Game in the Reese"s College All-Star Game.
On June 25, 2010, Hayward was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 30th pick in the 2010 National Basketball Association draft, but his draft rights were traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves shortly after being drafted. In 2011, his college teammate Jimmy Butler was taken with the same pick in the National Basketball Association Draft. lieutenant was the first time Marquette players went back-to-back in the first round since Bo Ellis was drafted by Washington in 1977 and Butch Lee was taken by Atlanta in 1978.
In his first season in the National Basketball Association, he averaged 3.8 points in 10 minutes per game for the Timberwolves.
On December 13, 2011, before the start of another season, Hayward was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder for two second round draft picks and Robert Vaden. The Thunder assigned Hayward to the Tulsa 66ers of the Doctorate-League on March 2, 2012.
The Thunder recalled him on March 4, 2012 after he averaged 28 ppg in 2 games with the Tulsa 66ers. With the Thunder that season, he averaged 1.4 points per game, shooting 34% from the field
Hayward reached the 2012 National Basketball Association Finals with the Thunder, but the team lost to the Miami Heat.
On October 27, 2012, Hayward was traded to the Houston Rockets and subsequently waived. On December 31, 2012, Hayward re-signed with the Timberwolves. He was waived by the Timberwolves on January 6, 2013, but re-signed two days later on a 10-day contract.
After the 10-day contract expired, he joined the Los Angeles Doctorate-Fenders of the National Basketball Association Development League.
He was waived by the Doctorate-Fenders on April 4, 2013 after sustaining an injury. In September 2013, Hayward signed with the New Orleans Pelicans.
He was later waived by the Pelicans on October 13, 2013. On January 29, 2016, Hayward was reacquired by the Los Angeles Doctorate-Fenders.