By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Nigel Hayes-Davis, a 2024, 2025 All-EuroLeague First Teamer and 2025 Final Four MVP, signed with the Phoenix Suns, the club announced.
Last May, Hayes-Davis was named EuroLeague Final Four MVP after leading Fenerbahce Beko to the second championship title in the history of the club. He had been named to the All-EuroLeague First Team twice with the Turkish side.
In 2024, Hayes-Davis set a new EuroLeague single-game scoring record with 50 in a win over ALBA Berlin.
Per Suns:
The Phoenix Suns announced today that the team has signed free agent forward Nigel Hayes-Davis.
Hayes-Davis (6’-8”, 235 pounds) earned All-EuroLeague First Team honors each of the last two seasons while playing for Fenerbahce Istanbul and was named EuroLeague Final Four MVP this past season after leading Fenerbahce to a EuroLeague championship. The 30-year-old averaged 16.7 points on 45.6% from the field and 41.0% from three-point range, 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 39 EuroLeague regular season games this past season and helped Fenerbahce to Turkish League and Turkish Cup titles in both 2024 and 2025. Hayes-Davis holds the EuroLeague record for most points scored in a game, scoring 50 points on March 29, 2024 against Alba Berlin.
He has played the last seven seasons with clubs overseas, including the last four seasons with Fenerbahce. Hayes-Davis has one season of NBA experience, appearing in nine games during the 2017-18 season following a decorated collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin.