The Kings have signed Chuck Hayes to a four-year contract worth just over 21 million, according to a league source.
Hayes averaged 7.9 points and 8.1 rebounds last season in Houston, both career highs.
After going undrafted out of Kentucky in 2005, the Houston Rockets signed Hayes from the NBA Developmental League's Albuquerque Thunderbirds in January, 2006.
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Hayes finished out the '05-'06 season in Houston, and had his second-year option picked up as well.
Following the '06-'07 season, the Rockets rewarded Hayes with a four-year deal worth close to 8 million.
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The six-year NBA veteran is highly regarded as a top interior defender, despite being undersized at 6'6".
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He played his prep ball at Modesto Christian High School, 75 miles southeast of Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento.
Hayes joins a very young, yet very talented front court in DeMarcus Cousins, J.J. Hickson, Jason Thompson, and Hassan Whiteside.
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