When you think of Jaxson Hayes, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it his highlight dunks? His time with the Lakers or the Pelicans? Or perhaps you think about his unreal 64.9% career shooting percentage.

One thing you probably don’t think about is the country of Slovenia.

Well, that might be changing soon.

After the Lakers lost to the Mavericks in an inconsequential preseason game, Hayes talked postgame about his relationship with Luka Dončić.

As part of his answer, he mentioned trying to get a Slovenian passport so he can begin playing with Luka in international play, too.

Wait, what? Can Hayes even do that?

His tone was serious, and when looking into the naturalization process and Slovenia’s history of finding bigs from other countries, it’s not as outlandish as one mig

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