July 4th news , according to Trevor Lane, the team reporter of "Lakers Nation", Los Angeles Lakers center Jackson Hayes will automatically obtain the right to veto trades after reaching a new one-year contract with the team. This is not because the team attached this clause in the contract, but it is naturally triggered according to the rules in the NBA collective agreement.

According to the current labor agreement, if a player signs three consecutive one-year contracts with the same team and has full bird rights after the contract expires, he will automatically have the right to veto trades after the next contract is signed. This mechanism is designed to protect the autonomy of players and prevent teams from frequently using short-term contracts to treat them as bargaining chips.

This also means that unless Hayes is willing to give up, the Lakers cannot trade him to other teams without his consent. Once he is traded, he will automatically lose the effectiveness of the Bird Rights and the veto. This special clause is extremely rare. So far, only three active players in the league have this right: LeBron James (Lakers), Bradley Beal (Suns) and now Jackson Hayes .

Looking back at the 2024-25 season, Hayes played 56 games for the Lakers in the regular season , 35 of which were as a starter. He averaged 19.5 minutes per game , contributing 6.8 points, 4.8 rebounds , 1.0 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.9 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 72.2% , which was quite efficient. However, in the playoffs, Hayes' playing time dropped sharply to 7.6 minutes, and his data also dropped to 1.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game , with a clear trend of marginalization.

Although he failed to get a stable rotation position in the playoffs last season, the Lakers still chose to keep this 24- year-old inside player, obviously still have certain expectations for his physical fitness and potential. In the context of the team's recent signing of Deandre Ayton through the mid-level class , Hayes' role may be more marginal, but his trade veto power gives him more initiative than most role players in the future.

It is worth mentioning that in NBA history, there are very few players who have truly obtained the right to veto a trade. Most of them are veterans with 10 years of league experience and more than 4 years of playing for their current team. And the path of automatically activating the right through three short-term contracts like Hayes is even rarer, which further highlights the uniqueness of this case.