The Heat drafted Illinois' Jakucionis with the 20th pick in the NBA Draft. What will his role be in his first year?

After all, ESPN’s NBA Draft expert Jonathan Givony ranked Jakucionis as the 10th-best prospect in the 2025 draft class. The ...

The consensus was the surprise that Kasparas Jakucionis was still available when the Miami Heat made the Illinois guard their ...

Jakučionis earned Big Ten All-Freshman honors and was named to the All-B1G Second Team by the Associated Press.

Feedback on the Heat’s selection of 6-6 Illinois point guard Kasparas Jakucionis, who had been widely projected as a late ...

The Miami Heat's sole draft pick Kasparas Jakucionis is a basketball savant. At 15 years old, Jakucionis began playing in ...

For all the months, even years, of scouting, sometimes there is no pretense about how the NBA draft also can be an act of ...

Jakucionis fell into Miami's lap after Brooklyn, armed with five first-round picks, passed on him in favor of three other ...

Jakucionis' drop was one of the stunners of the draft. An anonymous Big Ten coach detailed why the Illini guard fell.

On Wednesday, the Miami Heat drafted Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis with the 20th pick in the NBA Draft. After he was ...

Big Ten guard was not expected to drop to No. 20 overall, but he fittingly came right before a fellow teammate ...

Now, Jakucionis is turning his attention to the NBA Draft. A recent mock from ESPN had him landing with the Bulls with the ...