Kasparas Jakucionis arrives in Miami with a rookie deal worth millions, giving the Heat a young Lithuanian guard whose potential matches the team’s long-term ambitions. Check all about the player's ...

Erik Spoelstra is a Pat Riley disciple with a 21st century spin. Sometimes, due to that association, Spoelstra has also been characterized as stingy with playi ...

Kasparas Jakucionis brings European flair and relentless playmaking to Miami, a young guard whose size, skill and fearless ...

Heat’s Kasparas Jakucionis knows this is a “learning experience” As Jakucionis has the talent to contribute to the Heat right away due to his ball-handling and playmaking abilities, his role ...

The Heat saw what they needed from rookie Kasparas Jakucionis, but his NBA readiness, particularly ball security, is still a major concern.

The Miami Heat’s opening game at the Las Vegas NBA Summer League was decided in the first quarter. At least from a Kasparas Jakucionis perspective.

However, Jakucionis didn’t do himself much justice during his first taste of professional basketball. He struggled throughout ...

Jakucionis (undisclosed) did not see the floor in Monday's 100-96 Summer League win over the Celtics. Although Jakucionis was available to play according to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald, he ...

Jakucionis, the former Illinois star, made his NBA Summer League debut on Saturday night at Chase Center in San Francisco, and it would be putting it kindly to say simply that it could have gone ...

Illinois Fighting Illini guard Kasparas Jakucionis (32) goes up for a basket Friday, March 14, 2025, in a quarterfinals game at the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament between the ...

Kasparas Jakucionis’ first Summer League experience was frustrating, encouraging, and revealing, all at once. He stumbled, adjusted, then flashed the brilliance that made him a first-round pick.

After the Heat selected Kasparas Jakucionis with the 20th overall pick in the most recent draft, there were some high expectations for the player out of the University of Illinois to perform right ...