Illinois on SI NBA Draft scouting report: Kasparas Jakucionis. Offensively, Jakucionis is a dynamic scorer and a game-alteri ...

Kasparas Jakucionis was drafted No. 20 by the Miami Heat, which was a little of a slide. Heat president Pat Riley doesn't ...

No, not Walter Clayton Jr. for the Miami Heat, but rather skilled guard Kasparas Jakucionis out of Illinois at No. 20 in NBA ...

Despite being listed as 'available', Jakucionis was a DNP in the Heat's summer league contest on Monday. Was he benched due to his poor play?

Former Illini guard Kasparas Jakucionis may be struggling on the offensive end, but Miami is encouraged by his ability to influence the gam ...

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

Jakucionis, who was selected by the Heat with the 20th pick in the first round of last month’s draft, closed the Heat’s Las ...

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

Amid the team’s silence at the start of NBA free agency, the Miami Heat announced Tuesday they have signed first-round pick ...

In fact, with his selection, Jakucionis, a 19-year-old from Vilnius, Lithuania, became the first one-and-done NBA draftee for Illinois in program history. We’ve got our guy! Welcome to the 305 ...

Jakucionis and Riley entered Illinois as prized recruits and NBA Draft prospects, but both solidified their NBA stock — and likely raised it — under the Illini staff's watch and direction.

Illinois 90, SIU Edwardsville 58. Jakucionis had multiple games throughout his freshman season where the thought, “Is this the one he gets a triple-double?” was legitimate.