Illinois basketball stars Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley were selected with back-to-back picks in the NBA Draft.

Kasparas Jakucionis is far from a finished product. Although he may have a versatile scoring package, along with exceptional ...

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 ...

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

It was an action-packed first round of the 2025 NBA Draft at Barclays Center with loads of surprises -- risers, fallers, ...

Miami Heat' culture is among the most popular terms in the NBA, highlighting the organization's commitment to player ...

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

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

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

History was made for Fighting Illini Basketball on Wednesday night, as freshmen Kasparas Jakucionis (Vilnius, Lithuania) and ...

Kasparas Jakucionis, right, shakes hands with NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being drafted 20th overall by the Miami Heat ...