NBA Summer League for Jakucionis was a series of stumbles interspersed with moments of brilliance (and, ultimately, optimism?

Former Illini and current Miami Heat guard Jakucionis on Friday finally made clear why his NBA team was so high on his ...

Kasparas Jakucionis was drafted No. 20 by the Miami Heat, which was a little of a slide. Heat president Pat Riley doesn't believe they have had many guys like him.

Kasparas Jakucionis helped Illinois basketball back into the NBA Draft lottery.. The Miami Heat selected Jakucionis No. 20 overall in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday night. He ...

If the ultimate goal of summer league is to show net growth, then consider the process, even with its rough patches, a ...

I caught up with former Illinois head basketball coach Bruce Weber.He led Illinois to the national championship game in 2005, ...

Jakucionis also flashed the intriguing upside that led some to project him to be a lottery pick in the draft before he fell ...

CHAMPAIGN — History was made for Illinois Basketball on Wednesday night, as freshmen Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley became the first-ever one-and-done players for the Illinois program. The ...

Jakucionis (rest) has been ruled out for Friday's Summer League game against the Bucks, Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald reports.

On his basketball journey from Lithuania to Spain to Illinois "I think every time I moved to play somewhere — especially from home when I was just 15 — helped me grow as a person and as a player.