June 25th 2025 at 9:29pm CST by Eli Cohen
The **Heat** have selected **[Kasparas Jakucionis](https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/kasparas-jakucionis-1.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&utm_campaign=2025-06-25_cbb)** with the 20th overall pick in the 2025 draft.
Jakucionis, a 6’6″ combo guard, spent time as a teenager with BC Rytas-2 in his home country of Lithuania and then with FC Barcelona in Spain before coming stateside a year ago to play for Illinois.
In his lone college season, Jakucionis started all 33 games he played for the Fighting Illini and was the team’s leading scorer with 15.0 points per game on .440/.318/.845 shooting. He also led the team with 4.7 assists per game and grabbed 5.7 rebounds per contest too. He has good size for a ball-handling guard and has been lauded by draft experts for his effectiveness in the pick-and-roll.
More to come…