Miami Heat Select Kasparas Jakucionis With The 20th Overall Pick

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00:00where the miami heat are now on the clock and the pick is now officially in with the 20th overall

00:07selection of the 2025 nba draft the slide has stopped for the illinois guard casparis yaka

00:14chonis who now will play his basketball in south beach 20th overall the heat pick kj as he is

00:23affectionately known in champagne so jy this was a guy in yaka chonis that throughout his year

00:29playing for brad underwood and the illini certainly seem to be a lottery pick heck even top 10

00:35consideration he falls all the way to 20th overall but ends up in a situation in miami how good news

00:44of this is this for yaka chonis and conversely also for the miami heat i think it's great news for both

00:50i mean listen you don't want to slide he's going to cost us some money but he sets us into a situation

00:55where miami needs a playmaker a floor general someone that can get them in the offense and i

01:01think that is what yaka chonis brings to the table he could go ahead and get bam the ball he can get

01:07clear wire on lobs he can get tyler hero shots and then when he's open he's going to be able to knock

01:12down shots so to me yaka chonis uh is a is a good pickup for miami great value you when anytime miami

01:19picks you seem they seem to get it right uh so for them they are the beneficiaries of a slide

01:25and a slide in which he probably look at some of the other guards that were taking particularly

01:30brooklyn they could have gotten yaka chonis at either one of their picks and better than what

01:34they got and demon uh igor demon and treor and kev from the betting market perspective yaka chonis

01:41still being available at the 20th overall pick how surprising was that biggest follower in the draft

01:48so far i think would be uh as far as yaka chonis i'll just quick aside the fact that people call

01:54him kj is infuriating uh everyone knows i'm usually awful with names me learning yaka chonis just for

02:00kj to be sat right in front of me that's that's a tough night for me not as tough uh as the brooklyn

02:06nets who have drafted two point guards uh in this draft neither as good as yaka chonis out of illinois

02:12yeah so his over under was 11 and a half uh and obviously with the way the what was it eight

02:19through kind of 14 transpired transpired there was no way he was getting there and it's just a it's a

02:26kind of um it just speaks to this draft overall where it started off super chalky and then we're

02:31like yeah let's let's throw a wrench into things and get really weird with what's going on so i think

02:35it's a great fit for miami i would like to see them move off of uh the wiggins and terry rozier

02:41contracts and then really open up playing time for him i think there is a path forward if they are

02:46not in contention yeah trade wiggins trade terry rozier and it'll be bam hero and and yaka chonis

02:52moving forward i will say to yaka chonis though when we do an nfl draft show and you see a player fall

02:58even to this caliber we start to wonder what's wrong medicals yaka chonis so we saw it over

03:0511 and a half picks nine through 17 were forwards and centers right then you have a bit of a guard

03:14run with clayton jr and nolan traore going in front but positional need occasionally can dictate how the

03:22board is going to be shaped now i think we could also have seen an argument for any one of those

03:29teams for arguably or at least a handful memphis could have selected a guard minnesota could have

03:35selected a 6-6 guard but those teams went a different position ben and probably the biggest

03:41reason yaka chonis slipped in this draft more so than the actual talent and perception of the player

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