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Miami Herald
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
The word that the Heat needs to quietly send out to stars considering a trade request
If you're a star player and you would like to spend your winters in balmy Miami, playing for an organization that has made seven NBA Finals appearances this century, here's some advice: Tell your team by late May, or early June at the latest. And find a way for your agent or a trustful intermediary to tell the Heat, too. Here's why the timing on the Heat's impending umpteenth star search is so important: If the Heat has a trade in place by the first night of the June 25-26 NBA Draft, Miami could offer a more appealing package than it could after the draft. Here's how it would work: In the days or weeks before the draft, Miami could offer what amounts to as many as three first-rounders: That would include Golden State's first-round pick (20th overall) in this June's draft and its own first-round picks in 2030 and 2032. But the catch is the 2032 pick cannot be traded until after draft night. But by agreeing to a trade before draft night, Miami could use Golden State's pick to select a player that another team asks Miami to pick, with a discreet understanding that the player drafted at 20 will be sent along with 2030 and 2032 first-round picks in the days following the draft. For any trades made now or in the weeks before the draft, Miami can trade only Golden State's first-rounder, plus one other first-rounder (in 2030 or 2031). The 2032 pick is unlocked, for trade purposes, immediately after the draft. But if a trade is verbally agreed to before the draft, the Heat can essentially make sure that the other team gets three of its first-round picks. Conversely, if Miami uses the Warriors' pick to select a player that it wants — and not one that another team wants — then Miami essentially can offer only two future first-round picks (2030 or 2032). At least three picks likely would be necessary to land an in-his-prime star, if one becomes available. In fact, four first-round picks might be necessary to land a star, and there's a way the Heat could achieve that, too — but only if it happens by draft night and only if the Charlotte Hornets are willing to be active participants. Here's how: Miami owes Charlotte a first-round pick, from the regrettable Terry Rozier trade. That pick is lottery protected in 2027 and unprotected in 2028 if it isn't conveyed in 2027. Because teams must own at least one first-round pick every other year, that trade prohibits the Heat from trading any first-rounders this decade. But there's nothing to stop Miami from going to Charlotte and offering a 2032 unprotected first-rounder, plus cash, a second-rounder, a player (Jaime Jaquez Jr.?) and even a pick swap in exchange for giving Miami back its 2027 first-rounder. If the Hornets agreed to that (and the deal couldn't be done until after draft night), Miami could theoretically then pick a player for another team at No. 20 in June (Golden State's pick) and within NBA rules could then also offer its own first-round picks in 2026, 2028 and 2030. But Miami could offer those four specific picks only if the deal for an All-Star is verbally agreed to by draft night (and if Charlotte cooperates). That's why it's important for a star who wants to play in Miami to make his intentions known (at least privately to his own team and to the Heat) long before the draft. Acquiring Duncan Robinson — whose salary is only partially guaranteed — also could be a carrot for teams with high payrolls, as explained here. But any deal involving Robinson would need to be completed before his July 8 guarantee date. So the sooner a trade can be made, the more attractive a package the Heat could offer. Unfortunately for the Heat, NBA superstars operate on their own timelines. So if Giannis Antetokounmpo or Ja Morant or some other star decides to ask out in July instead of June, Miami would be in a weaker position than it would before the draft. As for Antetokoumpo, nobody has any idea if he will ask out of Milwaukee. Longtime NBA writer Howard Beck said this week on a podcast with Zach Lowe: 'Does Giannis ask out? If he does, does he have a list? I poked around a little bit a few days ago and the initial thing I got from one person was some rumblings that it's already just the big cities. It's one of the L.A. teams or one of the New York teams, or maybe Miami.' As for any Heat hypothethical pursuit of Morant, The Ringer's Lowe said on his podcast: 'I don't see it. I don't think that's the star Miami will go for when they use their ammo and they will inevitable try to use their ammo.' Durant note The sense here is that while the Heat might again pursue Phoenix's Kevin Durant, Miami isn't going to offer all of its first-round inventory for a 36-year-old with one year left on his contract. But Houston's interest in Durant has been overstated, according to reports. Minnesota could become a top contender for Durant if the Wolves don't win a championship.
Los Angeles Times
04-04-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Gabriela Jaquez helps UCLA to historic Final Four
Gabriela Jaquez, UCLA basketball player, is coming off a strong performance that helped push the Bruins to the first Final Four in school history. She played for the Mexican national team during the summer and is the younger sister of Miami Heat player and former Bruin Jaime Jaquez Jr., one of the few Mexican American players in the NBA.
USA Today
30-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Are Gabriela Jaquez, Jaime Jaquez related? What to know of UCLA basketball guards
Are Gabriela Jaquez, Jaime Jaquez related? What to know of UCLA basketball guards Show Caption Hide Caption You don't need a NCAA championship to excel, according to Lisa Leslie A former USC Trojan, Lisa Leslie never won a NCAA tournament championship herself, and believes players don't need it to be great in the WNBA. Sports Seriously Can another Jaquez reach the Final Four with UCLA? Bruins guard Gabriela Jaquez, a few years after her brother Jaime Jaquez Jr. led the Bruins from the First Four to the Final Four, looks to help UCLA women's basketball to its first-ever Final Four appearance in the women's NCAA Tournament on Sunday. The Bruins will take on No. 3 seed LSU. REQUIRED READING: LSU vs. UCLA women's basketball live updates: Elite Eight prediction, where to watch UCLA last made the Final Four in 1979, when the women's tournament was still under the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). The Bruins secured the No. 1 overall seed this season, with Gabriela Jaquez playing a large role. Jaime Jaquez Jr., the No. 18 overall pick of the 2023 NBA draft, was an All-America selection at UCLA, and plays a key role for the Miami Heat in 2025. Here's everything to know about Gabriela and Jaime Jaquez as the brother-sister duo look to become a pair of UCLA players to make the Final Four: Are Gabriela Jaquez, Jaime Jaquez Jr. related? Yes. The UCLA women's basketball guard is the younger sister to Jaime Jaquez Jr., a former Bruins All-American and Miami Heat guard. The two overlapped at UCLA for one season, when Gabriela Jaquez was a freshman and Jaime Jaquez Jr. was a senior in 2022-23. Jaime Jaquez Jr. helped lead UCLA to the Final Four of the 2021 men's NCAA Tournament alongside another future NBA guard in Johnny Juzang. He later became the Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2023 as a senior, averaging 17.8 points with 8.2 rebounds per game. Gabriela Jaquez is quite the player herself, averaging 9.6 points with 5.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 53% from the field in 31 starts this season. Their parents, Angela and Jaime Jaquez Sr., both played basketball at Concordia University. REQUIRED READING: Women's March Madness bracket breakdown: Best players to watch in Elite Eight Gabriela Jaquez stats Here are Gabriela Jaquez's year-by-year stat averages in college: 2022-23: 6.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 0.6 assists per game on 45.5% shooting 6.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 0.6 assists per game on 45.5% shooting 2023-24: 10.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists per game on 47.8% shooting 10.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists per game on 47.8% shooting 2024-25: 9.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists per game on 53% shooting Jaime Jaquez Jr. college stats Here are Jaime Jaquez Jr.'s stat averages in college:
Miami Herald
18-03-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Heat stunned by unraveling. How low can it go (in reality and in the standings)? An update
As this debacle of a season somehow keeps getting worse, the Heat awoke Tuesday in a sobering state: losers of eight in a row, 10 games under .500 for the first time in nine years and now 10th in the East, the final spot that qualifies for the NBA play-in tournament. 'We're going through the dark days right now,' Jaime Jaquez Jr. said. So how low can it go? In the case of the losing streak, that's very much in question, with top six-seeds Detroit and Houston up next for Miami at Kaseya Center, where the Heat has lost five in a row. The Pistons' game at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday will be nationally televised by ESPN. In the case of the standings, 10th might be as low as the Heat realistically can go, unless Miami (29-39) loses nearly all of its 14 remaining games and the No. 11 Toronto Raptors (24-35) or No. 12 Brooklyn Nets (23-45) win most of their games. While a fall to 11 is unlikely because Miami still has a 5.5-game lead over the Raptors, it's not out of the question. Miami has six games remaining against top-six seeds; the Raptors have one (home to Detroit). Also, nine of Toronto's final 13 games are against teams that will miss the playoffs. But the fact the bottom of the East is too horrendous to Miami to fall out of the play in is of little consolation during the longest losing streak of Erik Spoelstra's career. 'There's no one that's absolved from this,' Spoelstra said Monday night after the Heat's 116-95 loss at the Knicks. 'I have not come up with enough answers for this team. I have to do a better job. Our group has to do a better job. 'We've been racking our time, our brains, everything, trying to find solutions for that. We have not come up with solutions and we've pretty much tried everything. This has been one of the biggest challenges of a regular season that I've been a part of. And we just have to stay the course.' If the Heat remains 10th in the standings, Miami would visit the No. 9 seed (currently Chicago) in a play-in game on April 15 or 16. The loser of that game would begin its offseason. The winner of that game would play the loser of the No. 7 vs. No. 8 play-in game, for the right to play No. 1 Cleveland in the first round. After Monday's loss, the Heat stands three games behind No. 7 Atlanta (32-36) and 2.5 games behind No. 8 Orlando (32-37). Though the Bulls and Heat have the same 29-39 record, Chicago owns the No. 9 seed because it already has clinched the tiebreaker with Miami. One factor that could save Miami from the 10th seed: The Bulls are just two games into a difficult stretch of nine games against Western Conference teams, with only two (Lakers, Dallas) at home and Phoenix, Sacramento, the Lakers, Denver and Oklahoma City remaining on the road. That stretch ends March 31. But if the Bulls survive this stretch and lead the Heat by the end of March, Miami would be in trouble because Chicago's schedule to end the season isn't difficult aside from one road game at Cleveland. Otherwise, the Bulls have Toronto, Portland, the Heat and Washington at home and travel to Charlotte and Philadelphia. The Heat schedule, which has 14 games left, includes six matchups against good teams with top-six seeds (home against Detroit, Houston, Golden State in Jimmy Butler's homecoming, Memphis, Milwaukee and at Boston); two against teams in play-in position (Atlanta at home, Chicago on the road) and six against teams bound for the draft lottery (two against Washington, home to Charlotte, two against Philadelphia and at New Orleans). As for surpassing Atlanta or Orlando for a seventh or eighth seed, that's more complicated. Atlanta leads the season series with Miami, 2-1, and would win the tiebreaker by winning at Miami on March 27. And the Hawks — already three games ahead of Miami — have an easier remaining schedule than Miami, featuring only four games against current top six seeds (home to Golden State and the Knicks, at Houston and Milwaukee). Atlanta's 13 games remaining also include two in the final week against Orlando. As for Orlando, the Magic also has just four games remaining against top six seeds - two fewer than Miami has. Those four toughest Magic games: home to Houston, the Lakers and Boston and at Indiana. The Magic also has home games against three Western teams in play-in position: Dallas, Sacramento and the Clippers. The Heat and Magic finish the season series tied, 2-2. If the Heat beats the Hawks to also finish 2-2 against Atlanta, a Heat-Magic or Heat-Hawks tiebreaker would come down to record within the division, followed by conference record. Entering the Hawks' game at Charlotte on Tuesday night, the Heat stands 7-5 inside its division, while the Magic is 8-3 and Atlanta 7-4. The regular season ends April 13, with Miami playing host to Washington and Orlando visiting Atlanta, both at 1 p.m. 'We just got to figure out how to sustain a full game,' Tyler Herro said Monday night before the team left Madison Square Garden. 'It's been our problem really all year... Obviously, nobody feels sorry for us. We have to dig ourselves out of this hole. It all starts in this locker room.'
USA Today
26-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2024-25 NBA Sixth Man prop bets and current odds
To take home the 2024-25 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award, Jaime Jaquez Jr. of the Miami Heat is currently +15000. Stay on top of his latest numbers, trends and odds with the intel provided below. Jaquez posts 9.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per contest. At the other end, he puts up 1.1 steals and 0.2 blocks. Jaime Jaquez Jr. futures odds NBA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Wednesday at 4:48 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Sixth Man odds: +15000 (10th in NBA, Bet $100 to win $15000) Comeback Player odds: +30000 (10th in NBA, Bet $100 to win $30000) Jaquez's next game Matchup: Atlanta Hawks at Miami Heat Atlanta Hawks at Miami Heat Game day: February 26, 2025 February 26, 2025 Game time: 7:30 PM 7:30 PM TV channel: FDSSUN, FDSSE FDSSUN, FDSSE Live stream: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply) Sign up for the NBA League Pass to watch games live and on-demand! Jaime Jaquez Jr. stats This season, he's put up 7.2% of the Heat's attempted field goals, as he's averaging 7.5 per contest. This season, he's accounted for 3.5% of his team's three-pointers made, averaging 0.6 per game. Jaquez's opponent, the Hawks, have one of the NBA's fastest tempos, ranking second with 106.6 possessions per game, while his Heat rank 24th in possessions per game with 100.5. Gannett may earn revenue from sports betting operators for audience referrals to betting services. Sports betting operators have no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage. Terms apply, see operator site for Terms and Conditions. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available. Call the National Council on Problem Gambling 24/7 at 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ, OH), 1-800-522-4700 (CO), 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN). Must be 21 or older to gamble. Sports betting and gambling are not legal in all locations. Be sure to comply with laws applicable where you reside. We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. Sportsbook Wire operates independently, though, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
