The NBA fun is ratcheted up this season with so many Illinois basketball players throughout the landscape.
This past NBA Draft, the Miami Heat was lucky enough to get former Illini guard Kasparas Jakucionis to fall to them at pick No. 20. He is going to be a nice guard piece to help stabilize a fairly unsteady backcourt for the Heat.
Since getting drafted, Jakucionis has dealt with some injuries. Well, one of those injuries is now delaying his debut with Miami.
According to Cody Taylor of USA Today’s Rookie Wire, Jakucionis is going to miss the Heat’s first two games of the season.