Heat mistake might have cost them NBA star based on latest developments

The Miami Heat taking Kasparas Jakucionis over Nique Clifford may have cost them a chance at an absolute star.

Miami Heat, Kasparas Jakucionis, Nique Clifford, Summer League, 2025 NBA Draft | Jason Miller/GettyImagesLAS VEGAS — The Miami Heat picked Kasparas Jakucionis with the No. 20 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, but based on the way Nique Clifford has looked for the Sacramento Kings, they may have made a mistake. Clifford was selected at pick No. 24, just a few spots after the Heat took Jakucionis.

Clifford has been tearing it up in Summer League, and while Jakucionis has certainly shown some flashes of why the Heat selected him, he looks like a bit more of a project. That’s not the case with…