
SEATTLE - Making your debut in the best basketball league in the world is no easy task. Shinning during your rookie season is even more difficult, but Mexican-American Jaime Jáquez Jr.'s fantastic year with the Miami Heat is a good example of making it possible.
After spending four years with the UCLA Bruins, Jáquez was drafted by the Heat in the first round of the 2023 NBA Draft and the Mexican-American repaid the trust shown by the Heat front office with one of the best rookie seasons in franchise history.