{"id":73254,"date":"2025-06-26T06:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T06:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=73254"},"modified":"2025-06-26T06:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T06:52:36","slug":"pat-riley-had-a-very-enthusiastic-reaction-after-the-miami-heats-first-round-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=73254","title":{"rendered":"Pat Riley Had a Very Enthusiastic Reaction After the Miami Heat\u2019s First Round Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4170,h_2345,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/si\/01jyn3skjavynqtbnnqk.jpg\" alt=\"Miami Heat \u0111\u00e3 ch\u1ecdn Kasparas Jakucionis \u1edf l\u01b0\u1ee3t ch\u1ecdn th\u1ee9 20 trong NBA Draft 2025.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_loi9c4pzj\">The Miami Heat took Kasparas Jakucionis with the 20th pick in the 2025 NBA draft. The 6&#8217;6&#8243; guard from Lithuania averaged 15.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 4.7 assists in his one season of Big Ten basketball at Illinois.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_r69kl98nx\">No one was more excited about the Heat&#8217;s pick than team president Pat Riley, who stood up as the pick was announced and started enthusiastically pointing at people around the team&#8217;s draft night war room.<\/p>\n<figure data-mm-id=\"_b0k2vjsat\">\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pat Riley looked happy with the pick. pic.twitter.com\/JRWJMSW21f<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillManso\/status\/1938064214721237009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1938064214721237009%7Ctwgr%5E1b9f749ac2909036e3eb7fdaa37e594fe873609d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnba%2Fpat-riley-had-a-very-enthusiastic-reaction-after-the-miami-heat-s-first-round-pick<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_9po4a3syg\">Riley and the Heat recently missed out on Kevin Durant, so it&#8217;s good that they were able to land a player they could get excited about. 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