The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year becomes the second player from a Ventura County high school to ever be drafted in the first round.
UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. was selected 18th overall by the Miami Heat in the first round of the NBA draft on Thursday night.
“Any experience is good experience,” Jaquez said during the ESPN broadcast. “I just treat it as such. That’s what I tried to emphasize to these teams, that I have a lot of experience and a lot of games under my belt that I can use to help an NBA team in the future.” Jaquez did have another year of college eligibility remaining due to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting the 2020-21 season, but he elected to forego that option and put his name into the mix for this year’s draft. The second-team All-American led the Bruins with 17.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, earning Pac-12 Player of the Year honors.
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