The OGs Give Kasparas Jakucionis Advice On How To Survive Heat Culture

Talk about, it's only been a couple of games, how many summer league games have you played right now? Three? Four now, we played four yesterday. Talk about just, again, everything in life is taking the next step, the next step, the next step, right, so you go EuroLeague at 15, you come over to Illinois at 17, 18, now you're playing in the NBA, although it's summer league, what are you seeing as a difference between the steps you've taken so far and what you're gonna have to work on your rookie year just in the four games you played in summer league? Yeah, so for sure, it's a process, you know, and just like first, all the three games I played in San Francisco was terrible for me offensively, but I still tried. But did you learn? Yeah, of course. That's a good thing, that's all that matters. Yeah, I tried to. That's what summer league's there for. Yeah, I tried to do, like, control what I can control, so like, just my effort and trying to be a great teammate, compete at the defensive end, and even the shots weren't falling, or I didn't feel well with the ball, I still tried to do the things I can control. Good for you. And like I say, I understand it's a process, and it's a long process. Yes, yes. So just taking these little steps, I think, and learning from, like, watching film after every game, and learning from it, I think it helps you improve even more. I mean, the fact that you know it's a process, that helps because, I mean, we talked about this yesterday, the fears, Jeremy, the fears, and we don't necessarily look at how many points you guys score at the end of a summer league game. We watch how you play the game. Were you in the right spot defensively? Did you make the right play? You know what I'm saying? Are you competing? Are you engaged? Can you run the play? We're not really, real basketball heads, we're not talking about the Sevillians at home, call you Sevillian, real basketball heads, we're not looking at guys like you, numbers. Did he score 55? Did he score, Cooper Flags went five for 21 the first game, and he said he had a terrible game. I disagree. I watched his game. He was on help side defense, which sucks for a lot of young guys because they never really help side defense. They always stuck to their man instead of taking a two nine, being on the help side. He got out on a break. He got a block, the last one, got downhill, got an assist for the game winning three. I thought he had a good game. So my point to you is don't worry about the scoring. That is gonna come. You scored the ball yesterday. Let's worry about the other. Scoring is not nothing that we worry about. Trust me, the Miami Heat are not worried about you scoring. You know what I'm saying? We understand that part of that is gonna come. And then, honestly, when you get in the season, you're gonna have to throw that bitch to Bama a lot anyway. So we ain't worried about you scoring right now. You know what I'm saying? We worry about you playing the game the right way, developing your basketball IQ, making sure that you understand everything, that you're comfortable working on your strengths and working on your weaknesses as well. So that's what we worry about, man. Don't put too much stock in how many points did I score afterwards. I know a lot of young guys focus on that. Coach hit on it right there. Working on your strengths and weaknesses. What's one skill you wanna master as a rookie? One skill? One skill that you really think that you need to take to continue to develop and take the next steps. Yeah, something that you wanna, you know. I mean, I would say just like building my body, building my strength for the defensive end. Great point. You got a good body on you, you know what I'm saying? So the point, the fact that you said that, it makes a lot of sense. Because I tell, and I was on TV with Reed Shepard the other day. And I looked at him, I told him, you pick on young white guys. We do. You're gonna get put in every cross screen. You're gonna get put in every pin down. You're gonna get put in every action, just to see. You know what I'm saying? And that's what usually happens. And now once you prove that you're gonna get through those cross screens, you're gonna get through those pin downs, you're gonna defend, that's a different thing. But the first thing they're gonna do is try you. You know what I'm saying? That's the first thing they're gonna do. You know what I'm saying? And you have to step up to the plate. But those are the things as young fellas that at the end of the day, when we talk about it again, those are the things you have to go through. You have to go through those things. We can't fast forward that. We can't skip that step. We can't skip that process. It's gonna wear on you. You're gonna have to learn from it. We're gonna get in our film the next day, and we're gonna make sure they can't do it to you again. It's just the process of it. Yep, for sure. Hey, let me ask you this though. Talk about that then. So hearing all that stuff and the process you're gonna have to go through, and obviously leaning on people that have done it like this is super important. I think for young players coming in this league, is trying to understand, get the answers to the test before you get them, right? But hearing all these things, what does year one success look like for you? Rookie of the year? Peak playoff? No, that's your question, my bad. That's his question. I thought you was talking to me. That's your question, dawg. So the, to like year one? Yeah, when year one's done, and they say, yo, Miami Heat did this, Cass did this, what is it that say, I walked out of there like, okay, I learned this, this is where I got better at, this is where I need to get better at. What does year one success look like for you when the season's over? No, I say championship. Okay, talk to him then. There's a bunch of banners up there now. And we, hey, listen, we definitely want championships and we love those, but we wouldn't mind a rookie of the year, Cass. That's all I'm saying. Well, if you win a championship, he's probably gonna win rookie of the year. Don't worry about being ambitious. You can never be too ambitious, no such thing. Yeah, you want that. For sure. We want you to get it. You know what I'm saying? We want you to get it. All right, so then what do you want to be in five years? Star point guard with two rings. Star point guard for the Miami Heat with two rings. That's his question, I'm just saying. That sounds pretty good. 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