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Kasparas JakučionisMilwaukee Bucks · #25

Guard · 6'5", 200 lb · Vilnius, Lithuania · Age 20 · 1st season

Kasparas Jakučionis is a Lithuanian combo guard and a 2025 first-round pick (20th overall), a skilled pick-and-roll playmaker with size and shooting touch. He developed in FC Barcelona's system before one freshman season at Illinois, where he led the team in scoring (15.0 points a game) and earned Second-team All-Big Ten honors. One of the youngest players in his draft class, he now moves to Milwaukee.

MVP race · #275Guard rank · #118Balladex Impact · 51
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Milwaukee Bucks · #25 · Guard
Kasparas Jakučionis
Season avg6.2 pts · 2.6 reb · 2.6 ast · .429 fg
Career avg6.2 pts · 2.6 reb · 2.6 ast · .429 fg
Live win probabilityHeat 71%
Balladex model · projected 122–118 · 99.7 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
6.4pts
2.7reb
2.7ast
29%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Kasparas Jakučionis
Milwaukee Bucks · Guard
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Davion Mitchell
Miami Heat · Strong defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
LADDER#275 in the Balladex MVP raceIMPACTBalladex Impact 51 — Rotation piece tierNEWSHeat acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Bucks in a blockbusterLADDER#275 in the Balladex MVP raceIMPACTBalladex Impact 51 — Rotation piece tierNEWSHeat acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Bucks in a blockbuster
Scouting report

Kasparas Jakučionis — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Rookie Guard · Playmaking Shooter · Impact 51
Kasparas Jakučionis is a Lithuanian combo guard and a 2025 first-round pick (20th overall), a skilled pick-and-roll playmaker with size and shooting t
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
C
Playmaking
Average creator
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Scoring
Below average scorer
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F
Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Strong spacing
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Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Below average late
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Athleticism
Average tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Kasparas Jakučionis stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets
44%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat
23%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers
6%
5
Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks
3%
Balladex Consensus: #277 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
MVP odds
51Impact index
99Star score
Career scoring average6.2 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file2
2nd All-Big Ten (2025) · 20th Draft pick (2025)
Stat explorer

Kasparas Jakučionis — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
6.2 PPG
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Playmaking
2.6 APG
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Rebounding
2.6 RPG
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Shooting
.423 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Kasparas Jakučionis

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
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1 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 20 — applied per stat
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 53 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Kasparas Jakučionis career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2025-26 MIA5317.86.22.62.6.429.423
Career5317.86.22.62.6
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
raw PPG
in 2026 pace
why
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Milwaukee Bucks built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

27–55proj record
#12conf seed
-5.3net rtg
112.6off rtg
117.9def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Myles Turner, Kel'el Ware.
How his role moves
Projected 27–55, 12th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
51 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
2nd All-Big Ten (2025) · 20th Draft pick (2025)
Act IV

The Ballad of Kasparas Jakučionis

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

May 29, 2006

The beginning

A skilled Lithuanian combo guard — a pick-and-roll playmaker with size and touch.

Milwaukee Bucks

Turning pro

Drafted 20th overall, 2025 as a Guard.

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A skilled Lithuanian combo guard — a pick-and-roll playmaker with size and touch.

Chapter

A Barcelona youth product, Jakučionis debuted professionally at 16 before one season at Illinois.

Chapter

He led Illinois in scoring (15.0 ppg) and earned Second-team All-Big Ten honors.

Jakučionis's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 5"
Weight
205 lbs
College
Illinois
Experience
1st Season
Draft
20th overall, 2025
Born
Vilnius, Lithuania
Age
20
Jersey
#25
Beyond the game

Jakučionis is a product of European basketball's elite pipeline — trained at FC Barcelona under Šarūnas Jasikevičius, whose playmaking style shaped his own — and grew up idolizing LeBron James. Fluent in Lithuanian, English, and Spanish, he carries Lithuania's rich basketball tradition into the NBA as a teenager with pro experience most rookies lack.

His on-court identity is pick-and-roll creation — a 6-foot-5 combo guard with passing vision, shooting touch, and the size to play either backcourt spot, drawing comparisons to skilled lead guards. As one of the youngest players in his class, his early NBA sample is thin, but his feel and pedigree give him developmental starter upside.

The person

A skilled, cerebral combo guard — pick-and-roll playmaking, shooting touch, and size.

PlaymakerA pick-and-roll creator with strong passing vision.
Skilled & youngPro experience at Barcelona at just 18.
Combo guard6-foot-5 size to play either backcourt spot.
FAQ

Kasparas Jakučionis — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Kasparas Jakučionis, answered.

Where did Kasparas Jakučionis develop as a player?
In FC Barcelona's youth and reserve system, where he debuted professionally at 16, before one freshman season at Illinois.
What kind of player is Kasparas Jakučionis?
A skilled 6-foot-5 combo guard and pick-and-roll playmaker with passing vision and shooting touch, able to play either backcourt spot.
How old is Kasparas Jakučionis?
He was one of the youngest players in the 2025 draft class — just 18 when drafted 20th overall.
Kasparas Jakučionis career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
65%
1 seasons
Last 3 seasons
65%
29 games missed
Games missed
29
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
53
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady65% of games over the last three seasons, low of 65% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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