PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Career Transactions

Selected in the first round (18th overall) of the 2023 NBA Draft by the HEAT…signed by the HEAT on July 1, 2023.

Professional Career

Has appeared in 141 NBA regular season games (37 starts) during his two-year career and has averaged 10.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.98 steals and 24.7 minutes while shooting 47.8 percent from the floor, 31.8 percent from three-point range and 78.5 percent from the foul line…has missed a total of 16 games due to injury/recovery and has been a DNP-CD on seven occasions…is a two-time Rising Stars participant at All-Star Weekend…was a First Team All-Rookie selection…was a two-time Rookie of the Month…owns the third highest rookie field goal accuracy and fourth best rookie free throw accuracy marks in HEAT history…has topped the HEAT in scoring six times, steals 32 times, blocks 15 times, plus/minus 13 times, minutes 11 times, assists 10 times and rebounds six times…has scored in double figures 70 times, including 11 games with at least 20 points, two games with 30-or-more points and one 40-point performance…his longest stretch of consecutive double-figure scoring games is 13 (Nov. 20-Dec. 16, 2023)…has grabbed double-figure rebounds six times and handed out double-figure assists once…has amassed four double-doubles and one triple-double…his career high for most consecutive games with a three-pointer is 11 (Nov. 6-25, 2024)…has 27 multi-trey games…his longest stretch of consecutive games with a steal is seven, twice (Oct. 30-Nov. 12, 2023 and Nov. 20-Dec. 2, 2023)…has 36 multi-steal and five multi-block games…his career high for consecutive games played is 39 (Oct. 25, 2023-Jan. 14, 2024)…has appeared in seven NBA postseason games (four starts) and has averaged 7.9 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 20.3 minutes while shooting 37.9 percent from the floor, 20 percent from three-point range and 88.9 percent from the foul line…has missed one postseason game due to injury and one game as a DNP-CD…has scored in double figures three times in postseason play.

2024-25 SEASON:

Appeared in 66 games (17 starts) for the HEAT and averaged 8.6 points (.461 FG%, .754 FT%), 4.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.92 steals and 20.7 minutes…missed a total of nine games due to injury/recovery and was a DNP-CD on seven occasions…sat out two games (Nov. 4-6) with gastroenteritis, one game (Nov. 8) due to return to competition re-conditioning, four games (Nov. 18, Mar. 2-5) with a sprained right ankle and two games (Jan. 27 and Feb. 10) due to stomach illness…was selected to play in the NBA Rising Stars Game for the second consecutive season…finished third on the HEAT in offensive rebounds and double-figure rebound games, tied for third in three-point plays (11) and fourth in free throws made and attempted, defensive and total rebounds, double-doubles and steals…set single-season career highs in both offensive rebounds and rebounds per game…topped the HEAT scoring twice, steals 12 times, rebounds six times, assists four times and in minutes, blocks and plus/minus three times each…was Miami’s leading scorer off the bench 10 times and also led the HEAT reserves in rebounds and steals 16 times each, assists 11 times, blocks five times and minutes and plus/minus three times each…scored in double figures 26 times, including two games with at least 20 points and one 40-point performance…grabbed double-figure rebounds on five occasions and handed out double-figure assists once…posted three double-doubles and one triple-double…recorded his first career triple-double on Jan. 6 at Sacramento finishing with 16 points, a career-high 12 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists while also setting a career high in minutes played (45:35) and matching his career high in steals (5)…recorded career highs in points (41), field goals made (17) and attempted (25) and matched his career high in defensive rebounds (9) vs. Washington on Apr. 13 while recording his first 40-point double-double and second for the HEAT in 2024-25 (Tyler Herro had the other at Milwaukee on Feb. 23)…his 17 field goals made vs. Washington were the HEAT single-game high in 2024-25…scored his 1,000th career point on Nov. 29 vs. Toronto…appeared in his 100th career game on Dec. 28 at Atlanta…recorded one four-point play (Oct. 23 vs. Orlando)…Season Highs: 41 points (vs. Washington, Apr. 13), 12 rebounds (at Sacramento, Jan. 6), 10 assists (at Sacramento, Jan. 6), five steals (twice), two blocks (at New York, Mar. 17) and 45:35 minutes (at Sacramento, Jan. 6).

2023-24 SEASON:

Appeared in 75 games (20 starts) with the HEAT and averaged 11.9 points (.489 FG%, .811 FT%), 3.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.03 steals and 28.2 minutes…missed a total of seven games due to injury…sat out six games (Jan. 15-25) with a left groin strain and one game (Mar. 24) with left knee/ankle discomfort…was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team…captured the NBA’s Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month honors for the first two months of the season…was chosen to participate in both the Slam Dunk Contest and Rising Stars Game during All-Star Weekend in Indiana…his 48.9% field goal accuracy is the third highest on the HEAT’s all-time rookie list and his 81.1% free throw accuracy ranks fourth among HEAT rookies…ranked among the NBA rookie leaders in steals per game (4th), minutes per game (5th), free throw percentage (5th), field goal percentage (6th), scoring average (8th), assists per game (8th) and rebounds per game (14th)…led the HEAT in games played, ranked second in minutes played and third in points scored, field goals made, free throws made, three-point plays, offensive and total rebounds, assists and steals…was the seventh rookie in franchise history to lead the HEAT in games played for a season and the first since Rodney McGruder in 2016-17…topped the HEAT in scoring four times, steals a team-high 22 times, blocks 12 times, plus/minus 10 times, minutes eight times and assists six times…was Miami’s leading scorer off the bench 16 times and also led the HEAT reserves in minutes a team-high 24 times, steals 26 times, assists 25 times, rebounds 12 times and blocks 11 times…scored in double figures 44 times (tied for third on the squad), including nine 20-point efforts and one 30-point output…scored in double figures in a career-high 13 consecutive games from Nov. 20-Dec. 16…grabbed double-figure rebounds once and tallied one double-double…recorded his first career double-double in a 119-113 Christmas Day victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in which he tallied season highs in points (31), rebounds (10) and minutes (39:29)…his 31 points against the 76ers were tied for the seventh most in NBA history by a rookie in a Christmas Day game and the third most by a HEAT player on Christmas Day…additionally he was only the fifth rookie to record a 30-point, 10-rebound double-double on Christmas joining Patrick Ewing (1985), Walt Bellamy (1961), Oscar Robinson (1960) and Wilt Chamberlain (1959)…hit at least one three-pointer in a career-high 11 consecutive games from Nov. 6-25…had multiple treys in a game 15 times…made his NBA debut vs. Detroit on Oct. 25 and had six points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals in 13:11 of action…made his first career start on Oct. 28 at Minnesota and tallied seven points, three rebounds and one assist in 18:14 of action…Season Highs: 31 points (vs. Philadelphia, Dec. 25), 10 rebounds (vs. Philadelphia, Dec. 25), nine assists (vs. Toronto, Apr. 12), four steals (twice), two blocks (four times) and 39:29 minutes (vs. Philadelphia, Dec. 25).

PLAYOFFS:

2025: Came off the bench in all three games in which he appeared in Miami’s Opening Round series vs. Cleveland and averaged 1.3 points (.167 FG%, 1.000 FT%), 1.3 rebounds and 6.5 minutes…did not miss any games due to injury but was a DNP-CD once (Game 2 on Apr. 23)…topped the HEAT in plus/minus twice…2024: Started all four games in which he appeared in Miami’s Opening Round series vs. Boston and averaged 12.8 points (.404 FG%, .857 FT%), 3.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 30.6 minutes…sat out Game 5 on May 1 with a right hip flexor strain…was second on the team in blocks and third in scoring average, assists and steals…topped the HEAT in assists and blocks twice each…scored in double figures three times…started in his NBA postseason debut at Boston on Apr. 21 in Game 1 and finished with 16 points, four rebounds, four assists and a steal in 35:36 of action.

HONORS:

2024-25: Was selected to participate in the Rising Stars Game during All-Star Weekend in San Francisco…was named to the NBA Summer League Second Team in Las Vegas in the summer of 2024…2023-24: Was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team…was a two-time NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month winner, capturing the award for the combined month of October/November and again in December…was selected to participate in the Slam Dunk contest and Rising Stars Game during All-Star weekend in Indiana.

BEFORE NBA

Played four seasons at UCLA…appeared in 134 games (126 starts) and averaged 13.4 points (.475 FG%, .737 FT%), 6.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.33 steals and 31.4 minutes…ranked among the school’s all-time leaders in points (8th), steals (8th), tournament points (8th), tournament minutes (8th), steals per game (9th), minutes (9th), games played (9th) and rebounds (11th)…is just one of nine Bruins to rank in the Top 15 in both points and rebounds…led the team in rebounds in each of his last three seasons, becoming the first Bruin to accomplish the feat in 30 years…scored in double figures 94 times, including 23 games with at least 20 points…grabbed double-figure rebounds 25 times and had 19 double-doubles…increased his scoring average and assists per game each season…as a senior, appeared in 37 games (all starts) and averaged 17.8 points (.481 FG%, .770 FT%), 8.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.54 steals and 33.2 minutes…was named the 2023 Pac-12 Player of the Year, becoming UCLA’s first since Kevin Love in 2008…selected as the Lute Olson National Player of the Year, earned All-Pac-12 and USBWA All-District IX First Team honors, was a consensus All-America Second Team selection, named Pac-12 Player of the Week three times, was one of 10 semifinalists for the 2023 Naismith Trophy and among five finalists for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award…led the team in points, rebounds, field goals made, minutes, games played and starts…averaged 23.3 points (.534 FG%) and 9.0 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament…as a junior, appeared in 34 games (all starts) and averaged 13.9 points (.472 FG%, .761 FT%), 5.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.15 steals and 30.5 minutes…named to the All-Pac-12 First Team…selected to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team for the second straight year…named to the NABC All-District 19 Second Team…named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team…named Pac-12 Player of the Week once…was a finalist for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award…ranked among Pac-12 leaders in scoring average (9th), steals per game (11th) and rebounds per game (15th)…led UCLA in defensive and total rebounds, steals, starts and free throws made and finished second in points, scoring average, assists and field goals made…scored a career-high 30 points at Washington on Feb. 28…as a sophomore, appeared in 32 games (all starts) and averaged 12.3 points (.486 FG%, .655 FT%), 6.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.22 steals and 34.9 minutes while shooting 39.4% from three-point range…named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team…ranked among Pac-12 leaders in minutes per game (3rd) and rebounds per game (9th)…led the team in offensive, defensive and total rebounds, steals, blocks, games played, starts, minutes and free throws made and finished second in points, assists and field goals made…as a freshman, appeared in 31 games (23 starts) and averaged 8.9 points (.454 FG%, .761 FT%), 4.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.39 steals and 26.7 minutes…named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team…selected as the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week once…led the Bruins in steals and games played and was second in points…shot a team-leading 84.6% from the foul line in Pac-12 play…hit a game-winning three-point basket with 0.6 seconds left vs. Arizona State on Feb. 27.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Jaime Jaquez Jr…name is pronounced HY-may HAH-kez…gave himself the nickname “Triple J” because he wanted to be a streetballer for AND1…is the son of Angela and Jaime Jaquez Sr…has a younger brother, Marcos, and a younger sister, Gabriela…is the third generation of his family to have played college basketball…his grandfather, Ezequiel Jaquez, played at Ventura Community College and Northern Arizona University…both his parents played at Concordia University…his sister, who shared MVP honors at the 2022 McDonald’s All-American Girls Game, is currently a senior on the UCLA women’s basketball team…his brother played football at Camarillo High School where he was a defensive lineman…majored in History at UCLA where he graduated in 2023…in his free time he enjoys playing golf, fishing, going to the beach and listening to music…when his playing career is over he would like to get in the entertainment field…participated in the NBA Player Correspondent Program during the 2025 NBA Finals…was named to the 2024 USA Basketball Select Team which trained with the USA Basketball Men’s National Team in Las Vegas as they prepared for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games…played for the Mexican National Team at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru…set the school single-game scoring record at Camarillo High School with a 54-point outing against Royal High School…had his high school number (24) retired by Camarillo High School on Jan. 14, 2025…his favorite sport other than basketball is baseball where he’s a fan of his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers…was a pitcher on his high school baseball team…threw out a ceremonial first pitch before the Tigers-Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium on Apr. 29, 2022 and before the Rockies-Marlins game at loanDepot park on July 21, 2023…has an endorsement deals with Brand Jordan and Hotels.com…wears size 15 sneakers.

Jaime Jaquez Jr.