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Kasparas Jakučionis

Kasparas Jakučionis is Milwaukee's developmental organizer: assists, threes, and free-throw percentage give him a useful fantasy shape, but immediate minutes are capped by three veteran creators.

Team: Milwaukee Bucks · Position: PG/SG · Age entering season: 20 · Experience: 1 season

Base projection

GP MPG PTS 3PM REB AST STL BLK FG% (FGA) FT% (FTA) TO
68 12 5.6 0.9 1.9 2.3 0.5 0.1 .430 (4.3) .870 (1.1) 0.9

Correction 2026-07-18: minutes and per-game line restated to match the rebuilt Milwaukee minute model. The prior team table spread 240 minutes across sixteen players, giving the top six only 146 and projecting every returning Buck below his own 2025-26 workload despite Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis vacating 53 minutes a night. This row moves from 15 to 12 MPG as part of that rebuild. Source: ESPN 2025-26 Milwaukee team stats.

Fantasy case

Jakučionis averaged 6.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.2 threes, and shot .879 at the line in 17.8 minutes across 53 games as a rookie. Milwaukee acquired him in the Giannis trade, giving the organization incentive to develop him. A Summer League outing with 11 points and six assists reinforced the table-setting case.

Ryan Rollins should lead the offense, Tyler Herro is the first scorer, and Kevin Porter Jr can handle if healthy. Jakučionis therefore projects as the second-unit organizer rather than a breakout starter. His low FG% and limited blocks keep the nine-category ceiling below his real-playmaking value.

Outcomes and category fit

Confidence

Roster high · Minutes medium-low · Rates medium · Availability medium-high.

Sources

Learning notes

Jakučionis has the cleanest “one injury away” assists profile on the team. His fantasy relevance can arrive before his scoring if Jenkins trusts him to organize bench units.

Career record

Pre-NBA: Vilnius, Lithuania; developed in FC Barcelona's youth system and played for Barça's second team in 2023-24. One season at Illinois (2024-25): 15.0 PTS, 5.7 REB, 4.7 AST in 33 games on .440 FG/.845 FT — Big Ten All-Freshman, AP All-Big Ten Second Team, and a unanimous pick on The Athletic's Freshman All-America team. Draft: 2025, Round 1, Pick 20, Miami.

Season Age Team GP MPG PTS REB AST STL BLK 3PM FG% FT% TO
2025-26 19 MIA 53 17.8 6.2 2.6 2.6 0.6 0.1 1.2 .429 .879 0.9
Career — — 53 17.8 6.2 2.6 2.6 0.6 0.1 1.2 .429 .879 0.9

He shot .423 from three as a rookie, and in his 12 starts averaged 8.4 PTS, 4.2 REB, 3.8 AST in 24.3 minutes. Traded to Milwaukee in the June 2026 Giannis Antetokounmpo deal.

Durability: 53 of 82 as a rookie, with the gaps driven by rotation decisions and G League-style development sequencing rather than injury; 33 of 33 at Illinois. No medical flags.

Trajectory: The record shows a teenage organizer whose shooting arrived ahead of schedule (.423 from three, .879 FT) while inside-the-arc scoring lagged (.429 overall FG). His starts sample — 8.4/4.2/3.8 at 24.3 minutes — is the honest preview of what a real role produces. In 2026-27 he competes with Kevin Porter Jr for backup point-guard minutes behind Rollins and Herro on a rebuilding roster that traded for him specifically to develop him. He becomes fantasy-relevant the moment injury or a trade pushes him to 23+ minutes: the assists, threes, and FT% are already NBA-caliber, and only FG% and minutes hold the profile back.

Career sources: ESPN career stats · Wikipedia · Sports-Reference college

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