{"id":66481,"date":"2025-06-26T04:02:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T03:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=66481"},"modified":"2025-06-26T04:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T03:02:28","slug":"kasparas-jakucionis-parents-all-about-kasparas-jakucionis-father-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/kasparas-jakucionis-parents-all-about-kasparas-jakucionis-father-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are Kasparas Jakucionis\u2019 Parents? Know Everything About Lithuanian Guard\u2019s Family Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kasparas Jakucionis made headlines when he was selected by the Miami Heat as the No. 20 pick in the 2025 NBA draft. Top teams were keen to take him for the season 2025-26. Jakucionis is a former Illinois Fighting Illini guard, who averaged 15.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists. He led his team in points and assists per game in 2024\/25 season. The 19-year old guard also recorded a double-double in his team&rsquo;s quarter-finals loss against the Terrapins.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/kasparas-jakucionis-physical-attributes-height-weight-wingspan-and-more\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Kasparas Jakucionis Physical Attributes- Know all about Kasparas Jakucionis&rsquo; Height, Weight, Wingspan, And More About Lithuanian Guard<\/a><\/p><p>During his debut collegiate season, Jakucionis registered 13 assists in a single game which is a record in Illinois&rsquo; history. The former Illinois guard recorded a season-high six three-pointers and seven assists in his Big Ten debut against the Wildcats. Before playing for the Barcelona, the European basketball team, Jakucionis averaged 19.2 points, 6.6 rebounds, 5.7 assists, and 1.6 steals per game. Jakucionis has also appeared in two Spanish League games and made his EuroLeague debut.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lithuanian guard Kasparas Jakucionis measured well (6'6 in shoes, 205 pounds with a 6'8 wingspan) and looked very comfortable in the NBA draft combine shooting drills. Firmly in play in several spots in the top-10. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sEstPtkkdu\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/sEstPtkkdu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DraftExpress\/status\/1923056782735442008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who Are Kasparas Jakucionis&rsquo; Parents?&nbsp;<\/h2><p>Kasparas Jakucionis was born in Vilnius, Lithuania on May 29, 2006. He started playing basketball in the youth ranks of Perlas Vilnius. His parents are Audrone Jakucioniene and Tomas Jakucionis. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is Kasparas Jakucionis&rsquo; Father?&nbsp;<\/h2><p>Kasparas Jakucionis&rsquo; father goes by the name of Tomas Jakucionis. There is no big information about his family but as per the sources, his father lives in Lithuania and works for the State Security Department (VSD) as an Intelligence officer. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kasparas Jakucionis 2025 NCAA tournament highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/heMMwHFXZFc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is Kasparas Jakucionis&rsquo; Mother?&nbsp;<\/h2><p>Kasparas Jakucionis&rsquo; mother&rsquo;s name is Audrone Jakucioniene, who helped him to pursue a career in basketball. As per the site of OCCRP, Audrone Jakucioniene is also an Intelligence officer in Lithuania. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Nationality Are Kasparas Jakucionis&rsquo; Parents?&nbsp;<\/h2><p>Kasparas Jakucionis&rsquo; parents, Audrone Jakucioniene and Tomas Jakucionis are Lithuanian nationals. <\/p><p><em>Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kasparas Jakucionis started playing basketball in the youth ranks of Perlas Vilnius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":66497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2782,7973,7972],"class_list":["post-66481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-kasparas-jakucionis","tag-kasparas-jakucionis-nba","tag-kasparas-jakucionis-parents"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who Are Kasparas Jakucionis&rsquo; Parents? 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