"Even through all the ups and downs, third-year Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. has fit seamlessly into the team's new free-flowing, up-tempo offense. Jaquez is currently fifth on the team in scoring off the bench, averaging 15.4 points on 51.2 percent shooting and 56.4 percent true shooting. He's been one of the league's best sixth men, adding 5.8 rebounds and 4.8 dimes per game. Plus, he's finishing at the rim at a career-best clip (70.4 percent) while developing more counters to create advantages."
"He shot above 32 percent just once - in 2020-21, when he canned 39.4 percent of his 2.9 attempts - in his career. That has carried over into his NBA career. As a rookie, Jaquez knocked down 32.2 percent of his long-range attempts (2.7 3PA). Last year, that number slightly decreased to 31.1 percent. However, so far through 2025-26, that's plummeted to just 22.7 percent, albeit on 1.6 attempts."
Jaime Jaquez Jr. has adapted well to Miami's free-flowing, up-tempo offense and is producing 15.4 points per game off the bench on 51.2 percent shooting and 56.4 percent true shooting. He contributes 5.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per contest and finishes at the rim at a career-best 70.4 percent while adding counters to create advantages. Three-point shooting remains a weakness after a below-average college mark at UCLA and modest early NBA numbers. Long-range accuracy has fallen to 22.7 percent through 2025-26, ranking among the worst for non-bigs, and opponents are baiting him into open threes to clog driving lanes.
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