Jaime Jaquez Jr. on Miami Heat breakout, playing LeBron & Team USA, Kobe influence | Hoops Tonight
Jason Timpf is joined by Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. to discuss his breakout rookie season with the Miami Heat, playing against LeBron James and Team USA for the USA Select Team, and the biggest differences between the NBA and his days at UCLA. Jaime shares what it is like playing alongside Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo as well as why he believes Erik Spoelstra is the best coach in the NBA. How did Kobe Bryant influence Jaime’s game? And what is the biggest area for improvement Jaime is focusing on this offseason?
Timeline:
00:00 – Introduction
01:43 – USA Select Team
03:39 – Jaime vs. LeBron
04:47 – Playing against Team USA
06:11 – Getting drafted by Heat
06:36 – How Jaime approached rookie season
08:23 – Defending in NBA vs. college
09:24 – Playing with Jimmy Butler & Bam Adebayo
10:03 – Why Erik Spoelstra is NBA’s best coach
11:34 – How Kobe influenced Jaime’s game
13:23 – What NBA training is like?
14:44 – Why Jaime attacks bigs in post
16:46 – Biggest area for improvement
17:48 – Spoelstra did his homework on Jaime
19:01 – Jaime’s favorite plays
19:37 – Was Heat’s offense difficult to learn?
20:10 – Getting to know Jimmy Butler
21:01 – Jaime in Summer League
22:08 – Closing
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32 Comments
JT to replace JJ. What an awesome guy JJJ is.
super fun interview jason :3
Fun fact…. Jason can rip on a guitar too
Great interview!
Fantastic work Jason!
Dammm congratulations on the interview
That’s so cool
Great interview Jason great questions It’s awesome when a basketball super fan interviews an NBA player it’s a more enjoyable interview.
Looking up Zig Zigler now😂
Great interview! Jaime seems like a cool person too
as a heat fan i needed this
Fantastic job Jason. You sound like a veteran interviewer.
pretty cool seeing this from this channel after watchin for like 2 years or so
Our boy does interviews now? Watching people you support grow is so amazing. Congratulations from your biggest fan in South Africa
best basketball analyst by far
You did such a great job with this interview. Definitely do more!
Mailbag: Massive fan of the show, and I loved this interview! Are you planning on possibly highlighting interviewing highly intelligent young basketball minds…and if so who would you want to interview next?
Just saying, I would love to hear you interview Brandon Podziemski.
We are gonna get Jason interviewing players now? FUCK YES
Can’t believe Lakers drafted JHS over JJJ…
Jason filling the void from JJ
Great interview! So much basketball convo! Go Heat!! Spo for life!
You look so happy it’s kind of adorable lol
Great job Jason! Hope to see more of these interviews
Finally. Jason leveling up 🔥
Great job Jason!
Very happy for Jason
You can tell Jaime was impressed with the level of detail and research Jason put into this interview…Dude knows his game better than he does…Heat need hire Jason as an assistant coach
Gets up at 6 am, 😂 that's cute
Letsss Goooo Jason
Jason on the come up. 🎉🎉
Nice job on your first interview!
Great interview! Jason, you are one of the best basketball interviewers out there, mainly because of your knowledge of the game. And Jaime was great as well! Great job, hope to see more of these going forward!
This was awesome Jason! So happy it was with one of my fav new player's, ty