Heat’s Jamie Jaquez Jr. has awesome full-circle admission ahead of matchup with LeBron James, Lakers
Before the Heat face the Lakers tonight, rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. talks about how surreal it will be to face LeBron James.
As the Miami Heat face the Los Angeles Lakers tonight in a big matchup, it’ll be surreal for rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. who said after the team’s shoot-around Monday morning that it’ll be a full-circle moment when he faces LeBron James. The 22-year-old forward out of UCLA said to ClutchPoints that it’s an honor to face James ahead of the game tonight.
“I mean, I think if you’re a fan of basketball, it’s got to be on your bucket list to play against LeBron [James]. You know, one of the greatest players ever, all time leading scorer, the list goes on,” Jaquez said. “So, just to be able to play against him, especially at this time in his career, it’s an honor, it really is. He’s been in the league almost as long as I’ve been alive. So it’s just crazy to even think that I’m able to play against him at this point.”
While James has the ability to go one-on-one with any position on the floor, there is a chance Miami’s Jaquez and the Laker can cover one another. Jaquez said that it’s obviously tough to defend a player like James even though he’s been watching him for his entire career.
“I mean, I think if you’re a fan of basketball, it’s got to be on your bucket list to play against LeBron [James]. You know, one of the greatest players ever, all time leading scorer, the list goes on,” Jaquez said. “So, just to be able to play against him, especially at this time in his career, it’s an honor, it really is. He’s been in the league almost as long as I’ve been alive. So it’s just crazy to even think that I’m able to play against him at this point.”
While James has the ability to go one-on-one with any position on the floor, there is a chance Miami’s Jaquez and the Laker can cover one another. Jaquez said that it’s obviously tough to defend a player like James even though he’s been watching him for his entire career.
“I mean, I’m going to try my best, you know, it’s basketball. I’ve been watching him for his entire career, I think everyone else has,” Jaquez said to ClutchPoints. “You see all that but it’s still one thing watching it, it’s another thing going on the court and trying to so we’ll see what happens. I’ll try to do what I can and go from there.”
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