The Goal For Miami Heat Rookie Jaime Jaquez Is Impacting Games Any Way Possible

Miami Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez does several things well on the basketball court.

He says his best attribute, though, is just finding a way to get involved. On Friday, Jaquez held his introductory press conference being taken with the 18th pick in Thursday's draft.

"I would just say I'm just a guy that makes an impact on the game," he said. "I feel like that's my biggest quality is just making impactful, winning plays. And that's getting steals, getting a deflection, getting big rebounds, little things that really impact the game in a major way."

Jaquez played all four seasons at UCLA, earning Pac-10 Player of the Year and second-team All-American honors as a senior. The Heat expect to play him at small forward but he is comfortable at the four, too. In college, there were times he even played center. That won't happen at this level, but Jaquez said he is ready for anything.

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