Kasparas Jakučionis

About

Kasparas Jakučionis (born 29 May 2006) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini.

Jakučionis was born in Vilnius and started playing basketball in the youth ranks of Perlas Vilnius, a team affiliated with Rytas Vilnius. In 2021, Jakučionis joined the youth ranks of FC Barcelona. In the 2022–23 season, Jakučionis alternated between Barcelona’s junior team and the club’s reserve team in Liga EBA. Jakučionis would be selected to the 2023–24 under-18 Euroleague All-Tournament Team. He would also make his professional debut for the FC Barcelona first team in April 2023, in a Liga ACB game against Coviran Granada. Upon his debut, he became the third youngest player to play for FC Barcelona in Liga ACB. On 12 January 2024, Jakučionis debuted in the EuroLeague in a game against Žalgiris Kaunas and scored two points.

On 28 May 2024, Jakučionis committed to play college basketball for Illinois under Brad Underwood. FC Barcelona retained the player’s rights upon a possible return to Europe.