Jaime Jaquez Jr. the Former UCLA Player with Mexican Roots Who is Now Desired in the 2023 NBA draft

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The former UCLA men’s basketball wing and his family have earned invitations to the green room at the 2023 NBA Draft, ESPN’s Jonathan Givony first reported Tuesday. Jaquez becomes the 25th player to pick up a green room invite, meaning the league sees him as a potential first round selection.

When Jaquez first declared for the draft on April 6, he was widely viewed as a second round pick. Jaquez has since shown out at the NBA Draft Combine and workouts with the Los Angeles Clippers, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers and Charlotte Hornets – among others – obviously impressive scouts, executives and insiders alike.

Jaquez has been creeping his way up the board in the biggest mock drafts as well, earning nearly universal first round grades. The Athletic and 247 Sports have Jaquez going No. 19 to the Golden State Warriors, CBS has him going No. 21 overall to the Brooklyn Nets, Yahoo has him going No. 22 to the Nets and SB Nation has him going No. 28 to the Utah Jazz.

Jaquez led UCLA with 17.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game this season, and he ranked second on the team with 2.4 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.6 blocks per game. Jaquez put up career highs in every major count stat, in addition to shooting a career-best 77.0% from the free throw line.

Jaquez is the son of Angela and Jaime Jaquez Sr., who met while playing basketball at Concordia University.[1] Jaime Jr. is the third generation of his family from him to have played college basketball. Aware of his Mexican roots, the player was part of the Mexican National Team that represented Mexico during the Pan American Games in Lima 2019, when he was just 18 years old.