[Highlight] Jaime Jacquez Jr. live reaction to being traded to the Bucks
One minute you’re thinking about hitting up the beach, the next you’re visiting Lake Michigan.
Lake Michigan in the Summer is wonderful, and has many beaches.
The winter will probably destroy him (though he won’t need to shovel himself).
Its June and Google says the water temp is high 50s/low 60s lol
That’s considered refreshing when you’ve been trapped in a winter hellscape for 9 months. You just suck it up.
As a southerner who’s now spent enough time in places where they call the water refreshing, I’d like to propose an alternative meaning. When people say the water is refreshing it just means it’s cold.
As a northerner who lived in florida for 15 years after college, your circuits are fried.
I used to get cold when it was under 80 outside.
water temps are different than outside temps
60 degree water is cold as hell
when the water is like 73 here in nyc its a bit chilly.
Anything below 70 can cause cold water shock, with below 60 potentially causing life threatening shock symptoms such as breathing in water or losing mobility. Jumping in to cold water can be really dangerous. Less trouble at the beach where zero depth entry forces you to acclimate as you go deeper.
I used to go swimming on Memorial Day in northern Wisconsin when I was a kid. Water temps typically around mid 60s. You get used to it.
Sir the ocean in florida would get in the 90s. That is not refreshing.
Mm bathwater.. so refreshing
One time I went up to Marquette Michigan in like May maybe, and it was maybe pushing the mid 50s or so and people were jumping into the water there.
Lake Superior is an ice bath any time of year. I waded in to my knees last July in Marquette and came out with frostbite. I’m exaggerating obv, but it was cold as hell. Refreshing though.
People focus too much on the time spent in the water instead of the 99% of the time you spend on land, just sweating and stinking and getting burned to shit
Yeah, Lake Michigan is cold as fuck year round. The only time I like to go is late July/early August when it’s hot as fuck and the water is like mid to high 60s.
You must be a little north, it get’s in the 70’s by that time. But no matter the temp, you always respond the same while in the water and someone not in the water asks you how it is…“It’s actually not that bad once you get used to it.” Meaning, once your body goes numb you really don’t feel the cold anymore.
Can confirm this dude Lake Michigans
Yeah, if you really want to swim in the water you just have to take TLC’s advice and stick to the rivers and inland lakes that you’re used to.
Everyone who is local to the area knows you don’t swim in there till like late July early August lol
The beaches in general are great, but every year there is some hypothermia news from swimming too early
I mean I am in Chicago and the first 75-80 degree day people are swimming in Lake Michigan in DROVES lol
Live on the East Coast of Canada - can confirm.
Just need a thick wetsuit to avoid hypothermia what’s the problem?
When that area hits high 80s with 80+ humidity that cold water is amazing
Grew up in Orange County. Went to UCLA. Drafted by Miami. He’s had it made his whole life as far as the weather goes.
He was born in OC but grew up in Ventura County
Still socal weather.
Better weather than OC honestly
And then you go to swim in lake Michigan and it’s 60°
If he saves up I bet he could get a boat
If it flies, floats, or fucks, lease the bitch
One day you’re thinking about Latina’s in Miami, now you have Lake Michigan
Also it’ll be nice to have almost his entire team join him in the transition
Lake Michigan or South beach. Let’s just say you ain’t been to Miami yet young Jedi
Why don’t you purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka
I’m guessing he’d be a lot happier if he was traded to the team that Lake Minnetonka is located in.
Great muskie fishing, let’s not forget
Sheboygan is the Malibu of the Midwest!
And the Cheese capital of the world is right down the street. They even do a cheese drop on New years
I follow the NBA from afar and this situation is unthinkable to me. Why are the players not aware of their own trades?? In europe two clubs could reach an agreement but if the player doesn’t want to go for whatever reason they can’t force him to sign a contract
this isn’t Europe. Different league, different sport, different culture
In the NBA the players are literally just assets, not people. And so they are treated as such. Owners don’t give a flying f*** where you want to go. Unless you are top five. Hell even Luka as a top three player got blindsided.
Man american sports leagues are such a crazy concept. Where players are treated as commodities. Its done this way to keep the owners happy. Whereas in football the players have the power. I have never liked the idea of players being traded where they have no choice.
I mean, they’re getting paid millions, sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars with guaranteed contracts as the tradeoff for not getting to choose what team they work for, they can suck it up lmao
European soccer (football) players are paid the same. Hating on millionaires to support billionaires is crazy.
The European owners also face relegation which the monopoly in the US prevents
They aren’t really paid the same. Even the highest paid guys are on par with more good to ok level players
The NBA brings in twice as much revenue as the English Premier League, so their salaries should be bigger. That has nothing to do with it.
The NBA/NFL owners operate in a protected bubble. You can be an absolute horrible owner with no intention of winning and yet you are guaranteed to make the same money just by being a part of the “good old boys club”.
The OP stated that “the athletes are getting paid millions” so they should just deal with it. The counterargument is that European football players are getting paid millions as well. If their owners fall short of building a competitive team, their clubs are knocked down to the lower levels and lose wealth and prestige. In spite of this, their players still have more rights in transfers/trades.
Top level soccer/football players like VVD, Salah, or Mbappe are making like what, usually ~\(30m a year? The top NBA guys are making like \)70m. Agree with the rest though.
How about hating on millionaires AND billionaires to support fans (overwhelmingly neither millionaires nor billionaires)
The American model (while imperfect for certain) allows all of the league’s teams to actually compete for championships, versus the European soccer/futbol league’s where the same 2-5 clubs win every single title every single year.
It’s not too bad for the family. Gabi Jacquez is in Chicago now so she and Jaime are now pretty close and both on Lake Michigan that the family probably benefits here visiting both.
Yeah, downtown Chicago is a 2-2.5 hour drive from Milwaukee depending on traffic. Honestly the commute is similar to many commutes in the LA area from what I’ve heard.
Honestly summers in Wisconsin are lovely.
Sitting on a dock up north in July on a beautiful lake is about as good as it gets anywhere IMO.
Yeah, I’d much rather spend a summer (and honestly fall) in Wisconsin than Florida and it isn’t close. It’s the other 8 months of the year where Florida is the clear winner lol.
he aint gonna be in rush hour 3
His Name is Lee GODDAMNIT!!!
GEFILTE FISH
Who do you think you kidnapped? Chelsea Clinton?
Who you think you got, Chelsea Carter!?
Kelsey Grammer?!
Is it Kelsey or Chelsea?
I’m no punk b*tch.
Well I aint no punk bitch
You sorry? You waste our film.
Jackie always okay
I miss bloopers.
I always dream to Square Marden
El Poco Loco
Now I’m nervous, every garden I’m nervous
Shi shi ni?
JACKIE WE’D LOVE TO SEE THAT WOULDNT WE LOVE TO SEE THAT JACKIE
Lmfao
Brother. 💀
bros hooping at la fitness he’s just one of us fr 💀
I love everything about this lol. I also love that no matter what city I travel to, after I check into a hotel, I can just Google the closest LA Fitness and be guaranteed a court to shoot or play on. One of the real gems of pickup culture in the US lol.
This is something I am extremely jealous of living in Scotland. There are 0 outdoor courts within 40 minutes of me, and the only indoor one nearby you need to hire minimum half the sports hall for an extortionate fee. Plus my garden is too small for a hoop so Im fucked for just trying to get better
If it makes you feel any better, here in Slovenia we have a bunch of courts, but it’s extremely hard to find people to play with these days. Even in Ljubljana with 300k people, you have to be in group chats. And we play 3v3 only.
It was completely different even just 10 years ago when active players would come and play on random days. We would play even with Luka in the summer when he was playing for Madrid.
Bro the courts are full anywhere you go. Im from Ljubljana as well, there was a dip in Covid times, but now its the same as when I was a kid. Its more difficult to find a free court than it is 3v3 basketball
unless you mean random dudes playing 1v1 or 2v2, there’s no serious 3v3 to play anywhere unless you prearrange it
Yeah, here in Belgium in my city we kind have a bit of hoop culture, but it is nothing compared to the USA. I struggle to find a place to play at in the winter.
I lived in Belgium as a kid from 1988-1992 🙏🏽.
I’m planning to travel to China in the future and I definitely plan on hooping out there. Looks like there’s a ton of cool basketball courts in some cities. Gonna be a great story to tell one day
It sucks if you want to just shoot hoops with your 11-year old and pick up games are going on all day long
That’s what the park is for.
I mean there will probably be pickup games at the park too if it’s a nice day
Just go to the suburbs, the courts stay empty or it’s just people playing HORSE.
Kinda sad that we have to go through all of these hoops just to shoot around. I’m no good at basketball anymore (was never great anyways), but I’d like to be able to just throw a ball around every now and then
Buy a hoop?
You should try solving world problems. You’re real good at it.
I’d rather come to Reddit and whine about problems with an easy solution.
You have to pick and choose your hours carefully! At peak times, the court’s gonna be filled with half D2/D3 guys and the rest were all at least HS standouts or equivalent. At that hour someone like me has to just hunt for open 3s and try to find a matchup that doesn’t completely kill me on D. Now when it’s the next tier of talent down however, that’s when a 5’9 and slow Marcus Smart like me can really shine and put up stats!
I stopped playing in college because no where I went could I play with people who were trash like me.
You have to find out when the runs are though. Pickup culture is so weird. Like we play here on Thursdays, but this park on Wednesdays. Sunday afternoon is at this other place. But it’s like 65% the same people too. Bless your knees son.
Not in Texas, my guy. They are literally all gone. Either the club entirely or they turned the courts into some crossfit bullshit. Finally had to cancel after ten years because none around me have courts or turned to EoS.
We’ve still got ours in San Antonio for now
At like midnight apparently.
Edit: I’m stupid. Time zones exist. Was probably in LA so around 9pm is way less crazy.
Not too weird, our crew hoops late nights at lifetime and some private court too. Usually start around 9:30-10 and sometimes run until 12:30 and smoke and grab tacos after.
Nice of Fred Van Vleet to show up and give him the news.
That’s Fred VelVeeta
I thought it was Tyus Jones lol
Toronto legend. Makes assists even in the offseason
Gah damn 😂😂😂
Went from Miami to Milwaukee, you gotta feel for the guy.
At the same time he’ll get more playing time as the 2nd option.
who is the first option?
Thanasis
Hahahahahaha pukes guts out
Your guts: “I’m free!”
Ryan Rollins hoops 🐐
Tyler herro
Miami seems like a legitimately shitty city filled with inauthentic clowns from fucking florida
Not far from the truth as someone who has visited Miami for ten plus years living in South Florida, however, the city is made for the rich, which Jaime is.
Not if your rich.
Your rich what?
Yeah but it’s a whole different game as a millionaire
Lived in South Florida for 7 years. Your assessment is accurate.
The clowns are actually from NY
He can still spend his spring and summers in Miami where he already owns a house. Not like this bucks team is making the playoffs
I’d stay in Milwaukee for the summer, Florida summer sucks ass
No rich Hispanic guy in his 20s would willingly choose summer in Milwaukee over Miami lol
Because of the big booty latinas?
No context is ever needed for that question. It’s always yes.
Golden beaches. Beach life. Club life. Celebrity life. Boating. Luxury. Fine dining. Drugs. Sports cars. The weather. The finest women. Etc.
Vs
A state full of Canadian midwesterners talking about a college town, cheese, beavers, and hockey.
Wonder where a rich Latino in his 20s and fame would prefer.
This is the problem with Milwaukee, its awesome in the season when NBA players will never actually be there.
Rich people in their 20s aren’t spending the off season in Milwaukee.
I dont think he will be in Milwaukee long. lot of teams will want to acquire him, and the bucks will get a decent return
Milwaukee is awesome
For the average person yes. But to a young multimillionaire…Miami is much better haha.
The calculus is different for these guys. Milwaukee is a much better city than Miami for the average person. I would seriously consider ritualistic suicide before I lived in Miami, but I’m not a millionaire.
That’s funny because I’m from South Florida and I would say the same for Milwaukee. Been there once, river is nice and such. But South Florida is a much better place to live. (Taking away current politics).
Also winters suckkkkkk
Milwaukee is awesome when its not winter which is the majority of the time NBA players will actually be there.
Milwaukee is a great city at least, despite not being Miami
Went from Florida to Wisconsin. Absolute fucking DUB. And I despise our brothers to the north.
get ready to learn culver’s, buddy
I’m from the south so I didn’t grow up with Culver’s. A few years ago my wife and I popped in while on a trip to St Louis and we ate there 3 times during that trip. Now every time we’re above the mason dixon line we at least have a concrete.
Do people see it as Northern Chik Fil A? Because the food is always the same, the restaurant is always clean and the employees are always nice and seem looked after. Love me some Culver’s.
Culver’s exists in the south though
Culver’s is Goated
Where in the south are you? We’ve got them here in Alabama.
South Florida has Culver’s. Maybe not as prevalent, but it’s not unknown.
Yeah there’s one right across the street from me.
You’re welcome
Yeah, I understand why athletes hate finding out about things like this from social media instead of their team
Pat Riley: tell him it was me but only via tweet. I want him to know it was me
So much for Heat Culture Jaime
What kills me is seeing players finding out about trades this way. Is there no curtesy from their agents like a heads up and so on? A bit odd treating people like cattle tbh.
Presumably he will have known this could be coming from his agent.
Or he already knew and was just being polite/reacted to seeing it as an announcement.
Really hope for this scenario. Still remember Harrison Barnes finding out about it mid game.
Their agents or the team can only tell them if a deal is on the table. As a player you hope that it doesn’t go through.
So he’s just balling at LA fitness, hoping to God he don’t gotta go to Wisconsin. Then they handshake the deal, Sham’s snitches hit his pager and boom the player finds out it went through same time as us.
Yeah he probably got told he was being shopped as a part of the deal but that Boston was trying to create a competitive offer. He might have gotten his hopes up that Boston would come through and he could stay in Miami, and this is just the hammer actually dropping that he now has to buy coats.
He’s hooping in this video, he didn’t have his phone on him. I’m guessing he came off the court to 600 texts lol
I mean not first time this happens. But probably agree with you on that his phone was going off in the bag.
He likely already knew to expect it. It’s been weeks of this
A very rich, premium cattle!
Poor guy has only ever lived in California and Miami and now he has to be in Milwaukee 💀
He might freeze to death
He and his sister Gabriela can trade cold weather tips since she got drafted by the Sky this year.
Maybe they can go half and half on a mansion in Kenosha and commute.
Why’s the music so melancholic bro, got me feeling sad for him
Wisconsin
Went from 0% to 7.65% income tax - the trade just cost him about $300k this year.
I promise you he will save that 300k and more with the cost of living difference in Milwaukee as opposed to Miami lmao
One Miami Latina > 5 acres in Wisconsin
Yeah but he also has to live in Milwaukee instead of Miami
But the downside is he has to live in Milwaukee vs. Miami
I mean if you’re going to factor in cost of living you’ve got to factor in quality of life too. Milwaukee in the winter versus Miami in the winter as a 25 year old multi millionaire. Average high of 31 degrees versus 74 degrees in January.
Income is taxed where it’s earned. He’ll pay more in taxes from home games, but his earnings were still being taxed at each away game anyway.
Yup. Good in the long run. Might play into a nice second contract.
It’s a good situation for maximizing the second contract for sure
He’ll probably be a vet on the team compared to all the draft picks coming from this trade.
Remember when he had all the hype
Dude was a dawg at UCLA
dude got second in 6MOTY voting, he’s still a dawg
He was so runner up in 6th man of the year voting this year. Not too bad
I mean he’s an extremely good 6th man
make sure to get a house with a greenhouse or lots of windows. those winter blues gonna hit different.
Bro went from LA to Miami. Get ready for the real world buddy
Heat legend
Bruh going from Miami to Milwaukee Wisconsin lol
UCLA to Miami to Wisconsin. Dude has been beach living his whole life and now has to be in the miserable snow
Oh god the drop off in Hispanic food that he’s about to face might be life shattering.
obviously it’s not LA or Miami but Milwaukee has a very sizable Latino population
I grew up in Milwaukee and moved to Cincinnati for college, and the lack of Mexican food compared to back home is devastating
Snow is dope. I’d also rather be cold than warm any day of the week.
Personally agree with you but not many people reciprocate this opinion lol
Tank top, shorts and flip flops are better than layers and layers of clothes IMO
I’m not crying, you are crying!
JJJ will be missed!
its so weird that most players get information about being traded from the internet or random people that tell them and not from their front offices….
all these guys were playing basketball late at night When the story broke?…
Probably was in LA where it was only 9 something!
Some courts I used to go to is packed till closing at 11
Closer to his sister
Why does everything have to be filmed?
I mean we clicked on it knowing exactly what it was
I think it’s pretty absurd how a player can find out he’s being traded via some guy/friend on his phone reading a Shams tweet and not through his agent or his GM.
Get ready to learn dairy, buddy.
But surely it’s not news to him.
Maybe the Shams is when it was finally confirmed as official, but I’d be shocked if the Heat hadn’t been transparent with all these players about this being a very real possibility.
no one has a sense of privacy?
90 min drive from his sis!
I know they earn millions etc etc but still from the human side of things, it must suck to get traded. Leave your routines, friends, sometimes your family, uproot everything and then try to settle down again.
Thought he was playing w the NYC mayor 🤣
Get ready to speak Kuzmanese buddy
Get ready to learn minus 20 buddy
Go from being a rich 25 year old living in Miami to being a rich 25 year old living in Milwaukee…. RIP in Peace
It’s kind of crazy that someone in the front office gives the details of a trade to a reporter before they tell the players involved in the trade. I don’t understand why there isn’t more scrutiny around this.