Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. had a successful rookie season. However, Jaquez had areas he wanted to focus on this offseason. That work started with his outside shot.
"My three-point shooting, that’s an area that I really wanted to improve," Jaquez said. "I feel like I needed to improve if we wanted to, as a team, make the strides and jumps that we need to try to win a championship. And just really honing in on mechanics and getting a bunch of reps up."
Jaquez said he also focused on his body and diet this offseason.
"The season is very long, it’s grueling," Jaquez said. "You talk to some of the veterans about how much they take care of their body and what they eat, and I think just trying to change my diet. Doing a lot more organic foods and doing research into the things that get put into our food. So just trying to stay very organic, very healthy and just try to implement that as a lifestyle. As I’ve learned, it just makes your energy levels higher, you feel better, your brain is a lot more in tune and a lot more focused than when you’re putting bad preservative types of food in your body."