<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jabari-parker-record-straight-viral-crying-video');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jabari Parker sets record straight on viral crying video');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Jabari-Parker-sets-record-straight-on-viral-crying-video.jpg"></figure><h1>Jabari Parker sets record straight on viral crying video</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-05T10:12:12-07:00">June 5th, 10:12am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-05T10:12:12-07:00">June 5th, 10:12am</time><address><a>Preston Byers</a>Preston Byers is an experienced writer and journalist who currently serves as an associate editor for ClutchPoints and as a staff writer at The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle, where he covers sports in the Mahoning Valley. Previously, Preston worked as an associate editor for Dot Esports and a site expert for FanSided's Union and Blue.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-former-no-2-overall-pick-jabari-parker-why-he-left-league">Jabari Parker was</a> once thought to be a soon-to-be superstar in the NBA. The second overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, there were high hopes and expectations after Parker’s lone season at Duke. Things did not work out the way he or anyone had hoped, though, as injuries limited his potential and eventually forced him out of the NBA.</p><p>More than a year after being waived by the Boston Celtics and playing his last NBA game, Parker signed with FC Barcelona in seemingly a last-ditch effort to remain in basketball. Parker not only stayed in basketball but thrived in his first season with Barcelona this year, averaging 10.6 points and 4.2 rebounds as a valuable rotation player for Barca. So when he was asked after the team’s season-ending loss about the experience of his first year overseas, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-jabari-parker-breaks-down-in-tears-after-question-over-basketball-career">Parker broke down into tears</a>.</p><p>Some theorized that Parker was disappointed with himself or sad that he was no longer in the NBA, but Parker <a href="https://streamable.com/1shefe">says that he</a> was crying tears of joy.</p><p>“Basically, it was all happy, happiness,” Parker said. “It was gratitude for this organization for giving me an opportunity, for my teammates for making me happy about this experience. I have nothing but great things to say about the Barcelona experience that I’ve had, especially being on the team of FC Barcelona. It’s been nothing but a dream of mine. And because of this place, I’ve found my love for the game again. And I wasn’t sure if I’d play basketball again, but because of FC Barcelona, the fans, my teammates, my coaches, my friends here, I’ve found that love again and I’m passionate. ”</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><h2><b>Jabari Parker: From the NBA to overseas</b></h2><p>Along with Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jabari-parker-finds-new-team-but-its-not-in-the-nba">Jabari Parker arrived</a> in the NBA in 2014. The trio were the top three picks in that year’s NBA Draft, and while it may not seem like it now, there was a real decision that had to be made by the Cleveland Cavaliers, who held the No. 1 overall pick.</p><p>While the Cavaliers went with Wiggins, the Milwaukee Bucks did not leave Parker on the board any longer and took him with the second overall pick. Thought to be another Chicago phenom — Parker starred at the same high school as Derrick Rose — Parker was dealt the first major injury of his NBA career when he tore his left ACL just two months into his rookie season.</p><p>A little over two years later, amid a season in which he was averaging 20.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 2.8 assists, Parker tore the same ACL again. He returned a year later from injury but did not receive nearly the same playing time or factor into the team’s offense nearly as much as a result of the rise of Giannis Antetokounmpo. In the subsequent offseason, Parker left Milwaukee and signed with his hometown team, the Chicago Bulls.</p><p>Parker’s hometown reunion would not last long, as just months into the 2018-19 season, Chicago traded Parker to the Washington Wizards. After just 25 games with Washington, Parker signed a contract with the Atlanta Hawks, who similarly traded Parker to the Sacramento Kings at the trade deadline. After a year with the Kings, Parker was waived and eventually signed with the Boston Celtics, who also waived Parker twice in 2021 and 2022.</p><p>In Parker’s first season with Barcelona, the team failed to win any hardware for the first time in four years.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jabari Parker sets record straight on viral crying video

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-news-jabari-parker-breaks-down-in-tears-after-question-over-basketball-career');   ga('set', 'title', 'Former Bucks forward Jabari Parker breaks down in tears after question over basketball career');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Former-Bucks-forward-Jabari-Parker-breaks-down-in-tears-after-question-over-basketball-career.jpg"></figure><h1>Former Bucks forward Jabari Parker breaks down in tears after question over basketball career</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-03T06:52:34-07:00">June 3rd, 6:52am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-03T09:03:29-07:00">June 3rd, 9:03am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The last 10 years were a roller coaster for one of the most highly touted prospects in the history of NBA, combo forward Jabari Parker.</p><p>Parker was widely regarded as a franchise-altering talent, and the Milwaukee Bucks certainly thought as much when they drafted him with the second-overall pick of the 2014 NBA Draft. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jabari-parker-finds-new-team-but-its-not-in-the-nba">Parker’s career</a> did not go exactly the way he and many envisioned it would.</p><p>In 2024, Parker finds himself <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-former-no-2-overall-pick-jabari-parker-why-he-left-league">plying his trade</a> for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Now, that league is popular for being one of the most competitive outside of the NBA. Thus, the former Bucks forward doesn’t exactly have anything to hang his head about, even if injury woes have sapped him of the NBA career he would have liked himself to have.</p><p>But in a tender moment following Barca’s 95-92 loss to Real Madrid that knocked them out of Liga ACB championship contention, Jabari Parker broke down in tears after a reporter’s question <a href="https://twitter.com/JijantesFC/status/1797375845134405906" rel="noopener">made him reflect</a> on his first year playing overseas following a snakebitten career stateside.</p><p>Via Jijantes FC on Twitter (X):</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="es">📺DIRECTO <a href="https://twitter.com/JijantesFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JijantesFC</a> </p><p>La emoción de Jabari Parker en la entrevista con <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcMundet78?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarcMundet78</a> 🏀 después de la eliminación del Barça de baloncesto del playoff al título. Momento de piel de gallina <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/jijantesfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#jijantesfc</a></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://t.co/OGW0AKBuBT">https://t.co/OGW0AKBuBT</a> <a href="https://t.co/2tLnGCEdGP">pic.twitter.com/2tLnGCEdGP</a></p><p>— Jijantes FC (@JijantesFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JijantesFC/status/1797375845134405906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Jabari Parker showed in FC Barcelona’s valiant effort despite their defeat to Real Madrid in the semifinal that he still has plenty of gas left in the tank. He led Barca in scoring with 27 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the field; in fact, this was his season high, and it could not have come in a game with higher stakes.</p><p>However, it’s evident that the past year has been difficult for Parker. Not only is he just 29 years old and he wants to prove that he’s still capable of playing at a high level, he also had to acclimate to a new environment.</p><p>It’s not easy leaving the place you’ve called home for 28 years, but Parker continues to soldier on and play the game he loves for a living — injury problems and all.</p><h2><b>Jabari Parker was supposed to be the game’s next big superstar</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Bucks-players-Jabari-Parker-left-and-Giannis-Antetokounmpo-pose-for-a-picture-during-media-day.jpg"></figure><p>Three blue-chip prospects headlined the 2014 NBA Draft; Jabari Parker, Andrew Wiggins, and Joel Embiid were all seen as franchise saviors of sorts, with Parker even having a realistic shot at being taken with the first-overall pick.</p><p>When he fell to the Bucks with the second-overall selection, they gladly took him and put him alongside their young core of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton.</p><p>However, Parker played in only 25 games during his rookie season after sustaining a torn ACL only three months into his debut NBA campaign. Understandably, he didn’t take a big leap in his sophomore campaign since he was recovering still from a serious knee injury.</p><p>But in his third season, Parker was as dangerous as it can get. He averaged over 20 points per game and was flashing a much-improved three-level scoring game that allowed him to draw Carmelo Anthony comparisons when he was younger.</p><p>But in February 2017, Parker sustained another torn ACL to the same knee he injured back in December 2014. Parker would never be the same. The Bucks let him go in the 2018 offseason with the Chicago Bulls swooping in to take a chance on the hometown kid.</p><p>The trio of Parker, Antetokounmpo, and Middleton had future contention written all over the Bucks. Parker became a much better player earlier than Antetokounmpo did. Alas, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-news-jabari-parker-suffers-left-knee-sprain-vs-bulls">Parker’s knees</a> did not allow him to reach his full potential in Milwaukee.</p><h2><b>Parker’s last years in the NBA</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Celtics-forward-Jabari-Parker-20-drives-the-ball-around-Miami-Heat-guard-Duncan-Robinson-55.jpg"></figure><p>From 2018 to 2022, Jabari Parker struggled to find a home in the NBA. The Bulls saw that Parker’s scoring was still there, but his defensive capabilities, or lack thereof, were very much troubling. Parker didn’t even last an entire season in the Windy City with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-news-bradley-beal-says-jabari-parker-is-very-versatile-has-enjoyed-playing-with-him">Bulls shipping him off</a> to the Washington Wizards in 2019 after a disappointing few months.</p><p>The Wizards then declined his huge team option in 2019, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-jabari-parker-cites-security-reasons-for-why-he-cant-divulge-how-role-different-atlanta">paving the way</a> for him to move to the Atlanta Hawks. Parker only played in 32 games for the Hawks before he found himself on the move once more, with the Sacramento Kings trading for him. He only played nine total games for the Kings before they waived him in 2021.</p><p>Parker’s final stop in the NBA, at least to this point, came in Boston. The combo forward lasted nine months with the Boston Celtics before they waived him in January 2022, months before the Celtics went all the way to the NBA Finals.</p><p>Parker made a few attempts at an NBA comeback, but not a single team was willing to dedicate a roster spot to him. Perhaps if Parker continues to play well like he’s doing for FC Barcelona, then a return to the NBA may not be too far off.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Former Bucks forward Jabari Parker breaks down in tears after question over basketball career

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-news-former-no-2-overall-pick-jabari-parker-why-he-left-league');   ga('set', 'title', 'Former No. 2 overall pick Jabari Parker gets brutally honest on why he left league');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Former-No.-2-overall-pick-Jabari-Parker-gets-brutally-honest-on-why-he-left-league.jpg"></figure><h1>Former No. 2 overall pick Jabari Parker gets brutally honest on why he left league</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-26T09:18:42-07:00">September 26th, 9:18am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-26T13:58:03-07:00">September 26th, 1:58pm</time><address><a>Eva Geitheim</a>Eva started as an Associate Editor for Clutch Points in 2023 after recently graduating from UCLA. She has previously written for Lineups.com and is a big fan of all Bay Area sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2014 NBA No. 2 overall pick Jabari Parker is revealing the true reason why <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jabari-parker-finds-new-team-but-its-not-in-the-nba" rel="noopener">he left the NBA</a> to join FC Barcelona in the EuroLeague. The former Duke star spent nine years in the NBA before heading to Barcelona this year.</p><p>According to Parker, he no longer wanted to play in the NBA because only a few teams are competitive while many have a tanking culture.</p><p>Parker <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1706683802007851447" rel="noopener">explained</a>, “I just want to be a part of something legitimate. I want to be a part of ‘every game matters’. Sadly, the NBA is a business, and there are 10-12 teams that try to win every game, and the other half try to get a draft pick. Where does that leave good players? You either have to be super good or bad, to lose games. It’s no excuse to see DeMarcus Cousins, Dwight Howard, or John Wall, guys who are potentially going into the Hall of Fame… seeing those guys not have a job? We are seeing the league getting watered down, unfortunately,” via Alex Molina of Euro Hoops.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I just want to be a part of something legitimate. I want to be a part of 'every game matters'. Sadly, the NBA is a business and there are 10-12 teams that try to win every game and the other half try to get a draft pick. Where does that leave good players? You either have to be… <a href="https://t.co/jQyA3mH1KD">pic.twitter.com/jQyA3mH1KD</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1706683802007851447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Jabari Parker is definitely right to an extent about some of his points. The NBA has been known for tanking more than potentially any other league and regularly sees superstars go to waste if they are not on contenders. Meanwhile, Parker is joining a team in FC Barcelona who is regularly one of the top teams in Spanish basketball.</p><p>It’s also noteworthy that Parker may not have had many competitive chances left in the NBA. After spending 2014-18 with the Milwaukee Bucks, who drafted him, Parker had stints with the Bulls, Wizards, Hawks, Kings, and Celtics. The last two teams <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-boston-makes-final-decision-on-jabari-parker" rel="noopener">both waived Parker</a>, so it also seems he had slim options to playing a major role in the NBA going forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Former No. 2 overall pick Jabari Parker gets brutally honest on why he left league

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jabari-parker-finds-new-team-but-its-not-in-the-nba');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jabari Parker finds new team, but it’s not in the NBA');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nba-news-jabari-parker-finds-new-team-but-its-not-in-the-nba.jpeg"></figure><h1>Jabari Parker finds new team, but it’s not in the NBA</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-06T17:33:01-07:00">August 6th, 5:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-06T17:33:01-07:00">August 6th, 5:33pm</time><address><a>James Salmon</a>James is a published author, sports writer and editor from Melbourne, Australia. 'Sport's Greatest Statistical Anomalies' is his book, and aside from being a BRILLIANT read, is testament to his love of all things sport, and in particular stats. A Nets fan, James yearns for the days of yesteryear, when playoffs were all but irrelevant and the likes of Caris Levert and Jarrett Allen were running the show.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jabari Parker is set to head to Spain, with the 28-year-old to sign a contract with FC Barcelona to play in the Liga ACB and EuroLeague.</p><p>Parker, of course, was a highly touted rookie in the NBA, having been selected with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/videos/watch/01h5fvzr47vrpyjm5z3k/redrafting-top-5-picks-of-2014-nba-draft" rel="noopener">second pick back in 2014</a> out of Duke. He showed some reasonable signs during his four years with the Milwaukee Bucks, averaging over 20 points per game on nearly 50% shooting in his third season, but question marks remained over his feel for the game <a href="https://www.si.com/nba/bucks/old-school/what-could-have-been-the-rise-and-fall-of-jabari-parker" rel="noopener">and persistent injuries</a> significantly hindered his ability to develop.</p><p>After playing 76 games in his second season and 51 in his third, Parker never again passed the 40-mark in a single season. He was shopped around multiple teams, and over his last two seasons in the league played just 13 and then 12 games with first the Sacramento Kings and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jabari-parker-signs-deal-boston" rel="noopener">then the Boston Celtics</a>.</p><p>His clear talent coming out of college meant that he remained on the radar of many NBA teams despite struggling for years to get on the court, as well as the fact that when he was out there his production was relatively limited. Of course, given the lack of continuity he had it was unsurprising that he failed to live up to expectation, and the prospect of him getting back on the court consistently and even getting close to those expectations likely kept him in the NBA for longer than he otherwise would have.</p><p>But after a difficult career, it appears his time in the league is done – at least for now. Though it seems like he’d be older given how long he has been around, Parker is still only 28, so the prospect of him coming into his own abroad and then being picked up again by an NBA team certainly isn’t off limits.</p><p>For now, however, he’ll be attempting to show his wares in Spain, where hopefully he has a little more luck with injuries than he did in the USA.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jabari Parker finds new team, but it’s not in the NBA

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A native of Fort Hood, TX, Albertie currently lives in Atlanta, GA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Other</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former lottery pick Jabari Parker — who the Milwaukee Bucks selected second overall in the 2014 NBA Draft — recently <a href="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/baloncesto/20230804/1002047721/jabari-parker-pasado-revision-barca.html" rel="noopener">passed a medical examination</a> with Barcelona (also known as Barca) in his hopes of signing with the team, per Jose Ignacio Huguet of Mundo Deportivo.</p><p>Perhaps this report should be taken with a grain of salt considering the reaction that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-john-wall-calls-out-reporter-rumors-potential-landing-spot" rel="noopener">five-time All-Star, John Wall</a>, had when an international outlet linked him to Olimpia Milano just days ago. However, if these reports are true, Parker would be heading to Barcelona as a replacement for Nikola Mirotic, who will play for Milano until 2026 after signing with the Italian squad this summer.</p><p>Mirotic, a former NBA first-round pick and five-year NBA veteran, was the EuroLeague MVP in 2022 after posting averages of 15.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.0 steal for Barca.</p><p>Though Parker recently had a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-free-agency-workout-jabari-parker-stanley-johnson" rel="noopener">workout set-up with the Phoenix Suns</a>, he hasn’t played in the NBA since Jan. 2022, when he found himself on the court for six minutes against the lowly Orlando Magic. A once promising player whose scoring instincts were undermined by an uncooperative body; Parker has only played in 25 NBA games total since the start of the 2020-21 season.</p><p>To that point, the 28-year-old has long shown an interest in moving his game abroad as he seeks out opportunities to further his basketball career, with his agent reaching out to Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) at the beginning of the year.</p><p>Like many other athletes whose days in the NBA are or were numbered, competing in leagues where the focus is more on the skill of a player than their physical attributes could be just what Jabari Parker needs to not only flourish on the court but feel a sense of fulfillment off of it.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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