Jabari Parker Reportedly Will Miss Remainder of 2014-15 Season with Torn ACL

December 16th, 2014 by Tim Keeney Leave a reply »

Jabari Parker, one of the brightest young stars in the NBA, has reportedly torn his ACL. 

ESPN's Marc Stein first revealed the news, while Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski confirmed the report:



Early in the third quarter of Monday's 96-94 win over the Phoenix Suns, Parker—as he so often does—led the fast break, but his knee buckled as he entered the lane, and he had to be carried off the court. 


The rookie out of Duke, drafted second overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in last June's draft, was averaging 12.3 points on 49.0 percent shooting, 5.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game. One of the most hyped prospects in several years, he had already begun to show glimpses of a bright future and was the front-runner for Rookie of the Year.

His talent was matched by a professionalism and maturity not typically seen in 19-year-olds, and this is a devastating development. 

As CBS Sports' Sam Vecenie noted, the 2014 draft class has been incredibly snakebitten:



Fortunately, if it's possible to use that word, Parker is still young, and A ...

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