The draft and its high positions is an eventuality of eternal insurance for economic tranquility and it can also be a burden to carry if you do not continue to meet expectations from almost the first day of being a professional in the NBA. Imagine if you are also one of the first three selected in your year.
The 2014 draft is a panel of choices that borders on the tragic. Jokic was chosen in the 2nd round, number 41, with the advantage of the 9 courses that have passed, he has been better than the 40 players who were selected above. Exum and injuries, Adrien Payne unfortunately deceased at 31, Stauskas unfit, much more was expected from Vonleh, Elfrid Payton and others, all in the first 15 boxes. Between Wiggins’ number 1 and Joel Embiid’s number 3, two names that have not failed in the League but we are always waiting for more, Milwaukee opted for the talent from Duke, Jabari Parker, the personal reports were unbeatable.
Ability, body, height and mobility to achieve the holy grail of being a player without position on the field who could do it all: Oscar Robertson, LeBron James, Jabari Parker?
Deep religious convictions in his life and ethics in daily work for absolute trainability. Maybe too balanced when you’re only 19 years old. African American Mormon and the weight that comes with it. Inheritance from a great-grandfather born in Tonga evangelized by missionaries. And the foundation is a mother, Lola, dedicated with character and love to the family and a father, Sonny, a veteran Warrior who spent six seasons in the NBA with almost 10 points scored per game and with good defensive numbers. Only destiny, to be a basketball superstar.
In 2012, before entering his only year of college, he had already broken his right foot. Coach K had to work hard to get into the mind of the teenage Parker to overcome readaptation and natural compensations to get him back to being a dominant player. Already at Duke, he enrolled in the study of Spike Lee’s filmography and escaped many sorority dates and festive social habits to take refuge in the cinema. The film that had the most impact on him while he was a university student was “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, a film where the character played by Ben Stiller traveled physically and mentally to different places, some very far away, a dreamer. Jabari identifies with traits of that personality, not at all linear, despite appearances.
His lighthouse was Steve Young, the QB who came after Joe Montana, another Mormon, perhaps the most brilliant athlete belonging to that Church. The mentoring call included and stamped on the wallet of Jabari, the figure of the 49ers myth. Humility as a flag and witness.
Doing the right thing was dominating the NCAA, they lost in the first round of the Big Dance but he broke Blue Devils records as a freshman. Best rookie in scoring and rebounds.
Before Anteto it was Jabari Parker, who came to the Bucks in the sales process, the Greek one season before, who was considered a reference asset in the franchise’s income statement, in the sale and purchase value, at that time he was the number two in the draft, the solidity that Jabari Parker projected.
The evolution of Giannis Antetokoumnpo is a resounding story, Jabari’s physical fragility is a hard story, four good seasons in Milwaukee despite the physical problems and then when the dams broke, the major repeated injuries, fighting with the double tear of the cruciate and the scars that are seen on the skin of your knee but above all those that are not seen, the loneliness in your mind and in your soul, that is the true secret story.
Malcom That of the bars and that of the fears to overcome. Jabari proving that a human with convictions can break and remake himself.
After going through four other NBA franchises, the decision to come to Barcelona, the specifics of his contract and above all, the desire to adapt, to wait for his moment in the corner as in the debut in the Endesa League where he scored three hands of three points, with that magnitude of complicated answer. We don’t know if as a high forward or as a hidden plan and more like playing the 4 as an inside man, he finished the game with a Lew Alcindor hook with a Milwaukee flavor, beating Joventut and managing to add the first positive sensations.
Spike Lee’s cult basketball movie with the worst translated title closes this sketch of Jabari Parker’s sports career to this day. Without a doubt “He Got Game”, he still has a lot of basketball, he is 28 years old. But we absolutely do not want him to have “A bad move” again. The dream of finding more frames, not the last ones and that they are the ones that save a career that deserves more glory.
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2023-09-28 06:59:39
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