Celtics fans were very split on the signing of Jabari Parker this past week. When he signed, I wrote a blog on why I loved the signing for Boston at this time, and two games in I feel the same way. Obviously we have seen just a small sample size so far, but what we’ve seen has been encouraging.
Jabari’s biggest flaw by far is his lack of defense, specifically his lack of effort on that end. Through two games, he has at least shown that he can put in the effort to defend. The effort could be there fir a number of reasons; one, he has probably realized that his effort on D is why teams have traded or cut him and nearly booted him out of the league completely.