Predictably, the Jabari Parker experience has been an abject failure.
Do we need more than 17 regular-season games to make such a declaration? A rational voice would say it’s far too early for such claims. In most circumstances, it would be true. Oddly, however, in this case, that same voice would’ve never advised signing Parker to begin with.
Swinging for the fences on a 23-year-old former No. 2 pick who has suffered two significant knee injuries carried some level of risk, as did forcing him into a position he has rarely played in the NBA.