When Jabari Parker was taken by the Milwaukee Bucks with the second pick in the 2014 NBA draft, it appeared he'd be the foundation of a rising power in the Eastern Conference. Paired with another promising young forward, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee felt like a perfect fit.
Then, Parker tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee twice in his first three seasons in the NBA, while Antetokounmpo made the massive leap from intriguing-but-unknown international prospect to MVP candidate and center of Milwaukee's sports universe.
The Parker-Antetokounmpo pairing is no longer looked at as the foundation upon which the Bucks are being built, and after a slow season in which he's averaging 11.