The Utah Jazz's latest free-agent mini-camp includes Jabari Parker, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, and a popular athlete in Utah owing to his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Still, in Parker’s case, it goes a bit beyond that.
After winning Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month honors in both October and November of 2014, Parker tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that Dec. 15. Two years later, in his third season, in the midst of a campaign in which he was averaging 20.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game while shooting 36.5% on 3-pointers while forming a tantalizing young 1-2 punch with Giannis Antetokounmpo … he tore his left ACL again.
Since then, Parker also has had some shoulder issues … and some back trouble. Starting with the 2018-19 season, he’s bounced from the Bulls to the Wizards to the Hawks to the Kings to the Celtics. He averaged just 4.4 ppg in 12 games played this past regular season, and just 5.5 points in 13 games played the season before. He never became much of a defender, never really developed a consistent 3-point shot , and appears to be very much on the downside of a star-crossed career.
Basically, the Jazz are looking wherever they can for someone who might have a skill set to make the team better. “It’s really a yearlong process. We start as early as right after summer league, just identifying guys that maybe go to the G League, go overseas, and we just kind of keep a running list all year,” said Taylor. “Myself and our pro personnel staff, [Vice President of Global Scouting] Luca Desta and his international staff, [we all] track guys all year and coordinate with each other on who’s playing well overseas, who’s playing well in the G League.
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