NBA Free Agency 2018: 5 potential destinations for Jabari Parker

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2. Milwaukee Bucks

The Bucks hold Parker’s status in their hands, plain and simple. Any frustration over playoff playing time may have gone away with the departure of interim head coach Prunty, and a fresh start with new coach Mike Budenholzer would surely do Parker a lot of good.

Over the final six regular season games this year, Parker averaged 19.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game on nearly 50 percent shooting and 45.8 percent from 3-point range. Over his final 29 games in 2015-16, as he hit a stride after his first torn ACL Parker averaged 18.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game while shooting a shade over 50 percent from the floor. He carried that momentum into the 2016-17 season, averaging 20.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game while shooting 49 percent from the floor over 51 games before suffering the second torn ACL.

In further evidence of his upside, Parker is averaging 17.9 points per 36 minutes for his career. Even with a front office regime in place that did not draft him, the Bucks may envision a bright future with Parker as Robin to Antetokounmpo’s Batman. For what it’s worth, Antetokounmpo professed right after Milwaukee’s playoff exit that Parker “ain’t going anywhere.”

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