Euroleague transfer rumors: Nikola Mirotic, John Wall, Jabari Parker and more

Consistent playing time has been hard to come by for Jabari Parker, maybe this move is best for this stage of his career.

Jabari Parker was at one point touted to be the next big star in the NBA. He was ranked fourth in Rivals class of 2013, behind Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle, and Aaron Gordon. He was ranked second by ESPN.

In his freshman season at Duke, he averaged 19.1 points per game and became the first freshman in history to lead the program in scoring and rebounding.

He was selected second overall in the 2014 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks but since then, his career has been nothing but derailed by injuries.

After managing to appear in only 25 NBA games since 2020, it appears Parker is going to take his talents overseas and sign with FC Barcelona according to BasketNews.

Obviously, Parker has had injury concerns but it’s worth noting that he’s still only 28 years old and the last time he was able to consistently stay on the court, he was scoring nearly 15 points per game.

At 6-foot-8 and nearly 250 pounds, Parker could cause plenty of match-up problems at the four for other European teams. So long as Barcelona has some insurance should Parker be unable to stay healthy, this seems like a relatively decent high-upside move for them.

Much more so than Walker and Monaco.