Milwaukee Bucks' Jabari Parker Will Be A Superstar One Day

By Dave Daniels

This season has largely been a disappointment for the Milwaukee Bucks, but they have a bona fide superstar on their hands in Jabari Parker.

ESPN’s Zach Lowe wrote about Parker’s improvement as a player recently. Parker has become deadly from midrange this season, and here is an excerpt from Lowe’s piece about what the forward brings to the table.

“He is a devastating open-court finisher,” he wrote. “And over the past three weeks, Milwaukee’s fast breaks have been a circus of alley-oops, no-look trickery and off-the-backboard passes. Parker is playing with a new calm in transition, searching out the simple passes: And when Point Giannis (more on him later) has the controls, Parker morphs into one of the league’s most dangerous baseline finishers: Parker is one of those genius baseline tip-toers who leans and reaches out of bounds to extend the length of usable space on the court beyond 94 feet.”

Parker has finished all five of his alley-oop attempts this season, and that is impressive for a guy who underwent major surgery just over a year ago. Lowe mentioned Giannis Antetokounmpo above, and he is morphing into a devastating player for the Bucks as well. The future is clearly bright in Milwaukee, even if the present looks kind of bleak at this moment.

Jabari must improve immensely on the defensive side of the ball. But true superstars must be able to score at will, and he is getting to that point.

Head coach Jason Kidd has to be pleased about the development he has seen from Parker this year, and it wouldn’t be surprising to observe the forward get a lot more touches in isolation to end the season. He might only be averaging 13.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, but he is doing this while shooting a highly efficient 49.4 percent from the field.

When Parker tore his ACL during his rookie season, there was fear in the state of Wisconsin that he might become their version of Grant Hill. Jabari worked hard during his rehabilitation, though, and medical advances have made coming back from that injury a lot easier than it was a couple decades ago.

The Bucks probably won’t make the playoffs this season with their current record standing at 26-38, but at least they have a budding superstar to build their future around.

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