Jabari Parker

[HeavenHarris]

pkm bro do you think he's better than noel? i see lots of people comparing him to carmella anthony

[PKM]

pkm bro do you think he's better than noel? i see lots of people comparing him to carmella anthony

Way different players. Really hard to compare.

I would bet Jabari has an overall better career, yes, but again, their positions are so different it's hard to tally the score.

[Duck Rodgers]

Problem is, Jabari isn't going to want to wait around for everyone else. Haws is just a junior. Emery has stated he's doing the early mish thing, and I'm not sure about Mika, but I bet he goes on the mish early as well. The earliest Jabari could play with these guys is 2015.

Mika is playing next year. The funny thing is, that kid looks like he could end being better than Jabari. Maybe from day 1. He's a beast. Emery's timing of his mission seems to be based entirely on Jabari Parker going to BYU or not. I think he would play for 1 year if Jabari comes.

[HeavenHarris]

Way different players. Really hard to compare.

I would bet Jabari has an overall better career, yes, but again, their positions are so different it's hard to tally the score.

cool. tbh i would be interested in hearing ur nba comparisons of hs/college players bro. boom. thread idea.

[margodydek]

Granted I've only watched him play a handful of times, and he is just a kid, but he looks to me like he has the BB IQ of Lebron, with the athletic ability of Paul Pierce. Shoots, rebounds, passes (does everything) much like Lebron does, but he lacks that freak athletic ability.

[PKM]

Granted I've only watched him play a handful of times, and he is just a kid, but he looks to me like he has the BB IQ of Lebron, with the athletic ability of Paul Pierce. Shoots, rebounds, passes (does everything) much like Lebron does, but he lacks that freak athletic ability.

That's probably pretty fair. I actually think Pierce is a decent comp.

[GVC]

As I've said before, Parker is very polished for his age. That makes him more dominant now, but maybe lesser so once others catch up to that polish but have more athleticism.

From what little I've seen of Parker, he has a pretty diverse set of offensive skills (he can pull up, catch-and-shoot, make timely reads and cuts, and operate from in-between, both facing up and with his back to the basket). How many NBA guards and wing players ever "catch up"? Kobe and Dirk have been shining examples over the last handful of years of how a well-tuned mid-range game (operating in the mid-post with their backs to the basket) can be far more effective than isos, drive-and-dish and P&Rs. Not a lot of players are catching up. Maybe Parker continues to play ahead of people, leveraging defenses in ways they're not accustomed to handling.

[PKM]

^^^ That's why he'll be very good. If he wasn't so polished with his offensive skillset, he'd be just another NBA guy and nothing special.

[spycam1]

What happened with Duke?

[spycam1]

Granted I've only watched him play a handful of times, and he is just a kid, but he looks to me like he has the BB IQ of Lebron, with the athletic ability of Paul Pierce. Shoots, rebounds, passes (does everything) much like Lebron does, but he lacks that freak athletic ability.

Pierce seems like a pretty good comparison.

[Gyp Rosetti]

[PKM]

What happened with Duke?

He's actually about 60/40 MSU/puke .. proximity making up the difference. Apparently he just decided last night. I suppose it could change, but a couple coaches were called today to be told, directly, by Jabari ... rather than them hearing along with everyone else.

Oh yeah, forgot about Gyp .. guess you're happy!

[spycam1]

The college choice isn't a prediction, it's done.

I suppose it could change

[Hack]

Haha ^^

[spycam1]

That indicates no mission. That is the right move in my opinion.

If he gets to be companions with me, right decision. If not, bad.