Jabari Parker, Duke
NBA Position: PF, SF
General Information: DOB: 3/15/95, 19 years old, Freshman
Measurables: 6'9, 254 lbs, 6'11.75 wingspan. 11% body fat.
2013-2014 Season Statistics: 19.1 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.2 APG, 2.3 TPG, 47.2 FG%, 35.8 3PT%, 74.8 FT%, 30.7 MPG
2013-2014 Advanced Statistics: 55.8 TS%, 17.1 TRB%, 8.6 AST%, 11.9 TO%, 32.7 USG%, 115.3 ORTG, 99.3 DRTG, .205 WS/48, 28.4 PER
PROS:
Offense:
-Great at posting up on the high block or elbow and facing up. The best part of his game imo. Ultra quick first step after the face up. Elite rip through move off the face up.
1. Can also face you up then hit a mid range jumper in the defenders face.
-Another factor that makes him such a good post player is how he seals. He's great at sealing his man in the post and receiving the post entry pass.
*Can't stress the post game enough, everything about it is phenomenal. He can back you down and bully you, he can face up you and go by you, he can fade away, he can pass. He can do it all.
-Doesn't rack up a lot of assists but he's a very skilled passer. Sees the court well, can use the outlet pass to get a fast break started and can pass out of the low or high post.
-Excellent at running along the baseline and finding the open spot beneath the rim. A lot of people think that is not a big deal, but that is a skill a lot of guys do not have.
-Has a nice handle for a man of his size, but sometimes relies to much on the dribble.
-With that said, he is creative with his offensive moves. Something you really can't say for Wiggins.
-Has great instincts. Comes up with a lot of loose balls.
-Those instincts also help him rebound the basketball. Very good rebounder. Quick to the ball and uses his size, length, strength, and everything else to his advantage.
-Very good at working in the middle of the defense.
-Very aggressive in transition. Has ability to push the break and finish on his own or find teammates who fill in beside or behind him.
-Only a 35.8% three point shooter in college, but displays solid form. Can use a few tweaks here and there but has a good starting point.
-May struggle to elevate at the rim but has enough strength to go through contact.
-Good body control.*
-Struggles to create space but if he can get you on his hip he can overpower you to the basket.
-Very crafty and creative once he gets into the paint.
-Can finish with either hand, something Wiggins struggles to do.*
-Lethal spin move from either the perimeter or the block.
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Defense:
-Does a good job boxing out beneath the rim.'
-Instinctive rebounder who outworks others on the boards.
-Isn't always successful challenging shots at the rim, but when he does I would venture to say he's more successful than not. Strength, wingspan, and instincts play a part.
-Wingpan and instincts allows him to get his hand into passing lanes and ignite fast breaks.
-Very good at reaching around on post entrys and getting a hand on the ball. Saw it time and time again, but sometimes over gambles.
-Decent shot blocker, averaged 1.2 a game. Had 11 games where he blocked two or more attempts.
CONS:
Offense:
-Has a tendency to take too many low efficiency shots. *He makes some of them which may play a part in taking more of them, but for the most part he is settling for to many poor attempts when he should be trying to get better looks.
1. You hear about the best scorers knowing where they need to get their shots from. *Parker does not do that effectively right*now, but as a prospect for the future that is something he may learn and become an even more lethal scorer.
-Seems to struggle to get the separation it takes to get by guys in college, resulting in the step backs, etc.
-He has good mobility for a man of his size, but he lacks explosiveness. Doesn't get a ton of lift around the rim and sometimes struggles to finish as a result, only shot 50% at the rim this past season.
-Aggressive in transition but may get out of control every now and then.
-Not an effective screener. Doesn't appear to try very hard to set good screens.
Didn't display much of a PnR game in college. Maybe that's just because Coach K didn't ask him to do it, or maybe he just doesn't understand the in and outs of it. Either way I think he should be able to develop a pick and pop game, but I'm unsure how effective he would be rolling to the rim.
Defense:
-Struggles to contain the ball handler on the PnR.
1. Often looks lost when defending the PnR. Not sure who he is supposed to defend.
2. Even when he does know to contain the ball, he can't do it.
3. After attempting to contain the ball he's slow to recover to get back to his man, leads to a lot of dunks or layups.
-Gets lost on who he should defend on the most simple offensive sets.
-Doesn't see man and ball. Locks in on the ball, or locks in on his man. Loses both as a result.
1. As a result he locks in on one offensive player too much and leaves the other.
-Is a matador when it comes to helping on offensive players with the ball. Doesn't really bother to try andhelp on a consistent basis. Has a tendency to stand in place and watch the ball handler go by him, on some occasions doesn't even recognize the ball handler going by him until it is to late.
-Gives up on plays he could possibly make a impact in.
-Does a poor job establishing proper defensive positioning, on the perimeter and on the block.
-Can't ask him to come out and defend on the perimeter because he can't do it. Multiple college level bigs were able to drive past him and get into the paint. Will not be able to defend the NBA perimeter. If a team has to ask him to come out there they are in trouble.
-Below average lateral quickness defensively.
-Inconsistent effort in contesting shots at the rim. Lack of explosiveness hinders some attempts when he does.
-Has a tendency to gamble defensively, which leads to good and bad things.
-Struggles to deny post position, often gets backed down right beneath the rim.
-Doesn't make an effort to deny post entry.
-Lost on rotations. Often finds himself out of place.
-Poor defender in transition, doesn't locate ball.
-For as loud as he is offensively, he's speechless defensively. Very rarely see him open his mouth to call out reads, screens, help, etc.
-Poor post defender.
-Late on rotations. Can often see teammates voicing their displeasure.
-Helps to far off his man.
Bottom Line: Supremely skilled offensive player, can do a little bit of everything. Fantastic in the low or high post, or in the short corner. But for as good as he is offensively, he's just as bad defensively. Lacks all the necessary components to make himself into a quality defender. Would need a minor miracle to be even average defensively. Could a team hide him though? Offensively, as I said, as good as he is at this point he could become even better when he learns where he should operate from the majority of the time offensively. I see people compare him to Melo or Paul Pierce, but I actually see a little bit of Blake Griffin in him. When we are talking about how they both were coming into the league, I think he's more offensively skilled but obviously way less athletic.
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