Barça signs Jabari Parker, ex-NBA star, as replacement for Mirotic

2023-08-07 19:49:45

The Barça has closed the signing of American forward Jabari Parker to occupy the position in the staff of Nikola Mirotic, dismissed last month due to the adjustment plan of the club. The agreement is pending a medical review, something that in this case does not seem formal due to the injuries that have marked his career. The 2.01 and 28-year-old forward is the player with the best draft in the NBA, 2014 number 2 pick by the Milwaukee Bucks, that Barça has signed throughout its history. Despite the fact that he has been inactive for almost 20 months due to his physical problems, the Barça team trusts an unquestionable talent to relaunch his career in what would be his first European adventure.

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The club announced this afternoon its incorporation for one season. Parker has suffered throughout his career two serious injuries to his left knee, with individual ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament. It is the same situation that Ricky Rubio has experienced in the NBA. In fact, he was cut by the Boston Celtics, his last team in the US, in January 2022 and between that season and the previous one he had only played 38 games.

They talk about the quality of their game the 20 points and 6 rebounds that he averaged in the 2016-17 season, the best of his career in the NBA. After signing a millionaire contract with the Chicago Bulls in 2018, 40 million dollars for two seasons, his career plummeted due to injuries and other physical problems and later went through teams like the Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings and the Boston Celtics as the last stop.

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Jabari’s contract with FC Barcelona, ​​as published by ‘L’Esportiu’, is subject to different options to be cut by Barça if he returns to accuse those problems that have weighed down the sports life of the former player of the prestigious Duke University.

Jabari Paker is the fourth addition to the new project directed by Roger Griumau after the signings of Joel Parra, Darío Brizuela and Willy Hernangómez. The club is still pending the incorporation of a guard to cover the loss of Cory Higgins, whose contract has also been terminated as well as Mirotic.