Jabari Parker

Jabari Parker
Position Small forward
Height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Born March 15, 1995 (1995-03-15) (age 17)
Nationality American
High school Simeon
College undeclared
Awards

Jabari Parker (born March 15, 1995) is an American high school basketball player in Chicago, Illinois. Parker is considered the top player in the recruiting class of 2013 by ESPN[1] and Scout.com[2] as well as numerous experts. Rivals.com lists him second.[3] Prior to his junior season, Dime Magazine declared him the best high school basketball player in the country.[4] He is currently playing his 2011–12 junior season for Simeon Career Academy, which is Derrick Rose' high school alma mater. Parker is the son of NBA Draft first round selection Sonny Parker and is of Mormon faith.[5][6][7] He was the ESPN HS National Player of the Year for his class and Illinois High School Association (IHSA) state champion as both a freshman and a sophomore.[8] He was named USA Basketball's 2011 Male Athlete of the Year at the start of his high school junior season.[9]

Contents

Early life

Sonny has directed a youth foundation serving hundreds of kids in and around Chicago since 1990. Jabari discovered basketball in one of his father's leagues, although his father has never coached one of his teams.[5] By second grade his basketball skills were superior to the fifth graders he was playing with and he competed in middle school leagues as a fifth grader.[5] He credits his cousin Jay Parker who grew up with him for pushing him to be better going back to when Jabari was in third grade and Jay was in fifth grade.[10] He actually made the eighth-grade team as a fourth-grader, but could not play until fifth grade for insurance reasons.[6] By fifth grade, he had five Division I scholarship offers.[11] Parker attended Black Magnet Elementary and made headlines when he made his high school choice the same as Rose, Nick Anderson, Ben Wilson, Bobby Simmons, and Deon Thomas before him.[12][13] During the summer after finishing middle school, he received an National Basketball Players Association Top 100 Camp invitation, which he accepted.[14]

High School

Freshman year

Simeon waived its freshman varsity team ban for Parker even though Rose and all the other stars before him had to play junior varsity as a freshman.[5] Parker was the first freshman to start on the Simeon varsity team in school history, but he has been playing with kids older than him since the third or fourth grade.[15] He was part of an incoming class of freshman that was considered to have the best trio in state history (Whitney M. Young Magnet High School's Tommy Hamilton Jr., De La Salle Institute's Alex Foster and Parker).[16][17] The three were the only freshmen included in the Chicago Sun-Times's preseason Top 50 area players list, which included Jay Parker.[18] In Parker's first game, he tallied 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, while playing with a splint on his left non-shooting hand to protect a wrist fracture.[19] With Hamilton and Parker in the fold, Simeon and Young renewed their dormant annual rivalry. The game became highly anticipated when Simeon moved into second behind Young in the City rankings.[20] While a freshman on the varsity, he volunteered as waterboy for the junior varsity games.[5] Over the course of the season, he contributed 9.3 points/game, 5.0 rebounds/game and 3.0 assists/game, while his team won the IHSA Class 4A state championship, despite a 25–9 record.[8] He missed the final three quarters of the championship game against renewed rival Whitney Young due to a foot injury.[21] By the end of the season, he had received numerous scholarship offers, including Illinois, Kansas, DePaul, Pittsburgh Northwestern, Florida, Washington, BYU and Oregon State as well as significant interest from Kentucky, Duke and North Carolina.[22][23] He earned the ESPN HS 2010 Freshman of the Year.[8][24][25]

Sophomore year

As a sophomore, his team spent much of the season ranked nationally in the top five, according to the USA Today.[26][27][28] One game was aired on ESPN.[29][30][31] Despite having been ESPN HS National Freshman of the year, Parker dipped to number six in the ESPNU Terrific 25 sophomores in December 2010.[32] Parker and Hamilton again began the season on the Chicago Sun-Times area Top 50 list.[33] However, the team's 23-game winning streak was snapped by Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in the Chicago Public High School League semifinals,[7] although Parker was the only Wolverine to score in double figures.[34] Parker measured 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) 225 pounds (102.1 kg).[7] That season, he scored 15.3 points and 5.9 rebounds/game, while his team won the IHSA Class 4A state championship with a 30–2 record.[8] According to the Chicago Tribune, he was one of the two players who carried the team in the championship game 48–39 victory over Warren High School.[35] He earned second team All-State recognition from the Chicago Tribune,[36] while the Chicago Sun-Times listed him as a Class 4A All-State first-team selection with Ryan Boatright, Tracy Abrams, David Sobolewski, and Frank Kaminsky.[37] The 12-man Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Class 3A/4A boys all-state first team included these five and Wayne Blackshear, Johnny Hill, Mike Shaw, Nnanna Egwu, Sam Thompson, Anthony Davis and Mycheal Henry.[38] He earned the ESPN HS 2011 Sophomore of the year.[8][39]

Junior year

Following his sophomore season, he was considered likely to join Quinn Buckner and Jereme Richmond as the only two-time Chicago Sun-Times players of the year due to the weakness of the class of 2012.[40] The Chicago Sun-Times presented Joe Henricksen's 2011–12 area top 5 with the opinion that "When it’s all said and done, Parker will be one of the top five prospects ever produced out of the state of Illinois -- ever."[41] After winning FIBA U16 gold, he participated in the July 2011 LeBron James Skill Academy, but at the time he was only ranked the number 2 basketball prospect in his class by ESPN.com, behind Julius Randle.[42] Some scouts, however, were starting to pencil him in as the 2014 NBA Draft first overall selection.[43] On more than one occasion, Chicago Sun-Times writer Michael O'Brien wrote that junior Parker is the best high school basketball player in the country at any position in any class.[44][45] Early in his junior season similar praise could be found in The New York Times,[6] while some sources such as Sports Illustrated and ESPN would only state that he might be the best.[5][9]

Prior to his junior season, he was one of a handful of juniors invited to the August 5–7, 2011 5th annual Nike Global Challenge,[46] where he earned tournament MVP honors.[47] By that summer, Parker had unofficially visited Ohio State, Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan State, Illinois and Duke.[5] Parker again entered the season as a Top 50 area player.[48] By his junior season 42 schools sent scouts and coaches to see his September 13, 2011 workout.[49][50] Among those in attendance were Mike Krzyzewski, Bruce Weber, Billy Kennedy, Thad Matta, Bill Self, Roy Williams, Tom Izzo, Oliver Purnell and Larry Krystkowiak.[51][52]

In early November, Dime Magazine pointed out that according to its source, HighSchoolHoop.com, Parker was the number one high school basketball player in the country, regardless of class.[4] At the time of the first game of the year, Simeon was ranked first in the nation and numerous scouts were attending his game.[6] Although they were preseason number one by ESPN HS,[53][54] they were only preseason number four in the USA Today.[9] His mother has encouraged him to talk with Duke head coach Krzyzewski and Parker has only granted him brief conversation time, reminding his mother that "Coach K is not Jesus. He's just another human being."[7] Sonny Parker wants Jabari to keep his recruiting options open until his senior season.[9] During his junior season, the team scheduled numerous trips including the Pontiac Holiday Tournament (December 28–30) and contests in North Carolina; Wheeling, WV; Springfield, MA; and Memphis, TN. Comcast SportsNet Chicago is producing a documentary-style series about Simeon over the course of the season. Among the schools on the schedule are top 10 teams Miller Grove High School (Ga.) (No. 2 in ESPNHS poll) and No. 7 Findlay Prep (Las Vegas) at neutral sites.[9] Joining Parker on the team are junior guard Kendrick Nunn and senior forward Steve Taylor and Jaylon Tate, a junior transfer from De La Salle Institute.[53][55][56] Taylor is considered the top senior in the class of 2012 in the state of Illinois,[54][57] while Parker and Nunn are the top two juniors.[58]

On December 19, Parker established the Simeon single-game scoring record with 40 points in 21 minutes of play to go along with 16 rebounds and 6 blocked shots against Perspectives High School.[59][60][61] On December 22, in front of an audience that included John Calipari, Rick Pitino, Rose and Anthony Davis at the UIC Pavilion, Parker played a supporting role with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 blocks in Simeon's 62–55 come-from-behind victory over rival Young.[62][63][64] Hamilton was unavailable due to injury.[65] Most elite level high school basketball players participate in the summer Amateur Athletic Union circuit as a complement to scholastic competition.[66] Just before Christmas, Mac Irvin, a prominent summer basketball program developer and namesake of Parker's Mac Irvin Fire AAU team, died.[67] During the subsequent holiday basketball tournament that coincided with Irvin's funeral, Parker memorialized Irvin on his sneakers.[68][69]

Parker is considered the top player in the recruiting class of 2013 by ESPN[1] and Scout.com[2] as well as numerous experts. As of 29 December 2011 (2011 -12-29), Rivals.com only ranked him second although they had not updated their rankings since August 30, 2011.[3]

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jabari Parker
SF		 Chicago, IL Simeon (IL) 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) 215 lb (98 kg) TBA 
Scout:   Rivals:   ESPN grade: 98
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 1   Rivals: 2  ESPN: 1
Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:

Comparisons to Derrick Rose

Rose was not allowed to play varsity as a freshman, while Parker was. Nonetheless, Rose won two state titles as well as two Chicago Public League titles in his three years of varsity competition plus a Chicago Public League title in the sophomore division as a freshman.[70] Parker won two state titles, but no city titles in his first two seasons. When Rose played, the IHSA divided the state into two classes, but during Parker's era the state was divided into four classes, making it easier for Parker to win state titles.[70] Simeon went 120–12 during Rose's varsity team era.[70] Simeon went 55–11 in Parker's first two seasons.[8] Parker's supporting cast, which includes three players ranked in the top 25 in the nation at their position,[55][56][57] is considered much stronger.[70] Parker is a more high profile underclassman, while Rose was not as highly regarded until later in his high school career.[70] According to Chicago Sun-Times writer Michael O'Brien, as of November 2011, Rose had a 3–0 advantage in defining moments: "the back-to-back dunks against Washington in the city championship at the United Center, the game-winning shot in overtime to give Simeon the state championship against Peoria Richwoods and the dismantling of Oak Hill, the top-ranked team in the country."[70] Rose' game against the Oak Hill team with Brandon Jennings, Nolan Smith and Alex Legion on ESPN is described as Rose' national introduction.[71] Although there are natural comparisons to Rose, his game is most often compared to Grant Hill and Paul Pierce.[72][5][22] Dime Magazine describes him as "Grant Hill with a jump shot".[73] Parker claims to model his game after Pierce and Carmelo Anthony.[7]

International play

Medal record
Men’s basketball
Competitor for  United States
FIBA Americas U16 Championship
Gold 2011 Mexico Team competition

He was MVP of the 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, where Team USA won a gold medal.[8] This qualified the Unites States for the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship.[8] He set the USA U16 single-game scoring record of 27 points.[8] In December 2011, he was named USA Basketball's Male Athlete of the Year based on his FIBA Americas performance, which made him the youngest winner ever.[9][74][75]

Personal

His parents are Lola and Sonny Parker. His older brothers are named Darryl and Chris, while his older sisters are named Iman and Tilah.[8] Darryl lettered two years for the Oregon Ducks men's basketball team,[76] starting for the team in the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[77] Jabari prefers individual training sessions with his brother Darryl to playing pick-up games.[78] He has a total of six siblings.[7] The family, which lives in the South Shore community area on the South Side of Chicago where his parents settled after marrying and where Jabari was raised,[6] has turned down two movie offers.[5] Following his sophomore year, ESPN reported that he had a 3.4 grade point average.[5] By the end of the first semester of his junior year, The New York Times reported his gradepoint was 3.7.[6] His father, a Chicago native, played for the Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team before becoming an 1976 NBA Draft first round selection (17th overall) by the Golden State Warriors.[5] He played in the NBA for six seasons.[7] His father was an NBA teammate of Washington Huskies men's basketball head coach Lorenzo Romar.[5] His mother, a native of Tonga, was a Mormon and emigrated to Salt Lake City at age three.[5] Several of Lola's cousins are national National Football League athletes, including Harvey Unga and Tony Moeaki.[7] She raised Jabari in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[5] His parents met at a mall when she was a student at Brigham Young University and he was playing for the Warriors.[5][6] In addition to attending Simeon, he attends Latter Day Saints seminary school two mornings a week, according to ESPN and three days a week, according to The New York Times.[5][6] Parker works out with basketball training guru Tim Grover.[5]

Notes

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