NBA Rumor: Jabari Parker Injury
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Jason Anderson: Jabari Parker says he expects to play tomorrow.
Kevin Chouinard: Pierce said that Jabari Parker had an MRI on his right shoulder today. “There is some stuff there with his shoulder. I’ve got to talk with Chelsea about what the next steps are for him. He’s going to have to do some treatment but he obviously felt good enough to go through and shoot but I don’t know about contact. There may be some concern about him getting hit.”
Candace Buckner: Jabari Parker (knee) is OUT for the regular-season finale tonight against the Celtics “With the situation that we’re in, there was reason to rush him back…” — Coach Scott Brooks
Candace Buckner: Jordan McRae (sore Achilles) is OUT tonight. Jabari Parker (knee) is going to warm up and see if he can play against the Knicks
Chase Hughes: Jabari Parker is out tomorrow with his knee sprain.
Chris Miller: Jabari Parker left knee sprain (questionable) to return. #WizBulls #DCFamily
KC Johnson: Jabari Parker on playing time: “Hopefully, it’s not small spurts. I’ve been a 25 minute per game guy. 10 minutes is not fitting for me. That’s just what I hold for standards for myself.”
Mike McGraw: Jabari Parker: “I hold myself to a high standard. … I need a couple more practices.” Says he’s hoping to play Sun in CLE. Coming off stomach virus on Mexico City trip. #Bulls
KC Johnson: Jim Boylen said Cam Payne and Jabari Parker are out.
Joe Cowley: Boylen said that Parker (illness) was left back at the hotel for this game, and will meet the team at the airport for the flight home. No word on if they will tell him the right flight number.
KC Johnson: Jabari Parker is inactive vs. Thunder with stomach illness. Rawle Alkins is active.
KC Johnson: Jabari Parker said his intention is to play.
Eric Nehm: Not sure I’ve seen this before, but it is a very transparent reason. Jabari Parker is listed as OUT in the Bucks games notes for “coach’s decision/back-to-back”.
Frank Urbina: Jabari Parker return set for Friday. Here are his visualized offensive percentiles from last season, courtesy of @NBA Math’s play-type profiles. Beast in the post, in transition, as a cutter and on the offensive glass. Solid boost for the Bucks.
The wait is over. Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker has completed all the necessary tests and has been cleared to return to game action. Parker, who tore his the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Feb. 8, 2017, will make his return at 7 p.m. Friday when the Bucks host the New York Knicks at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. “He progressed really quickly in the early phases of his rehab, which is really nice,” Bucks director of performance Troy Flanagan told the Journal Sentinel. “In the first ACL rehab, he had a fair bit of patellar tendinitis which slowed the whole thing down a little bit even though he did come back reasonably early. We saw a great progression early in this rehab that allowed us to really capitalize on his fitness.
Troy Flanagan: “[Jabari Parker is] faster than he’s ever been, he’s stronger than he’s ever been and he’s leaner than he’s ever been. I’m really happy with how he’s come back and his fitness levels. He’ll still need a little bit more game fitness, but we spent the past six weeks trying to give him as much game play as we possibly could. He’ll progress up in minutes fairly quickly.”
Of course, the question with Parker is, will this be his last problem with his knee? “If you go look in professional football — European football, soccer — you’ll see a lot of players have had multiple ACLs and they have long careers,” Troy Flanagan said. “We’re not particularly concerned about it. He’s relatively low risk in this phase, particularly looking at some of his numbers. In all of the fitness parameters we look at, he’s not only better than what he was in the past, but he has some of the best numbers on the team. “So he’s ready — 100% — to go.”
Parker, the Milwaukee Bucks talented young forward who has been rehabbing from his second left ACL tear, said he is feeling good and ready to roll … once Bucks officials give him the green light. Before Sunday’s game in Chicago against the Bulls, Parker said he expected to get an official date for his return by the end of the week. However, late Sunday night there were whispers the Bucks will make a public announcement on Parker’s return in the next few days, perhaps as soon as Monday.
When Parker returned from his first ACL surgery, he candidly acknowledge he was a nervous wreck. This time, he doesn’t appear to have nearly as much trepidation. Asked what kind of feelings he expects once he returns to real action, the 22-year-old Parker said, “I’m not nervous right now. When I get that date, then I’ll prepare myself for. I’m sure I’ll get some nerves then. “I’m just waiting to see how I’m going to be moved into things (whether as a starter or coming off the bench). I’m really excited to see what happen.’’
Matt Velazquez: Here’s what Jabari Parker had to say when asked about his rehab progress and pending return: “Within these couple weeks. I think it’s (up) in the air for now. Got to keep on talking it over with the medical staff.”
Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker is on target to return from a left knee injury the week before the All-Star break. Coach Jason Kidd said before Wednesday night’s game against Orlando that Parker is doing great and is about a month away from playing.
Matt Velazquez: In pregame Jason Kidd mentioned the team has pegged Jabari Parker’s return for — generally speaking — the week before the All-Star break. First time anyone has pinpointed it that I’ve heard.
Bucks forward Jabari Parker is taking nothing for granted as he works his way back from a second major knee injury in his brief NBA career. The 22-year-old Parker practiced Tuesday with Milwaukee’s G League affiliate for the second straight day. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Feb. 8 and had surgery six days later.
Parker expects to practice with the Herd again, possibly at the team’s facility in Oshkosh, about 90 miles northwest of Milwaukee. He is hoping to be ready for game action with the Bucks sometime in February. “I’m at the end of the tunnel,” Parker said. “I’m seeing the light, and it’s really nice.”
The Milwaukee Bucks have recalled forward Jabari Parker from the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. Parker practiced on Monday and Tuesday with the Herd
What is the latest with Jabari Parker? (Parker suffered a season-ending left knee injury for the second time in three years on Feb. 8 and was expected to miss a year following surgery.) Jason Kidd: He’s doing great. He’s been practicing. He’s been at shootaround. The timetable is February for him to come back. You’re talking about someone who can score the ball at a very high level. He gives you a big athletic ability and another big on the floor.
Gery Woelfel: Jabari Parker spent about half hour before game working on mid-range shot with asst. coach Frank Johnson. Parker looked sharp and clearly on course to return in Feb.
Basketball’s comeback narratives don’t exactly resonate in these exceptional circumstances. “I’m on a race on my own,” Parker said, laying prone across a training table. This sort of extended rehabilitation is monotonous work—the kind that strips away the game itself. Treatment and drilling take center stage as basketball is distilled to its most basic components. If Parker wants to work on a certain move, it must be extracted entirely from the game setting for practice in quarantine. Full contact five-on-five is not yet an option. So basketball’s natural rhythms are displaced by pure repetition, all the better to retrain muscles that are woefully out of practice.
It is a gift that Parker, at his age, naturally searches for the connections between people and things. He sees himself as part of something—Chicago, Milwaukee, the Bucks organization, the Mormon church, the black community. There are bonds everywhere that transcend him alone, down to that between athlete and fan. Parker hears the anger that swirls through sports fandom. “At any point in time,” Parker observed, “they can just burst into flames.” He notices when his injury history is wielded against him as if it were a personal failing. All he wants is to carry the weight. “You process the criticism in a way that you take the burden off of other people,” Parker said. “That’s what sports is, in general… It’s just taking a load off of them. If they’ve got to express their feelings in a negative way just for them to feel better about themselves or their day, then so be it.”
But, man, are they thin until Parker comes back — likely in February at the earliest, per league sources. Their top three reserves are Matthew Dellavedova, Mirza Teletovic and Greg Monroe. Teletovic spent time out of the rotation last season, and lineups pairing Dellavedova and Brogdon — a necessity given the short bench — were a disaster. Monroe might be the single most important bench player in the league.
You wouldn’t know Parker was ailing by the way he ran the court, moving smoothly from end to end. You wouldn’t know it from the way he set picks against invisible opponents and easily cut and rolled to the hoop. You wouldn’t know it from the way he pivoted and moved his feet in the post while working against Foster and former Bucks star Vin Baker, each of whom took turns buffeting him with a pad as he worked. And you definitely wouldn’t know Parker was still more than four months away from his targeted February return by the way he threw down dunks.
At one point, Parker caught a pass, drove into the paint and delivered a hard shoulder through Baker’s pad into his chest before he pivoted, stepped through and hammered down a right-handed slam. “You look at him and say, ‘Man, he’s going to play tomorrow,’ ” Bucks coach Jason Kidd said. “That just shows you how good he looks and how hard he’s been working. I think we’re all excited by where he’s at today. We all understand he still has some time to go before he’s cleared to play, but he’s doing everything to get himself back.”
“I am (coming along),” Jabari Parker said. “Just staying within my means and doing what I can control each and every day.” Over the course of the spring and summer, Parker has been in the gym lifting weights, doing some running and putting up shots as part of his rehab. The activities he can participate in are limited and he still can’t do much more than dribble and shoot when it pertains to basketball-specific skills. He insists, though, that the long hours out of competition aren’t making him stir crazy. “I’m not because anything is better than being on crutches,” Parker said. “I’ve been there and I’m just thankful for the little I can do. I can move forward. I like to conquer the task ahead of me.”
Of all the members of the Bucks’ roster, he’s the only one who certainly won’t play on Oct. 26. That’s because he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee for the second time six months ago and the injury is expected to keep him out of game action until February. While Parker is remiss he won’t be able to fully take part in the event, he didn’t look any bit disappointed on Tuesday. He proudly stood in front of the assembled crowd at UWM Panther Arena, smiling next to the Nike Classic Edition uniforms he helped unveil while looking forward to the day this season he’ll get to compete wearing one.
Speaking of return, that’s a word that’s on the mind of almost every Bucks fans regarding Parker’s playing status. He’s recovering from the second ACL surgery on his left knee and team officials have publicly stated he could return to action next February. By the looks of things on Tuesday, he’s right on track. Parker casually ran the floor during several pickup games with the campers, taking the opportunity to work on his 3-point shot, which he shot effortlessly and effectively. There was one moment, though, where Parker elicited a mixture of oohs and aahs. After seeing a clear path to the basket, he took a couple of steps before soaring for a one-handed throw-down.
Yet, while the 22-year-old Parker is progressing nicely, he made it abundantly clear he’s not going to rush the process. He’s coming back on his terms, when he’s healthy, totally healthy. “Things are moving in the right direction with my life, with my attitude, with my growth and with my game,’’ Parker said. “That return time (in February) is more than enough time to come back, but if I need to take more time, I will. I won’t play unless I can be productive. I’m not going to play 12, 15 minutes when I come back. I’m not doing that. I got to be in tip-top shape.’’
Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker is pumping the positivity as he recovers from another torn ACL in his left knee, the second time he has suffered the injury in three seasons. “I feel great,” Parker told ESPN.com, while in Chicago promoting the Jordan Brand’s RE2PECT campaign on Thursday. “I tell myself every day I couldn’t be in a better situation because it’s going to make me a great man at the end of the day. It’s going to make me mentally tough and it’s going to help me for the future.”
Parker, who initially tore his ACL in December 2014, is in what figures to be a year-long rehab process after tearing it again in early February last season. The 22 year-old says he does not have a target return date in mind at this point. “I don’t think so,” he said. “As of right now the way I treat my body, it doesn’t have a date. I can give you a little piece of information, I’m not the average person with this injury. Obviously I had it once but I’ve done stuff so far that’s exciting. But most importantly, I want to be able to jump as high, jump higher than I was, be faster than I was, that’s the only way I’ll play again.”
Gery Woelfel: Jabari Parker sitting on the Bucks’ bench for the second straight game, receives a warm applause from BC crowd when shown on jumbotron.
Parker suffered his first ACL tear during his rookie season in 2014-’15 and played just 25 games that season. He made a strong recovery and played in 76 games in 2015-’16 and in 51 games this season. The soon-to-be 22-year-old had made a major improvement in his third NBA season as he averaged 20.1 points and 6.1 rebounds while shooting 49%. “It’s going to be fun, to tell you the truth,” Parker said of his recovery program. “I love challenges. I love being in the position I am. I didn’t really feel like talking, but I feel like God has given me this for a reason because he knows I can handle it. “So I take that burden, because I know a lot of people can’t go through this.”
“It’s going to be fun, to tell you the truth,” Jabari Parker said of his recovery program. “I love challenges. I love being in the position I am. I didn’t really feel like talking, but I feel like God has given me this for a reason, because He knows I can handle it. So I take that burden, because I know a lot of people can’t go through this.”
Parker said he believes he can surpass the form he showed this season. “I don’t want to be the same player,” Parker said. “I wouldn’t be myself if I don’t challenge myself to do better things, bigger things. I know I can be better.”
Jabari Parker received an avalanche of get-well messages after suffering a season-ending left anterior cruciate ligament tear last week. One of them came from Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy, who immediately texted Bucks coach Jason Kidd. “I don’t do this often,’’ Van Gundy said of his text. “But I love the way plays; he plays hard. And he seems from the outside like not only a good player but a high character guy “I texted Jason (Kidd) right away when I heard about it and just said, ‘Hey, I feel awful about him.’ I don’t like to see anyone get hurt, but when it’s a good, young guy who goes about it the right way, you really feel bad for him. “I wanted to convey my condolences to Jabari.’’
The Bucks say the knee surgery on forward Jabari Parker was success and he is expected back in approximately 12 months. Parker suffered a season-ending left knee injury for the second time in three years on Feb. 8 during a home loss to Miami. The surgery performed Tuesday was to repair his ACL.
Milwaukee Bucks General Manager John Hammond announced that forward Jabari Parker underwent successful surgery today to repair his left ACL injury. The surgery was performed at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., by Dr. Robert LaPrade.
Parker will miss the remainder of the season with the recovery and rehabilitation period estimated at 12 months. A timeline for his return to basketball activity will be established at a later date. Parker suffered the injury in the third quarter of Milwaukee’s game vs. Miami on Feb. 8.
Jabari Parker is expected to undergo knee surgery Tuesday. According to sources, the Milwaukee Bucks’ gifted young forward will have surgery to repair a torn left anterior cruciate ligament in Vail, Colo. The surgery, sources said, will be performed by Dr. Robert F. LaPrade, one of the most highly-regarded knee surgeons in the world. LaPrade has operated on a slew of professional athletes from a variety of sports.
Dwyane Wade: Prayers up for @Jabari Parker Injuries are the part of the game that sucks the most.
Jabari Parker suffers torn ACL
Zach Lowe: Bad news: MRI shows JaBari Parker has torn his ACL again, league sources say. Official update from Bucks expected shortly.
Bucks forward Jabari Parker suffered a left knee injury during the third quarter of last night’s game vs. Miami at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. This morning, Parker underwent an MRI that revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee.
Parker will undergo surgery to repair the injury and will miss the remainder of the 2016-17 season. The recovery and rehabilitation period is estimated at 12 months.
Charles F. Gardner: Parker has a sprained left knee and will not return tonight, Bucks say.
Did you have flashbacks of that injury? Did you remember the exact place on the court where your injury took place? Jabari Parker: Yeah, I did. I knew exactly the spot. It was near the free throw line, near the dots. It sounds like that game was truly a hard one for you emotionally. JP: Yeah, it was. Before the game, I was scared out of my mind.
Do you think that game was somewhat therapeutic for you, though? JP: It was. After that game, I got more comfortable. I had to accept what happened and just move forward and past it. Do you you still have any lingering effects from your injury? JP: Not any more. No. I’m a lot more comfortable. My body is more put together.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker underwent an MRI this morning to address discomfort in his right foot. The scan revealed a mid-foot (talonavicular joint) sprain. Parker will undergo additional testing today and did not accompany the team on this week’s three-game road trip. His status will be updated as appropriate.
Charles F. Gardner: Jabari Parker out of this week’s road trip due to a sprained right foot. Had MRI done Monday that revealed talonvicular joint sprain. Parker is scheduled to undergo additional testing, the Bucks say. Parker had played 30 minutes in Bucks’ double OT victory over Cleveland, his longest stint since returning from left knee surgery.
Charles F. Gardner: Bucks coach Jason Kidd said Jabari Parker will play 15-20 minutes a game as he returns and likely not back-to-backs.
As the Milwaukee Bucks wrapped up their final practice ahead of the season-opener against the New York Knicks, coach Jason Kidd expressed confidence that the team will have last year’s first-round draft pick Jabari Parker back in the lineup by early November. “He looks great. He’s done everything,” Kidd said following the team’s workout on Tuesday. “Hopefully, in that first couple of weeks of November, he can come back and start his process, his journey, of playing 10 to 15 minutes a night and hopefully getting his load bigger as the season goes on.”
Instead of climbing walls at the Bucks’ practice facility south of Milwaukee, though, Parker just stood against one and outlined his vision with a thousand game stare. “I’m looking long-term,” said the product of Chicago’s Simeon High and Duke University, the No. 2 pick in the 2014 Draft. “I really don’t want to risk coming back and lingering on if I’m not ready. I just want to be as productive as possible. There’s no use in me playing if I can’t contribute the way I want to.”
“We don’t know,” coach Jason Kidd said when asked about a timetable. “We’re going to take it week by week — for us, it’s day by day but at the end of the week we’ll see how he feels. We’ll continue to keep with the game plan of loading and giving him more things to do, and see how his body responds to it. So far his body has been great.”
Charles F. Gardner: “I’m not playing,” Parker said. “I want to wait until at least we play here (in Milwaukee) first, if anything. I want to show my loyalty. All my loyalty is in Milwaukee and I can care less about Chicago right now.”
June 27, 2022 | 4:40 pm EDT Update
Dejounte Murray heading to Atlanta?
Zach Klein: In talking with multiple sources around the NBA, many believe Hawks on verge of trading for San Antonio’s All-Star guard Dejounte Murray – However, it’s looking like John Collins is not part of deal. Would be Gallo & multiple 1st round picks. Spurs prepping for future & ’23 draft
Kyle Tucker: Kentucky guard Kellan Grady has signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Denver Nuggets.
June 27, 2022 | 4:15 pm EDT Update
Heat more interested in Kevin Durant than Kyrie Irving
The Heat has far more interest in acquiring Durant than Irving, according to a source close to the situation. Acquiring Irving comes with a risk because his availability has become a major issue.
Any potential interest the Heat has in acquiring Irving, 30, will depend on what his price is on the trade market or in free agency. The belief is the Heat is not currently willing to give up its top assets to acquire Irving — a list that obviously includes Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler, and also Tyler Herro.
Nets Daily: Woj on SportsCenter says the Laker offer in a sign-and-trade is centered on Russell Westbrook and the Nets are not interested.
There are rumors floating about that Victor Oladipo is looking for a short-term contract to build his value and the Kings have been mentioned as a potential landing spot. He’s played with Sabonis in both OKC and Indiana, so there is some familiarity, but the injury risk is substantial.
