In 2014, not many fault a kid for leaving school early for guaranteed NBA millions. That wasnt the case 10-15 years ago, but we are in a different time now. Andrew Wiggins knows how it works, as he declared for the draft earlier this week, but does Jabari Parker.
There is growing concern among NBA scouts that Parker will remain at Duke. Obviously, he’s well within his right to further is education and game, but that’s a huge blow to the teams that allegedly tanked for his services. He has about a month to decide.
There is a report that Duke’s star freshman Jabari Parker may opt to return to school next year rather than declare himself for June’s NBA draft.
While the Celtics have been competitive for the most part of their 51-loss (and counting) 2013-14 season, there was always a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel for Boston fans in the fact that players like Parker, Kansas’s Joel Embiid and Andrew Wiggins, or Kentucky’s Julius Randle would be waiting to be drafted come May.
But according to ESPN’s Chad Ford, Parker and Embiid are both weighing their options, and considering going back to school for another year (start that breathing thing again, Celtics fans).
“With Parker, so much so that several scouts are claiming he’s coming back to school,” Ford said in a recent online NBA chat. “But I think that’s premature.”
H/T: CBS Boston
