Milwaukee Bucks got the WORST news possible today as it was announced that rookie phenom Jabari Parker has suffered a torn ACL in their contest against the Phoenix Suns and Parker will miss the rest of his Rookie season.
In 25 games this season, Parker has averaged 12.3 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game and shooting 49% from the field.
Here’s the video of the injury.
Oh man. Jabari's injury looks EVEN worse from this angle. Horrible stuff. #bucks. https://t.co/nKiC44AG4b
— NBA Courtside (@NBACourtside_) December 16, 2014
The news was first reported by @bignes88 on twitter earlier today.
@NBACourtside_ It's torn, surgery on Saturday @Bucks
— bignes88 (@bignes88) December 16, 2014
But Adrian Wojnarowski confirmed the report later today.
Jabari Parker has informed teammates he has suffered a torn ACL in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season, sources tell Yahoo.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) December 17, 2014
ESPN first reported Parker ACL.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) December 17, 2014
The official first word though came from ESPN.com’s Marc Stein.
Story going online now: ESPN sources say Bucks' Jabari Parker expected to miss rest of his rookie season with a suspected torn ACL
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) December 17, 2014
Horrible news for the Milwaukee Bucks and the NBA as a whole. Jabari Parker now adds to the list of rookies including Parker, Aaron Gordon, Marcus Smart, Joel Embiid, and Julius Randle of rookies who have misses a significant amount of time. Embiid, Randle and now Parker will miss a majority of their rookie season.
