Jabari Parker had his first on-court workout at the BMO Bradley Center before the Milwaukee Bucks took on the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night according to Sports Illustrated. Jabari, drafted second overall by the Bucks last year, tore his ACL on December 15th and underwent surgery in January. He will be a key player in the Bucks goal of building a championship caliber team in the next few years for Milwaukee.
Jabari Parker out on the court working before the game pic.twitter.com/JwITlcBisY — Andrew Gruman (@AndrewGruman) April 1, 2015
#Bucks Just got to the arena. Here is something to make you smile. Jabari on the floor taking jumpers! #ownthefuture pic.twitter.com/ufBasJvh8B — Ted Davis (@nbated) April 1, 2015
When Jabari Parker tore his ACL, he was driving to the basket his knee buckled and in an instant, unfortunately, his rookie season was cut short. The Bucks are not sure yet when he will return to play, but it will probably be at the beginning of next season. Without Jabari in the lineup, the Bucks have managed to be the 6th seed in the Eastern Conference, and their young team can only get better with the re-addition of him in the lineup next season. Before he sustained the devastating injury, Parker played in 25 games averaging 12.3 PPG, and 5.5 RPG while shooting 49% from the field. The Bucks young forward will be an All-Star in this league someday, and we are eager to await how this young star returns next season.
