Jabari Parker

Jabari Parker is an NBA basketball player. Jabari Parker most recently played for the Boston Celtics. He is currently a free agent and hopes to return to the league in the following season. Jabari spent a year playing collegiate basketball for Duke University before joining the NBA.

His overall NBA career is excellent, but he has been struggling for the past few seasons.

As a result, he was waived much sooner than expected by the Celtics.

Childhood, Family, and Education

Jabari Parker was born in the United States on March 15, 1995, in Chicago, Illinois.

Sonny and Folola Finau-Parker raised him as their youngest child.

He is of mixed race since his father is African-American and his mother is Tongan.

His family, on the other hand, is Christian, and they are all members of the LDS Church.

Parker was born and raised in Chicago, where he attended Robert A. Black Magnet Elementary School.

He began playing basketball at a young age, with his elder brothers, primarily Christian, as his first teammates.

Furthermore, his father, Sonny, was a retired NBA veteran who was pleased that his boys were following in his footsteps.

He was, however, working as the director of a youth foundation at the time.

Jabari and Christian mostly spend their time on the basketball court of the LDS church.

Jabari became a basketball prodigy as a result, and he began playing in middle school leagues.

Similarly, his cousin, Jay, was quite close to him and served as his primary motivator during his school years.

His other siblings showed their support for their younger brother by showing up at his games on a regular basis.

Darryl, his other brother, was also a basketball player who later played for the Oregon Ducks. Christian, too, was a member of the Brigham Young University-Hawaii basketball team.

Jabari, on the other hand, was the Parker sibling who went the furthest in his undertakings.

He was always the best in the game, therefore he was bound for success from the outset.

Parker was so good that colleges began offering him scholarships while he was in fifth grade.

Later, he switched to Simeon Academy and graduated from high school in 2013, before continuing his education at Duke University.

Age, Weight & Height

As of 2022, Jabari Parker is 27 years old.

Moreover, Parker stands 2.01 meters (6 feet 7 inches) tall and weighs around 245 lb (111 kg).

Facts of Jabari Parker

Net Worth

According to sources, Jabari Parker has a net worth of $20 million.

It has already been around seven years since he started his NBA career, so his primary source of earning is the league games.

In 2014, the Milwaukee Bucks had paid him around $5 million for his rookie season.

Since his debut, he played for different NBA clubs over the years, and his salary was increased one season after another until his performance declined around 2019.

However, the athlete has already earned around $55 million to date. With an annual earning of around $1.1 million, he was the 189th best-paid power forward in the 2021-22 season.

Apart from game earnings, he earns well through brand endorsements and merch sales. He had signed his first endorsement deal with Jordan shoe company just before the NBA draft in 2014.

Career

Career in High School

Parker’s four years at Simeon Career Academy had to be one of the best moments of his life. He will most likely remember the amazing experiences he had there for the rest of his life.

His first season was so successful that he was named the team’s best player, averaging 19.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.

They also won the IHSA Class 4A state championship that year, which added to his joy.

As a result, ESPN named him Freshman of the Year (2010), and he got scholarship offers from a number of notable universities, including Illinois, Kansas, and others.

Furthermore, his performance was consistently excellent from season to season. As a result, until he graduated in 2013, he led his team to national championship victories every year.

Parker set multiple records throughout his high school career, including becoming only the second player after Sergio McClain to win four consecutive IHSA basketball championships.

He has earned several best player accolades and was invited to compete in events such as the Nike Hoop Summit and the Nike Global Challenge.

College Life

Nerlens attended Duke University in Durham and played for the Duke Blue Devils after finishing high school as the fourth-best rated player.

Parker had a great start to his college career, scoring 22 points and grabbing six rebounds on November 8.

As a result, he was named ACC Rookie of the Week for the first time a few days later.

He averaged 19.1 points and 8.7 rebounds per game during his first and only season. With such numbers, he led the Devils in both scoring and rebounds that season.

Parker got multiple distinctions and prizes in college, continuing his high school legacy.

In 2014, he was named ACC Freshman of the Year and finished second in the ACC Player of the Year contest.

Career Opportunities

After skipping his final three collegiate seasons, the Milwaukee Bucks selected him as the second overall choice in the 2014 NBA draft.

On July 9, he signed with the Bucks and participated in the NBA Summer League that year.

Parker had a great first NBA season with the team until he suffered a knee injury on December 15. He’d played in only 25 games, averaging 12.3 points and 5.5 rebounds.

However, it took a long time for him to recuperate, and he ended up missing the rest of his rookie season. In addition, Parker did not play in the first few games of his second NBA season.

In the second season, he played 78 games, averaging 14.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.

Injuries that Recur in Later Seasons

Parker aimed for better outcomes in the forthcoming season after a respectable performance in his second season.

Unfortunately, he tore the ligament in his left knee, which caused him to miss a lot of games in the third season.

He had, however, played 51 games and averaged 20.1 points per game. The Bucks assigned him to the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League during the 2017-18 season while he recovered.

Later in the season, he returned to the NBA and appeared in over 30 games for the Bucks. On July 14, 2018, Jabari signed a two-year contract with the Chicago Bulls after the season finished.

They released him in the middle of the season, and he spent the second half of the season with the Washington Wizards.

He then joined the Atlanta Hawks, but owing to a shoulder injury, he played in many less games.

Parker also had short stints with the Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics before becoming a free agent in 2022.

Career Opportunities Abroad

Jabari has previously represented the United States national team at several age levels, in addition to his league career.

He helped his national team win several trophies while representing them, including the FIBA Americas U-16 Championship in 2011.

He did not, however, make his senior national team debut.

Personal Life

Jabari Parker’s name has often been associated with American with Logan West. She is an American model who won the Miss Connecticut Teen USA and the Miss Teen USA simultaneously in 2012.

Logan was born in 1994 in Connecticut, USA. Besides modeling, she works with different non-profit organizations that counsel kids who often get victimized by bullies and runs anti-bullying programs across various schools in Connecticut.

According to rumors, West and Jabari had begun dating each other in 2016, and West often used to attend the matches when he was with the Bucks.

Moreover, she had baptized herself as a Mormon after falling in love with him. After that, she used to visit the LDS Church along with his family members.

So, it was apparent they were very close to each other.

But, even though they were spotted together on many occasions, the duo never openly declared they were in a relationship.

As of recent, there is no news to confirm that they are still dating.

Some websites on the Internet have even mentioned that Parker is no longer dating anyone.

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Social Media Presence

Parker is presently inactive on social media. However, the renowned basketball player previously had social media accounts and had a huge fan following.

In 2018, he had shocked NBA fans by unfollowing his former teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks club’s official page on Instagram.

He shut down his social media accounts a little while later and decided to stay low-profile away from his fans’ reach.