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Jabari Parker will be better than Andrew Wiggins

Siro said:
Who the **** is saying Parker is "rich man's Pierce"??? Paul Pierce is a future hall of famer and one of the top 100 to ever play in the NBA. I highly doubt anyone is making that argument.
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PKM used to say it in the 2014 draft thread.
 
Hack said:
After careful consideration, and countless seconds of researching, scouting and guessing, II now believe that Jabari Parker will be better than Andrew Wiggins.


What's not to like about Jabari Parker? He's got an elite handle on the ball. He can shoot it from anywhere on the floor, fade aways, step backs, floaters, hook shots, leaners, dunks, layups...He is deceptively fast, runs up and down the court past everyone throwing easy looking dunks down . Shows no fear. He's clutch. He can take someone off the dribble and get to the rim easily. He showed the ability to block shots. Is still only 19. Is big. He's great rebounder.

Meanwhile, Wiggins looks uninterested at times, is an inconsistent shooter, Has loose handles, finishes weird at times, lots of shots just bounce around the rim, seems kinda lucky at times, doesn't really show all his athleticism in the game, seems kinda goofy, he's Canadian, & is pretty skinny. (Ha, kinda sounds like Dala). But he is so beloved because of his athleticism, and a decent game.

I'm having some doubts about him. He doesn't seem like the next Durant, Kobe, Wade, or Lebron type of greatness. Maybe Paul Georgeish territory.

I just think you have to have some of that moxy. I think Parker has it and Wiggins doesn't. You can see it in the difference of the way they play. Parker understands the game more than Wiggins, sees things quicker. Which is the most important thing to have in your tool bag. Now, I may be wrong, and Wiggins might turn out to be DRose of small forwards, but I'm just going to take a wild guess and say he isn't going to completely pan out. Good player, sure. Allstar probably a few times. Elite franchise player, no.

Going back to handles. I think this is one of the most important factors when assessing whether or not a player has the chance to be really good. You have to be able to get to where you want to go on the court if you want to be elite. This is true for guards and small forwards. If your handle is loose and you do things like hesitate, then your opponent is going to take things from you and make it hard on you. Jabari has the ability to do what he wants with the ball right now. Wiggins looks like a work in progress in this area. And that's saying it lightly. For all that athleticism, he isn't really getting defenders off balance all that much, or blowing by people. It looks hard for him to break down his defender and get to the rim and finish easily. Isn't that what elite players do?

For all this noise about Parker being fat, I think that it is foolish to judge a player by how his body looks, or what race he is. It's much more than that. Parker gets up and down the court easily, weaving in and out of traffic, and finishing strong, after a full court sprint, beating all the skinny kids in the race. So what if he is 250 pounds. That's good. Means he isn't going to get bullied. Isn't that part of why we love Lebron? I guess I just don't see what people are looking at. He looks really athletic to me. Uses every drop of what he's got, and it's more than good enough imo. Give him to get more time athletic too , there is a good chance of that with hard work, and growing more coordinated. I think he will be a better defender than people are giving him credit for. I think he'll figure that out. He's athletic enough to do it.


Final Answer : Jabari Parker will be better than Andrew Wiggins.

Lock it in!!!!
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Hack with another brilliant call.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
Hack with another brilliant call.
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I know that you aren't very smart and this is hard for you, but newsflash, it's year two. It's far from decided. So like your sex game, you've nutted too early on this one. Get at me in five years.


Btw, still waiting on your Cunning linguistics.
 
I'm sticking with my prediction. I think Jabari is going to be better. I still don't see a superstar in Wiggins. Towns has already taken over the Wolves. It's Towns team.





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NAOS said:
It was patently obvious to me that Wiggins was going to be better. Jabari had/has big holes in his game.

Heartbreaking that our tank didn't produce Wiggins. ****.
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This.
This so much
 
Hack said:
I'm sticking with my prediction. I think Jabari is going to be better. I still don't see a superstar in Wiggins. Towns has already taken over the Wolves. It's Towns team.





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I'll take that Wiggins vs Jabari bet.
 
To be fair, Pierce was 21 as a rookie and 22 when his sophomore season began.

If you to compare the two, you'd probably wait to compare Jabari's season next year with Pierce's rookie campaign.
 
Hack said:
I know that you aren't very smart and this is hard for you, but newsflash, it's year two. It's far from decided. So like your sex game, you've nutted too early on this one. Get at me in five years.


Btw, still waiting on your Cunning linguistics.
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Look between your mom's thighs. It's there.
 
PG_AB said:
He doesn't even shoot 3's though.. Explain that one to me... Wasn't Jabari's shooting billed as superior to Wiggins in almost every conceivable fashion?
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Hilarious that you would bring that up. Wiggins isn't making that many threes himself. He makes .8 per game on 31%. That's not a good 3 point shooter. His field goal percentage is 43%. That's not a good shooter.

Jabari is 52% FG. He isn't shooting threes. But he's also a power forward. I think he will in the future, but it's not necessary right now. He's probably trying to win by playing to his strengthson for right now. Wiggins is just chucking.

I'm not here to hate on Wiggins. I think he's ok. But he's not the Superstar he's billed as. He's a wing who doesn't shoot good. Doesn't pass. Doesn't rebound. Poor handles too. But he's Uber athletic. I like that, but man he's got a lot to work on in his game.

Jabari is far more skilled than Wiggins imo. He's a power forward and his handles are way better than Wiggins. Explain that one.
 
King Cy said:
It is weird that Parker doesnt even attempt 3's.
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Maybe he's being told not to by Kidd for right now. Ya, he's gotta work on his shooting. I'm confident it will come around. But for this discussion, and comparing him to Wiggins. It doesn't make sense to harp on his shooting when Wiggins isn't shooting it good either right now. I'll point out again though, that Jabari is sitting on 52% for the year compared to Wiggins 43%


You know what I find weird. It's that Wiggins is this great athlete, but none of his dunks look all that skilled or great. Am I the only one not impressed with his dunks?


I'm so confident that Jabari is going to be great. I don't understand why people don't see it.
 
Bucks defense has gone from one of the best last year to awful this year. I would assume Parker has something to do with that.

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Jabari porker
 
King Cy said:
Bucks defense has gone from one of the best last year to awful this year. I would assume Parker has something to do with that.

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Nothing to do with the addition of Greg Monroe? Or Kidd's desire to keep his best shot blocker benched?
 
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