MikeBrownsJob
Seattle fan since 2013 *deal with it slime*
But Parker is the best player in basketball; not the best freshman, the best player. All the people who jumped off the Parker bandwagon when his foot was injured last year and his numbers plummeted and his weight (allegedly) soared need to apply for space back aboard the bandwagon. This isn't about the final score, that Kansas won the game, beating Duke 94-83. Not in November. It's about first impressions and wondering whether they'll be lasting impressions. There's nothing Parker doesn't do really, really well. He can play all the frontcourt positions and shoot the 3-ball like a 2-guard. He absolutely commands double-teams defensively, and finds teammates with ease. He can play way above the rim but has the fundamentals of a kid with lesser talent who's affixed to the floor. He scored 19 points in the first half against a Kansas team that's probably Final Four good. Hey, Andrew Wiggins is a highlight machine, and he'll get better playing for Bill Self, just the way he stepped it up Tuesday night after intermission. But if you're asking me off what we've seen so far whether its Wiggins or Parker, I'm going to tell you it's Parker in a landslide. And we'll delve further to Mr. Jabari Parker in a moment.
Randle's 27 points and 13 rebounds on most nights would have made him the biggest star. Not Tuesday night. Parker -- the way he's looked so far, anyway -- has a chance to be a transcendent player. For starters, he knows how to play, in the same sense that Steph Curry and Klay Thompson know how to play. What they have in common is that they're all sons of professional basketball players. I'll never forget the night nearly four years ago when Derrick Rose, who preceded Parker at Simeon High School in Chicago, told me I needed to go out to the South Side and watch Parker, "because he's better than I am," Rose said that night. I told Rose he was nuts, and the young Bulls guard said, "You have to see him. He can do everything."
He also compared Randle to Z-Bo. A more accurate depiction but not sexy enough for the homers and headlines.

Cool he's also, fat and bald. He could say the sky was blue and you'd disagree. This is the brain drain I'm talking about. Worry about the words, not the messenger.

