The 2014 NBA draft will be nothing like the 2013 NBA draft.
There may not be a player in college basketball today that offers the ceiling and skill set of Jabari Parker, who recently announced he'll be attending Duke University in the fall.
Parker took a lot of backlash from bitter or uneducated fans who criticized him for choosing Duke, as if playing for the head coach of U.S.A. basketball was a bad decision. There's nothing wrong with Duke's system that should prohibit Parker from slipping in the draft or overachieving as a pro.
Assuming just about all of the top NBA prospects in college today take advantage of the lack of star power and enter the 2013 NBA draft, it should make for a freshmen-heavy 2014 NBA lottery, with Parker included.
To start next year, Parker will be contending for the No. 2 prospect in the country title with Julius Randle (undecided), Andrew Harrison (Kentucky), Aaron Gordon (Undecided) and Noah Vonleh (Indiana), all of whom will be freshmen as well.
Parker offers a unique offensive skill set unlike any of the previously mentioned prospects, because of his ability to create his own shot on the perimete ...
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How Jabari Parker to Duke Impacts the 2014 NBA Draft
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