Jabari Parker (born March 15, 1995) is an American high school basketball player from Chicago, Ill. Jabari is in his senior season for Simeon Career Academy. On December 20, 2012, he verbally committed to play basketball for Duke University, where he intends to be a freshman for the 2013-14 team. Many experts considered Parker the top player in the recruiting class of 2013, including ESPN, Scout.com and Rivals.com, until the summer 2012 when he endured a foot injury and Andrew Wiggins reclassified into the class of 2013. Before his junior season, Dime Magazine declared him the best high school basketball player in the country, while a ten-member panel at ESPN HS rated him second. Following his junior season, ESPN HS’s panel again rated him as the second best basketball player in the country. He was the feature of a Sports Illustrated cover story as a high school junior. Parker is the son of former NBA player Sonny Parker (basketball).
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