'13 IL SF Jabari Parker (Duke Verbal)

[Buckskin86]

Jabari Parker Says He Will Decide in November

By Adam Zagoria on June 16, 2012

The top two players in the Class of 2012, Nerlens Noel and Shabazz Muhammad, waited until the spring signing period to make their college announcements.

But that won?t be the case for the top player in the Class of 2013.

Jabari Parker, the consensus No. 1 player in the nation, plans to make his college decision in November and not let the process drag out through his senior season at Chicago Simeon.

?It?s a lot of schools on my list right now,? the 6-foot-7 Parker, who was compared to LeBron James in a recent Sports Illustrated cover story, told SNY.tv by phone from the USA U17 trials in Colorado Springs, Colo.

?I?m on a setback not making as much progress as I should be [cutting his list] but I?m looking to make my choice in November.

?I want to do it for me because I want to get it over with before the season starts.?

Parker?s list currently includes 14 schools: BYU, UConn, DePaul, Duke, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Missouri, North Carolina, Northwestern, Ohio State and Washington.

He told SNY.tv he plans to cut the list to ?about eight? sometime ?over the summer.

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http://www.zagsblog.com/2012/06/16/jabari-parker-says-he-will-decide-in-november/

 

[osuteke]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highs...recruit-since-lebron-james-isn-154124631.html
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.....Many top prospects spend more time around sneaker marketers than in any church, temple or mosque. Not Parker, a devout Mormon who faces a difficult decision between a future in college and professional basketball and a more traditional Mormon mission.
And, as it turns out, Parker's recruiting has been just as far off the traditional path as the rest of his prep career. As noted by ESPN Chicago, while most top-tier prospects spend hours on their cell phones chatting with coaches and assistants, any calls to Parker go directly through his parents, because only his parents can receive calls or texts intended for the recruit. Jabari Parker is explicitly prohibited from giving out his cell phone number to any college coaches or recruiters in an effort to shield him from all the attention that will continue to gather around his college decision, which looms within the next 12 months.
"Everybody doing their job, but they still can't have Jabari's number," Sonny Parker, Jabari's father, told ESPN Chicago. "That ain't changed.
"We want him to enjoy being who he is. If he wants to talk, we'll ask him first. Right now, we don't want him to be over-bombarded because coaches can sometimes be aggressive, and that can be overwhelming.".....

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[sphincter]

His parents are doing a great job handling all this. Basketball recruiting can be quite shady but thankfully that won't be a factor here. Kudos to you Mr and Mrs Parker.

 

[Buckskin86]

Jabari Parker lists 10 schools
Updated: July 11, 2012
By Scott Powers | ESPNChicago.com

Simeon forward Jabari Parker, the Class of 2013 high school basketball star whom Sports Illustrated recently labled the top prep talent since LeBron James, released a list of 10 colleges he was considering over Twitter on Wednesday night, and somewhat surprisingly the list did not include the Illinois Fighting Illini.

Parker's list included (in no particular order) BYU, DePaul, Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, North Carolina and Stanford.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/ncb/stor...considering-10-schools-possible-landing-spots

 

[starBUCKS]

Picks Duke... not a shocker.

 

[TheStoicPaisano]

Picks Duke... not a shocker.

Didn't jalen rose tell us duke won't touch the inner-city kids?

 

[Bill Lucas]

Didn't jalen rose tell us duke won't touch the inner-city kids?

Must refrain from obvious Sandusky joke.