Has clearly regressed, don't know if it's injuries or mental. He's still only 23 so I suppose he has time to figure it out but this is just sad. Crazy how wrong people (myself included) were about Wiggins and Parker becoming generational players.
Parker has a team option of 20 mill after this season which the Bulls clearly aren't going to pick up, so where do you think he lands? China?
Examples like these two, Okafor, Exum and others are the reason I never go nuts on hype of players coming out of high school being considered awesome draft prospects before even playing a college game or in Exum's case, anything after high school. Sooooooooo many "draftniks" on this site declare high schoolers and college freshmen future NBA greats before they even sniff Summer League or, for that matter, the draft.
I don't watch high school highlights to try to evaluate a player. It's a waste of time given the level of competition, IMO, and very seldom translates to NBA greatness, or even good but not great NBA player. I wait until late in the college season while watching a bunch of college ball to make determinations, and even then, it's still mostly a crapshoot.
Top 5 picks are where you should find the most likely NBA stars, but take a look at some from recent drafts:
#1 Markelle Fultz
#2 Lonzo Ball
#4 Josh Jackson
#4 Dragan Bender
#2 D'Angelo Russell
#3 Jahlil Okafor
#5 Mario Hezonja
#1 Andrew Wiggins
#2 Jabari Parker
#5 Dante Exum
#1 Anthony Bennett
#4 Cody Zeller
#5 Alex Len
#2 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
#4 Dion Waiters
#5 Thomas Robinson
Sure some drafts are supposed to be better than others. Some drafts are just 1, 2, or 3 player top heavy drafts but even then All-Stars are found lower in the draft. It's just a crapshoot and we shouldn't be surprised when highly drafted players aren't good. It happens every year.