Jabari Parker Celtics Debut Exceeds Expectations!

When it comes to the Boston Celtics’ newest player on the court Jabari Parker, his debut as forward is quite impressive. Continue on…

CelebnSports247.com reports that Jabari Parker didn’t have time to earn Brad Stevens’ trust.

There wasn’t practice between the time he signed with the Boston Celtics on Friday and Saturday’s 8:30 p.m. game with the Warriors.

Instead, Jabari Parker got on the court with his new issued No. 20 jersey and dressed for a pretty important game at TD Garden.

Celtics coach Brad Stevens didn’t wait to ease Jabari in, no, Parker offered more offensively than Tristan Thompson, Grant Williams or Semi Ojeleye was providing Saturday.

Here is what Stevens said:

We went through that stretch at the start of the fourth quarter where we needed to score. He gave us some opportunities there. But in the first half and the second he played on the baseline and played to his strength. He did a lot of good things. He’ll pick up our defense as time goes on and we’ll figure out how best to play with him on both ends.

Parker had seven points in 10 second-half minutes and finished with 11 points and four rebounds in 16 minutes overall.

Jabari Parker impressed Marcus Smart:

Marcus Smart, who was a top trade choice for the Atlanta Hawks, said:

We just told him ‘Go out and play as hard as you can. We’ll work you into the plays and walk you through it. Don’t worry about that, just go play hard.’ He did very well. We were definitely ecstatic with the way he came out. Not really knowing the system, he just played basketball. Once he gets more involved in the plays and learning, everything else with mesh in even more. For his first time out there, he played very well and we’re proud of him.