High salary transfer! 2014 second place, finally got it again

According to European media reports, the NBA's second-place winner Jabari Parker in 2014 is close to leaving Barcelona and joining the Serbian club Belgrade Guerrillas, with a contract of US$5 million for two years.

I am used to seeing large NBA contracts. Do you think it’s very small when you see 5 million in two years? Not small, 5 million in two years, this is a high annual salary that can rank among the top 10 in the European League. In the 2024-25 season, only 8 players in the European League have annual salary of more than US$2.5 million, namely:

1, Olympic team Vyzinkov 3.7 million

2, Effithus Sean Larkin 3.6 million

3, Real Madrid Eddie Tevarez 3.0 million

4, Monaco Mike James 2.9 million

Not the Mike James you think. This has never played in the NBA, but has only played for the Suns and the Nets for a few games.

It's him👇

5, Panasinaikos Costas Slokas 2.6 million

6, Barcelona Kevin Penter 2.5 million

7, Panasinaikos Kendrick Nunn 2.5 million(In April this year, Nunn successfully renewed his contract early, signed 13.5 million for 3 years, and is the highest annual salary player in the European League next season)

8, Milan Olympic team Nikola Mirotic 2.5 million

The highest-paid player in the 2024-25 European League season, Weizinkov, averaged 18.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2 assists in the Greek league this season; 19.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists in the European Cup match against the national team Bulgaria, he scored 40 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists in a single game. Isn’t he well deserved it? ! After taking a look at this, Jabbarri Parker's contract is really not small.

Of course, this contract is incomparable to his NBA.

Because Parker was the second best in 2014, his rookie contract is about 23 million in four years, with an average annual salary of more than 5.7 million.

When joining the Bulls in the 2018-19 season, Parker's contract was 40 million for 2 years (the Wizards were traded to the Wizards in the middle of the season, and the team option was not executed in the second year).

Later, he fell down, but Parker's annual salary was 6.5 million during the King's time (the contract was 13 million for 2 years given by the Hawks, but he was soon traded to the King, and later cut by the King).

Parker seemed to be in a down-and-out career in the NBA, but he also earned more than 56 million yuan in total.

But it depends on how to compare. Parker could only obtain part of the guarantee contract in the last two years in the NBA. At that time, the Celtics gave 2.71 million yuan for two years, and only 1.14 million yuan was guaranteed.

So it is really not easy for Jabbarri Parker to get back in the European League and get a high-paying contract for the first-tier European League.

I still remember my first season when I left the NBA and went to Europe to play last season. One game later, when I was asked about my feelings about leaving the NBA and playing in Europe, Parker couldn't control his emotions and cried in front of the camera.

The brother who interviewed him at that time was frightened and hurriedly asked him "Brother, what's wrong with you?" and then immediately turned the camera away. This kind of loneliness of not staring at sadness and not consuming a talented player also won a lot of praise at the time.

Parker's talent is really not low. Back then, the Bucks chose him with the second pick, which was really not a mistake.

He was just delayed by injuries...

2 Anterior cruciate ligament torn, 2 major surgeries, and many other minor injuries. No matter how talented the player is, it is difficult for him to recover from such injuries and return to his peak level.

Look at the long scalpel on your knees

You should know that Parker has one of the few healthy best seasons in the NBA (2016-17), and averaged 20.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. This is still very good at making such data 10 years ago.

At that time, he could still compete with the world-famous Antetokounmpo, the position of Bucks boss!

Parker averaged 13.8 points, 4 rebounds, 1.7 assists in the European League last season, with 12.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists in the Spanish League. He can contribute 20+

in a single game. This data is indeed a star-level player in the European League. Parker is worth it for this 2-year, 5 million high-paying contract.

I don't know if it's because of the ups and downs of the past few years. Jabbarri Parker, who is only 30 years old this year, looks so old.