What are the biggest questions facing the Milwaukee Bucks following news of Jabari Parker‘s torn ACL?
There likely aren’t many scenarios more likely to induce panic in a franchise and a fanbase that was expected to be on a path to long-term glory, than a 21-year-old cornerstone suffering a second torn ACL to the same knee in the space of three seasons.
Unfortunately for the Milwaukee Bucks, that’s exactly where they find themselves after news of Jabari Parker’s injury was made official.
In a season that looked to have so much promise as the calendar changed over from 2016 to 2017, Milwaukee’s alarming slide in terms of results has now been accompanied by an even more jarring setback.
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Having waited until Wednesday for Khris Middleton to make his season debut due to injury, only to lose Parker for 12 months on the same night is a turn of events that just seems too cruel to be remotely plausible.
Now though for the Bucks, they’re faced with a whole host of major questions.
First of all, what do they do to stabilize and navigate through a season that was already proving to be challenging, and now seems virtually assured to end without a playoff trip?
Secondly, and of far greater significance, where does this leave the franchise’s long-term roster plans and what are the chances of seeing Parker playing at his best in the NBA again?
Let’s attempt to tackle these issues and more that have emerged in the aftermath of Jabari Parker’s heartbreaking knee injury.