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NBA Scouts Like Parker, Not Overly Impressed With Wiggins

But Joel Embiid is the clear standout, with comparisons to Hakeem Olajuwon.

By JD King
GREENSBORO, NC - MARCH 16: Jabari Parker #1 of the Duke Blue Devils goes up for a shot against the Virginia Cavaliers during the finals of the 2014 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum on March 16, 2014 in Greensboro, North Carolina
GREENSBORO, NC - MARCH 16: Jabari Parker #1 of the Duke Blue Devils goes up for a shot against the Virginia Cavaliers during the finals of the 2014 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum on March 16, 2014 in Greensboro, North Carolina
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Grantland got some NBA scouts together to discuss the top players in the draft.

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The skinny: everyone loved Joel Embiid, if he's healthy (and apparently he is), generally saw Andrew Wiggins as unskilled and not particularly fierce, and were overall pretty pleased with Jabari Parker, although with reservations.

They also see Julius Randle as falling a bit.

Here's the thing about Parker which has sort of been lost in the discussion. He's been playing at about 240, but he's visibly, obviously not fully developed.

When Parker really invests in conditioning, if he dedicates himself as fully as say JJ Redick did when he remade his body, he's going to be a wrecking ball.

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