Bucks forward Jabari Parker has been medically cleared to play and is scheduled to make his season debut Friday, the team tweets.
Parker has made steady progress throughout the season to get to this point. He suffered the second ACL tear of his career last February.
Parker was expected back before the All-Star break and this confirms the timetable. “Within these couple weeks. I think it’s in the air for now,” Parker told the Associated Press last week.
There’s the Bucks mid-season trade.
Oh please basketball gods, be kind to his knee.
Starting the clock on his knee. Currently at 0 days without a workplace injury.