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    ’TIL I GET THERE

    Feb 07, 2020 3 minutes
    WORDS DEMARCO WILLIAMS

    THIS JABARI Parker story begins where so many other Jabari Parker stories have started over the past five years—at a training facility. We’re at Atlanta’s Emory Sports Medicine Complex, a state-of-theart building that includes the Hawks’ practice facilities.

    Local sports media members are huddled in a room, patiently waiting on practice to end so they can ask their questions of the day. After some time, an ESPN alert pops up on the phone: “Jabari Parker out at least 2 weeks. Hawks forward underwent a nonsurgical

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