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Jabari Parker’s time in Europe has changed the way he views the game. With Barcelona, he averaged 12.4 points across 39 EuroLeague games last season, thriving in the competition’s toughness.

“I think it’s not soft, right? European basketball is way more physical, and I’m used to playing that way, being from Chicago,” the 30-year-old power forward explained.

“We don’t call fouls, but out here, they don’t call the ticky-tack fouls. It reminds me kind of of the ’90s, you know? The flagrant fouls, you get some hard fouls, too. So I think it’s just all for competition. It’s a great thing.”

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