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Report: Duke’s Jabari Parker will make 2014 NBA Draft decision on Wednesday

Jabari Parker, Rakeem Christmas

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Duke freshman forward Jabari Parker was honored with the Wayman Tisdale Award as college basketball’s top freshman on Monday, but the 6-foot-8 forward will also decide on his future this week, according to a report from the AP.

Parker -- in Oklahoma City to accept the Tisdale Award -- told the AP on Monday that he’ll meet with Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski on Tuesday when he returns to Durham and the two will discuss the All-American’s future.

After the discussion, Parker will make a decision on Wednesday whether to enter the 2014 NBA Draft or return for his sophomore season at Duke. Parker will look for the place “where he can grow the most,” according to the AP story.

“I don’t know where that is right now,” Parker said on Monday. “I’ll talk to coach about it and lay out my options, but I’m just really glad I get the best of both worlds.”

The forward led Duke in scoring and rebounding during the 2013-14 season as Parker averaged 19.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 47 percent from the field and 35 percent from the three-point line.

Although Parker is considered a likely top-three pick by many NBA Draft experts, the freshman has an interesting decision for next season with Duke bringing in four more McDonald’s All-Americans for the 2014-15 season, including one of the nation’s top point guards in Tyus Jones and Rivals.com’s No. 1 player overall in center and fellow Chicago native Jahlil Okafor.

While Parker will make his NBA Draft decision on Wednesday, there is no scheduled announcement to make that knowledge public at this time.

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