Partizan terminates Jabari Parker's contract

Partizan has officially ended the one-and-a-half-year Jabari Parker chapter. The American player, transferred last season with great expectations, fell far short of them under Zeljko Obradovic. New head coach Joan Penarroya also did not want to include Parker in the squad despite his high cost.

Parker spent the second half of last season on loan at Joventut Badalona. This season, he did not play a single minute for Partizan. After lengthy negotiations, the player agreed to terminate his existing contract.

Club President Ostoja Mijailovic stressed the importance of easing the financial burden in his statement on the termination process. Mijailovic said Parker had the club's highest-ever contract, so finding a solution was the club's responsibility. He reported that the full salary from last season was paid as 3 million 100 thousand dollars gross.

Mijailovic said it was agreed that roughly 50 percent of the contract would be paid for this season, and that the total payment for the two years came to slightly less than 5 million dollars gross. He also emphasized that this amount is a very large fee for the club.