Hall of Fame
Parker, one of the top all-around players to don a Braves' uniform, was the 1996 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year and remains the ninth-leading scorer in Bradley history with 1,683 career points.
During his junior season in 1995-96, Parker averaged 18.9 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks, while shooting 47-percent from the field, 42-percent from three-point range and 80-percent from the free throw line, making him the only player in the Valley to rank among the league's top-10 in eight different categories.
That same year he helped the Braves to a 1996 MVC regular-season championship and an at-large selection in the NCAA Tournament, where he made 8-of-10 3-point field goal attempts in a 34-point performance versus Stanford in a first-round game.
A native of Naperville, Ill., Parker missed the first nine games of his senior season in 1996-97 with a broken fifth metatarsal in his right foot, but despite the preseason injury, went on to become a first-round (21st overall) pick by the New Jersey Nets in the 1997 NBA Draft.
Injuries limited him to just 57 games in his first three years in the NBA with Philadelphia and Orlando, but found success in Europe where he was a three-time Israeli League Player of the Year (2004, 2005 and 2006) and a two-time Euroleague Finals MVP (2004 and 2005).
He returned to the NBA in 2006 and was one of the top shooters, perimeter defenders and league ambassadors the next six years with Toronto (2006-09) and Cleveland (2009-12).
In Parker's first year with the Cavaliers, he teamed with LeBron James as a starter for a Cleveland team that posted the top winning percentage during the 2009-10 NBA regular season.
In total, Parker played in 494 NBA games, including 423 starts, and averaged 9.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 27.8 minutes per game. He drained 40.4-percent of his career three-point field goal attempts and scored 4,717 regular-season and playoff points in his nine seasons.