On Monday night, Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Milwaukee Bucks to a 107-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.Scoring 31 points on 10-of-22 shooting with a 10-for-10 showing from the free throw line, the Greek Freak added a ridiculous 18 rebounds, six assists and a block in 36 dominant minutes.Although the Bucks are now undoubtedly Antetokounmpo's team, it wasn't too long ago that Jabari Parker was the face of the future.As the No. 2 pick in the 2014 Draft, Parker's early career has been riddled with injuries and he's missed the entire 2017-2018 campaign after suffering his second torn ACL in his left knee last February.After rehabbing and recently getting back out on the practice floor, the Bucks have finally set a return date for the talented forward who averaged career-highs in points per game (20.1), rebounds per game (6.2) and minutes per game (33.9) last season.On Friday, Parker will return in front of the home crowd at the BMO Harris Bradley Center when the Bucks play host to the New York Knicks.

"Jabari has worked extremely hard with our medical, performance and coaching staffs to get to this point," general manager Jon Horst said in a statement released by the Bucks on Monday. "He's passed all the tests and been cleared to return by our team physician Dr. William Raasch of the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network. Just as important, Jabari feels ready to play and we're excited for his return to game action on Friday."

The team has been impressed with Parker's recovery time the second time around.

“He progressed really quickly in the early phases of his rehab, which is really nice," Bucks director of performance Troy Flanagan told Matt Velazquez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "In the first ACL rehab, he had a fair bit of patellar tendinitis which slowed the whole thing down a little bit even though he did come back reasonably early. We saw a great progression early in this rehab that allowed us to really capitalize on his fitness."

Therefore, it seems as though he benefitted from having suffered the same injury before. Flanagan made it clear that Parker would not be held on a minutes limit for long, either.

"He’s faster than he’s ever been, he’s stronger than he’s ever been and he’s leaner than he’s ever been. I’m really happy with how he’s come back and his fitness levels. He’ll still need a little bit more game fitness, but we spent the past six weeks trying to give him as much game play as we possibly could. He’ll progress up in minutes fairly quickly," Flanagan said.

Joining Eric Bledsoe, Malcolm Brogdon, Khris Middleton and Antetokounmpo, Parker will be part of one of the most talented teams in the Eastern Conference (on paper) and should be a key factor in making a push come playoff time.