David Haugh: Jabari Parker's edge makes homecoming more pragmatic than romantic
by David Haugh, Chicago Tribune
Jul 18, 2018
3 minutes
CHICAGO - A young Jabari Parker routinely spent days after school at the James R. Jordan Boys & Girls Club where his dad, Sonny, worked, playing basketball on a court with the Bulls logo and dreaming of representing his hometown team.
"It was like our United Center," Parker said Wednesday at the arena's atrium during a news conference welcoming him back to Chicago.
Sonny laughed recalling that innocent time in his son's life. A family friend remembered somebody referring to Jabari as the Jordan Center's mascot because he
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