Jabari Parker's decision to sign with the Bulls this offseason was about much more than basketball.
The Chicago native is proud of his city, how it shaped him and his plan to contribute to the betterment of the areas in desparate need of it.
That much was made clear in an article Parker penned for The Players Tribune, in which he goes into detail of what his hometown means to him.
Parker touches on growing up on basketball black tops, wearing his first pair of Jordans (IIIs), idolizing Michael and Scottie and Kukoc and Paxson, listening to Common and Chance, watching President Obama and his family arrive at Grant Park in November 2008, and the terrifying violence plaguing the city.