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Player breakdowns: Bulls’ Wendell Carter Jr. wants a position change

Wendell Carter Jr. is a power forward.

Unfortunately for the second-year Bulls big man, he is asked to dwell in a residency occupied by centers.

Carter’s hope? It’s just a rental property.

“Absolutely,’’ Carter said to the Sun-Times earlier this month, when asked if he would talk to his bosses about a possible position change when this regular season eventually comes to an end. “Coach [Jim Boylen] understands that I’m a great defender no matter who I’m guarding, but he also understands that one of the reasons we’re in the black is because of my size, because I’m not as tall.