While the Bulls paying Jabari Parker a significant amount of money to then force him to play out of position had little chance of ever succeeding, one would’ve guessed the team would at least try to make it work.
In the opening months of the season, then head coach Fred Hoiberg had little interest in a trial of Parker at small forward. However, as a silver lining to the injury-ravaged lineup without Lauri Markkanen and Bobby Portis, Parker was allowed to settle into his natural position at the four.
Now, however, with both Markkanen and Portis back in the rotation and splitting minutes at power forward, current coach Jim Boylen has refused to even entertain the notion of using Parker.