Jabari Parker has never been afraid of Derrick Rose's shadow. He has embraced it on every step of his basketball life. As he gets set to join the Chicago Bulls, the team Rose led back to prominence earlier in the decade, the parallels between the two proud South Side natives will only intensify. To Parker, the comparisons to Rose are a blessing, not a curse.
"He's still a hero for a lot of people, including myself," Parker told ESPN.com a few months ago. "And his legacy is gonna be, it's going to be with the tops and historically with the best no matter what.