Former Bull and Chicago native Jabari Parker reportedly on way to Kings

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Jabari Parker is once again on the move.

According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Hawks and Kings have agreed on a deal that will send Parker and Alex Len to Sacramento and Dewayne Dedmon to Atlanta.

Wojnarowski later added that the Kings will throw in multiple second round picks to help facilitate the deal (yikes).

Parker signed a rather lucrative two-year, $40 million with the Bulls before the 2018-19 season (with the second year being a team option), fell out of the team's rotation in December and was subsequently dealt at the 2019 deadline in the trade that brought Otto Porter Jr. to Chicago.

Though he was enjoying something of a bounceback campaign in Atlanta — averaging 15 points and 6 rebounds per game on 50.4% shooting — Parker hasn't played since Jan. 3 with a shoulder impingement. With the trade, he joins his fourth team in the past two seasons.

And before you ask: The Bulls have already faced the Kings twice this season (splitting the series 1-1), so, at least for now, no Parker revenge matchups are imminently in store.

Also of note is that this deal ends the drawn out Dedmon saga in Sacramento. Dedmon developed a bad case of signee's remorse early on in his tenure with the Kings, publicly demanding a trade back in December after signing a three-year, $40 million last offseason. He now returns to the team he played with in 2018-19 in Atlanta and joins the newly-acquired Clint Capela in the Hawks' burgeoning center rotation.

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