Chandler Parsons is the greatest thief in the history of the NBA. He signed a 4-year max contract with the Memphis Grizzlies and hasn’t stayed healthy since. The Mavericks let him walk because of this and the Grizzlies became victims of his theft. Now on the Hawks, since the Grizzlies traded him, Chandler Parsons has barely played despite claiming he is healthy. It also sucks because Trae Young is jealous of Luka Doncic and all the help he gets and Chandler Parsons isn’t even playing all that much.
Chandler Parsons, via Bryan Kalbrosky of HoopsHype:
It sucks. It really sucks. Obviously, I want to play. I want to help. I’m healthy and I’m in a contract year, so I want to show the team that I’m healthy and I can play and I can definitely help this team win. But at the same time, I understand the objective here and I understand the operation and knowing that development, so I’m just staying ready.
I’m the most healthy I’ve been in a long time. I’ve just got to sustain that and keep managing it. My knees feel great, my body feels great. Hopefully, it’s just a blessing in disguise that I’m not playing now and I’ll be ready.
I think anybody with a brain in my situation would have taken the contract. It’s funny. People that are hating on it, if they were in my shoes or if their son was in my shoes, they would have told them to do the same thing. Right? Should I have predicted that I was going to be hurt and took less or took half the money? That’s psychotic.
I think just to get on a team next year, on a financial friendly deal, it changes the whole look of you to the fans as well as the media and everything. You see a lot of guys that do that. Dwight Howard on a max deal was awful. Dwight on an interim deal is phenomenal. Someone like Andre Iguodala, when he goes to say, the Lakers for minimum, he’s going to be this huge value and people are going to love him. That’s just how it goes
He has a point. Who in their right mind wouldn’t take that money? Now he has made his money, enough for a lifetime, and is focusing on basketball. He says he feels great and is ready to go. I’m sure teams will be reluctant to take him on a big salary, but on the veteran’s minimum, he might have a chance yet.
