Chandler Parsons, dubbed by fans as "money, afraid of anything", announced his retirement and finally kicked the NBA away. Previously, people always said that "Pa Shuai" was not in business, and his later choice made people feel that the NBA was more like his side business. Rising to the end, Parsons became a winner in life with his matchless charm. The NBA may just be a springboard for him, as evidenced by his self-proclaimed "excitement about turning the next chapter in his life." From then on, the accusations of the world will never hurt him in the slightest.
Parsons, 33, was born in Casselberry, Florida, on October 25, 1988. In his early years, Parsons attended Howell Lake High School in Winter Park, Florida, where he met his later college teammate and NBA player Nick Karasises. Led by them, the school reached the final four of the 5A state league three times and won the state championship in 2007. In his senior year, Parsons was also named to Florida's Best Team and was elected State League MVP with 30 points and 10 rebounds.
Parsons then chose the University of Florida in his hometown and became a member of billy Donovan's portfolio, where he played for four seasons.
Prior to Parsons' arrival, the University of Florida under current Bulls coach Donovan was a NCAA powerhouse. They won the 2006 NCAA championship and then all stayed behind, none of them in the 2006 NBA Draft, and won the NCAA championship in the 2006-07 season. At one point, the 2007 draft featured five University of Florida players who were selected at the same time. Some of that team's players later made a name for themselves in the NBA, such as Noah, Horford and "Company Commander" Corey Brewer.
Parsons was unlucky that he failed to make it to the 2007 University of Florida championship tour, adding a golden touch to his resume. After the breakup of that championship team, Parsons came to Donovan's side and played under him for 4 seasons. Maybe it affected his draft, but Parsons didn't regret it, saying that playing under Coach Donovan for 4 years gave him an advantage over the players who left early.
Under Donovan's tutelage, Parsons gradually rose. In his senior year, he averaged 11.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, shooting 48 percent from the field and 36.8 percent from three-point range. In addition, he led the University of Florida to the NCAA Championship for two consecutive years and reached the Elite Quarter-Finals during his senior season. He was named the SEC Best Player, the Division's Best Player, and was nominated for the All-American High School Team. Eventually, Parsons completed four years of schooling and earned a bachelor's degree in electronic communications from the University of Florida.
Perhaps considered to have limited potential to tap, Parsons dropped to the second round in the 2011 NBA Draft and was not selected by the Rockets with the 38th pick. The misfortune is that after the draft, he encountered another NBA shutdown. During this time, Parsons was involved in the French Basketball League.
After the shutdown, Parsons finally signed with the Rockets. In the rookie season, Parsons was eye-catching, he played 63 games and scored 57 starts, averaged 28.6 minutes per game, scored 9.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 steals, shooting 45.2% from the field and 33.7% from three-point range, and was selected as the best rookie second team, completely unlike a second-round pick.
The 2011 draft was also a unique one. The youngest talent (Irving) and the last rookie (Thomas Jr.) were later swapped, and most of the rookies of that year were gathered in the middle and low picks, and there were also outstanding players such as Parsons, Thomas Jr., Bojan Bogdanovic and Bertans in the second round of the show that year. Of the 11 players in the season's best rookie lineup (2 tied), 5 were outside the lotto zone.
In the following two seasons, Parsons' performance has soared, averaging 16.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.2 steals per game in the third season, shooting 47.2% from the field and 37% from three-point range. It was also that year that Parsons made a decision that affected his later career: signing the Lone Ranger on a contract totaling 46 million for 3 years, with the player option for the third year. After the Rockets refused to match, Parsons made his way to Dallas.
Statistically, Parsons has been consistent in his 2 seasons with the Lone Rangers, but this has actually become a watershed in his career. In the 2014-15 season, he missed several games with a succession of injuries to his left and right knees, and only played the first game in the first round of the series against his old club, the Rockets, before falling again. In the 2015-16 season, Parsons was reimbursed for the season due to meniscus surgery on his right knee. In 2 seasons with the Lone Rangers, Parsons played just 127 games.
In 2016, the offseason premium contract was full of contracts, and after Parsons jumped out of the contract, he also waited for the "wronged head" Grizzlies, and the team actually offered him a four-year 94 million fat contract. This completely brought the Grizzlies down and further off track for Parsons' career. In the three seasons of the Grizzlies, Parsons has only played 95 games, attendance is only 38.6%, and averages only 7.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, which is more like a second-round show than in previous seasons.
For most of the time, Parsons lingered on his bed, and gossip about him came and went. More and more people find that Parsons at this time has no heart for basketball, but is addicted to enjoyment. Eventually, the intolerable Grizzlies sent Parsons to the Eagles. After playing only five games here, a sudden car accident in early 2020 shattered Parsons' hopes of continuing his NBA career.
Looking back at Parsons' NBA career, the first half and the second half are so clearly distinguished, and the wind evaluation is also very different. Once he was a model of the second round of show counterattacks, he was later a representative of the "cancer contract", a typical example of not thinking of making progress, and was plagued by various negative news (in addition to the blossom side news, there were even rumors that he had more than the authority of general manager Nelson Jr. during his time as a lone ranger).
But from a human perspective alone, it seems that no one can blame Parsons' choice. He knows how to make full use of the benefits of idol status, but he is not a perfect idol; he has achieved a counterattack through his own efforts, but he has not carried it out to the end; he has not tried to please anyone, but only to be worthy of himself. Perhaps as Parsons said when he announced his retirement on Instagram, his career was "not perfect, but explosive." (Supine Braces/Hairy)