If you were asked to be a player in the NBA, who would you choose to be? Is it to become the first person in the ages like Jordan, or to become a contemporary GOAT like James. Of course, there will also be people who want to be Parsons, a complete winner in life.
Today Chandler Parsons officially announced his retirement on social media, a familiar but very unfamiliar name that has been out of our sight for more than two years.
The last time Parsons played was on December 28, 2019, when he played for the Hawks with 1 rebound and 1 assist, and did not score on 0-of-4 shooting. Then he suffered a serious car accident on January 16, 2020.
In that crash, his vehicle was hit by a drunk driver's car, and Parsons suffered multiple permanent injuries, including traumatic brain injuries, herniated discs and lacerations of the lips. At that time, there was news that he might not be able to come back, and he did not play a game again.
Fortunately, the crash did not put Parsons' lives at risk, and he was also paid a huge amount of compensation in the crash. Today Parsons wrote on social media:
"The last few years have been crazy and I've revisited a lot of things. I've been through so many ups and downs and I'm grateful for every one of them. The only thing I want to do in my life is to be an NBA player. I just want to play at the highest level of play. I can proudly say that I did it! ”
Parsons did, entering the league in 2011 as second-round No. 38 pick, and starting his career with the Rockets was lucky enough for a second-round pick, especially with the Rockets, who were full of opportunities in those years.
Parsons averaged 9.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in his rookie season, showing a good point of action, which is enough for a second-round show to keep him in the league.
By the third year, Parsons was able to cut down 16.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 47 percent from the field and 37 percent from three-point range. Entering the free market with such data, Parsons' first big contract followed.
The Mavericks, who were still calling the Mavericks at the time, offered him a three-year, $46.08 million contract, and the Rockets ultimately had no choice to match and let Parsons go. In the Lone Rangers, Parsons played for two years, played a total of 127 games, and the attendance was OK.
Parsons averaged about 15 points per game on the Lone Ranger, but suffered a knee injury and a meniscus surgery in two years, which cast a shadow over his career and did not dissipate until his retirement.
In 2016, Parsons, who had just finished meniscus repair surgery, unexpectedly jumped out of his final year of contract. As we all know, the summer of 2016 was a time of garbage contracts, and Parsons just caught up with this wave of benefits.
The Grizzlies gave him a four-year sky-high contract worth $94.8 million, and then half a year later Parsons completely cut off the meniscus season reimbursement. The contract was probably the worst signing in Grizzlies' history, and there wasn't one.
In his three seasons with the Grizzlies, Parsons played just 34, 36 and 25 games. In his fourth season, Parsons, who had turned into an expiring contract, was finally traded by the Grizzlies to the Hawks, and then he played the last four games of his career.
Throughout Parsons' career, basically half of his time has been spent recuperating from injuries. However, recuperating from the wounds and not delaying Parsons changing beautiful girlfriends one after another, it is also because of this that Parsons has a nickname of "money is gained, afraid of anything".
He played in 440 games with the Rockets, Lone Rangers, Grizzlies and Hawks, averaging 12.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Throughout his NBA career, Parsons made a total of $127 million.
In the rocket's first three years, Parsons played a total of 213 games and paid a total of $2.67 million. He then played 227 games and earned $124.5 million.
Everyone used to mock Parsons, but who wouldn't want to be Parsons?