Some time ago, Parsons posted in the social media, announcing the news of his retirement, in fact, there is no news of him in the league, many people seem to have forgotten the existence of "rich and handsome", his biggest dream in life is to become an NBA player, he did it. With the announcement of the retirement, a cooperation between Parsons and Anta has also been mentioned again, and this article will talk about the player and a not-so-long "journey" with ANTA.
NBA "rich and handsome"
Parsons' career can be summed up in several stages, the first stage is when he first entered the league, which will be his low salary and high energy, the ability to pay tens of millions of dollars in quotations of $930,000; the second stage is in the Mavericks period, before receiving the first surgery, his data is OK, and the operation has also turned his life; the third stage is in the Grizzlies and Eagles, he did not play much, but he "lay down and made money."
Parsons first entered the league, in the second round of the 38th pick was selected by the Houston Rockets, the rookie season played a good performance, and then Jeremy Lin joined the Rockets, as the Chinese face of the NBA, coupled with the Chinese attributes of the Rockets, everyone pays more attention to this "rich coach", that will be the Rockets have Harden, Asik and others, it is indeed OK.
In the first three years of the Rockets, Parsons struggled to make 2.7 million and played his own value, and in the next six years, he made 124 million yuan by laying around the Mavericks, Grizzlies and Eagles. In the first three years of the NBA, Parsons was really strong, and against the Grizzlies, 10 three-pointers in the halftime have not been broken, and against the Jazz, 20 points at half-time, 19 points to reverse the win, these are impressive. Parsons has a super projection ability, runs very actively, and has a very high basketball IQ.
Why do people call him "rich and handsome"? Because people are the embodiment of these three words, two meters and six meters tall, handsome, in Hollywood can be compared with the actors to the degree of handsome, is one of the few people in the NBA who is extremely handsome, at the same time, Parsons is also very rich, played 9 seasons in the league, a total of 440 games, a total of 127 million US dollars.
Strong business ability, handsome, and "banknote ability", Parsons in the off-site news is naturally indispensable, he is on top of the name of "rich and handsome", 8 years to make 10 girlfriends, there are Victoria's Secret supermodels, there are actresses, there are stars of the second generation, the name of the girlfriend is well-known, the figure is also quite powerful, in order to avoid everyone's attention transfer, interested can go to search for the rich and handsome girlfriends.
Hand in hand with Chinese brands
In 2014, parsons and Chinese brand ANTA held hands, at that time the "rich and handsome" is in the rising stage, at this time ANTA also changed its strategy, began to invest a huge amount of capital, trying to rely on these to pull sales, at that time ANTA has KG Garnett, Rondo, Scola three players, counting Parsons, the lineup has been very strong, the street Anta shop are playing these people advertising, dog brother also remembers that they formed a team, called "strength is priceless".
Although the battle is particularly large, but a look at the product is nothing, but this is the situation of Anta that year, the brand also cooperated with the NBA official, many of Anta's basketball shoes are printed with the NBA logo, but the product is still difficult to say. Image credit: BiNG-Carpenter
After signing Parsons, he got on a pair of Anta shoes, some people say that this is a generation of signature shoes, but the dog brother feels too perfunctory, you can see the figure of this pair of shoes in many places at that time, the midsole has been used for many years, the front paw is cushioning glue technology, you think it covers the forefoot? Wrong, just the technology of the trim, the upper is made of hot melt material, which is the style of Nike, and ANTA will follow.
By the way, Parsons' logo is very perfunctory, combined with "CP", presenting the word "25", representing his nickname "CP25", without any sense of design to speak of, too perfunctory. After the 2nd generation signature shoe player version and the commercial version are two styles, the player version is very good-looking, the dog brother was once very obsessed with him, but after finding the commercial version of ANTA, the heart was cold.
The design idea is similar, but in fact it is different everywhere, the player version of the upper is composed of fabric mesh and leather, which is more layered, and the lace hole position is worn by the flying wire structure, which looks very beautiful. The midsole is thinner, the outer side of the forefoot has an anti-rollover design, and the heel is relatively thick, which makes parsons feel very handsome. The commercial version can be regarded as the TD version of the player version, the shoe type is not the same, using a hot melt material upper, the texture is particularly poor.
In terms of midsole, the feeling is made of a piece of integrated molding EVA, there is no sense of design to speak of, brother dog remembers that there is a version of sneakers, is with straps, the idea is very good, but the texture is too poor, Anta holds a handful of NBA players, made a variety of star shoes, but the design is very poor, feel that they really did not play clearly.
There was also a small episode in 2015, Parsons refused to wear the sneakers provided by ANTA on the grounds of shoe design, and So did Thompson, who would wear the AJ10 generation.
After the "rich and handsome" also did not have signed shoes, Anta's strategy was adjusted again, he began to wear KT1 generation, these PE styles should have seen fewer people. Parsons and ANTA cooperation, can be said to be a more reasonable situation, at that time ANTA needs traffic, spokesperson, and Parsons need money, need to sign shoes, although the product is very bad, but can give these, may only BE ANTA.
Encounter a life twist
The journey of the "rich and handsome" in the NBA is very interesting, and many people have condensed the entire career with his name: money is gained, afraid of things. On April 23, 2015, Parsons of the Mavericks was determined to miss all the remaining games of the 2014-15 season due to a knee injury, and in 2016, he underwent arthroscopic surgery, after which he missed all the remaining games of the season, which was a turning point in his career.
After the operation, Parsons jumped out of the contract, just in time for 2016, when the contract soared, and the Grizzlies signed him with 4 years and 94.89 million US dollars in order to "rush the championship", but it is clear that after the return of injury, Parsons never returned to the peak state, and the first season was reimbursed for surgery.
In 2019, Parsons joined the Eagles, he said that his body recovered well, but after playing, he could only get the data of averaging 2.8 points per game, shooting less than 30 percent, and on December 28, 2019, it should be his last appearance in the NBA, 4 shots 0, no points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is no longer suitable for this high-intensity NBA, but the last rice that crushed him was the serious car accident that struck him on January 16, 2020, when his car was hit by a drunken driver and suffered multiple serious and permanent injuries, including traumatic brain injuries, disc herniation and cleft lip.
After that, he did not give up his comeback, but all failed, and finally, the case was closed, he received a huge compensation, his daughter was outstanding, the focus of his life shifted, and in January 2022, Gao Fushuai announced his retirement on personal social media.
As he put it: "I just want to play at the highest level of play. I can proudly say that I did it! Although my career is not perfect, it is still an interesting experience... "The family has a wife, a baby daughter in my arms, the dream of my youth has been fulfilled, the money is enough for myself and my family, and I have a handsome face, and this is how the winner of life is like this."
Blessings, Chandler Parsons.