Chandler Parsons--How did this guy ever warrant $22,116,750/yr???

Teams in the NBA need to accept that they either can or can't win the conference. Signing free agents is done only to sell jerseys/tickets.

The Spurs signing Aldridge is great, but they aren't beating the Cavs and Warriors in the same postseason because of his addition.

So glad the Rockets didn't get tied to Bosh and Parsons during that offseason, which would've been seen as a huge win at the time but was instead seen as a huge loss. Crazy how things can pan out.

He's had some serious knee problems the past several years. He's had several surgeries I believe.

He was a good player and only getting better but the injuries really destroyed his game.

When he was with the Rockets, there were legitimate arguments as to who was the better player, Chandler Parsons or Kawhi Leonard. That sounds silly now, but they were both improving at similar rates until Parsons had career-altering injuries.

A few things--

$22M is not a marquee rate. That's a 2nd option rate in the modern NBA, under the new CBA. Its taking a little while for him to fall back out of the Top 15 in salary, but he's likely to slide into the 20s or 30s this year, and even farther beyond it, if he plays to the end of this contract.

What they saw, was a guy who was a 15-16 point a game scorer when healthy, who could give you 30 productive minutes without killing you defensively, and who was entering his age prime.

Parsons has yet to recover fully to be the player he was, or the player his first five or so seasons indicated he might become. It is extremely unlikely he ever will- but this isn't a huge huge reach, salary structure wise. Its just a medium risk bet that didn't pan out.

when the cap goes up like it has, you have to give bad contracts out.

NFL players were crying about the horrible, huge deals, 7th men,8th men were getting, because teams had to get to the cap floor.

At least that $22 million/year is getting him this: