Yeah but people don't say that very often, whereas it's the go to "joke" for a ton of white players. Meyers gets it all the time, I've seen several mentions of Layman being good looking and we only drafted him a week ago, and now Parsons. Maybe I just don't notice when people say it about black players but I'm pretty certain it's disproportionate.
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/05/02/report-chandler-parsons-to-opt-out-of-mavericks-contract/ Chandler Parsons has a player option on what was nearly a max contract when he signed it in 2014. He’s coming off his worst season since his rookie year. And he missed the end of the season with troubling knee issues. Would he really opt out? Welcome to 2016 NBA free agency. Eddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News: Chandler Parsons already has said he will exercise his option to become a free agent this summer. Parsons’ player option is worth $16,023,000. His max salary in free agency will be more than $20 million. With the salary cap skyrocketing to about $92 million and so many players locked into low old-money contracts, this summer will be a spending bonanza. So many teams will have cap room, Parsons will almost certainly get a raise. In fact, he’ll probably get a max contract. His knee presents a risks, but at age 27, Parsons will probably convince a team shut out of better free agents to take a risk. His window for being healthy and productive is still open, and he started playing well before getting hurt. The Mavericks could keep Parsons, though him opting out provides flexibility to explore the market. Justin Anderson‘s ability to handle an increased role as the season progressed also provides cover for letting Parsons walk. Dallas projects to have about $24 million in cap space (counting cap holds for Chandler Parsons, Deron Williams and Dwight Powell). In other words, the Mavericks could spend that $24 million then exceed the cap to re-sign Williams, Parsons and/or Powell. Renouncing Parsons ($19,969,950 cap hold), Williams ($6,454,769 cap hold) and/or Powell ($1,180,431 cap hold) could give Dallas even more space to chase stars. Expect the Mavericks to keep one foot in pitching Parsons to return, the other in looking for upgrades. Even if Dallas doesn’t work out, Parsons should have options elsewhere – unless his knee causes major concern in physicals. That’s the risk here, but you hope he got proper medical evaluations before making this decision. Tags: Chandler Parsons, Deron Williams, Dwight Powell, Justin Anderson
It's probably because we're mostly white here. Also, pretty-boy players tend to be white, and tend to be middling players, so you focus more on the fact that they have Beiber hair or whatever.
Food for thought here with Chris Haynes. Dude got absolutely played like a fiddle when he was in POR by agents. He had no filter when mentioning rumors on twitter. I'd be weary of trusting him much
Honestly, I'm not too stoked on the Parsons news. But then I typically am not stoked on Olshey's initial plan.
I think we get some medical experts who know what the fuck they are doing to look at his knee. Parson is a High Risk High Reward FA I admit i was not high on him until a few of you were talking about him as a possible FA. But before he got hurt he was really playing well. Carrying the team for a while. I didn't think he would leave Dallas, but if we have a shot, I would go for it. As long as his knees checked out.
From all the stuff that's coming out, 16-18 is Bazemore and Crabbe range. Parsons is better than those guys
