Chandler Parsons

DeAndre Jordan is changing his mind again. No, he’s not trying to renege on his deal with the Los Angeles Clippers. But he is leaving his agents at Relativity Sports following a controversial free-agency process in which he almost spurned the Clippers for the Dallas Mavericks. Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times first broke [...]

It’s been almost a week since DeAndre Jordan’s infamous free-agent flip-flop, which means it’s time for all the behind-the-scenes rub to come out. On Monday, Tim MacMahon and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com published a fabulous in-depth analysis of what went down between Jordan, the Dallas Mavericks, the Los Angeles Clippers and DJ’s agents last week. [...]

In case you were wondering, no, Chandler Parsons and DeAndre Jordan are not okay after the latter spurned the Dallas Mavericks for the Los Angeles Clippers. Jordan agreed to join the Mavs, then flip-flopped, leaving Mark Cuban’s team in shambles. They have cap space but no one to spend it on. Roy Hibbert has already [...]

DeAndre Jordan is a baaaaaaaaaad man. After agreeing to sign with Mark Cuban’s Dallas Mavericks, the rebounding and shot-blocking machine flip-flopped on his decision Wednesday, just before the NBA’s free-agency moratorium ended, electing instead to re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers. Things got weird and funny and ridiculous in the hours leading up to midnight, [...]

So much for the first-round series between the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks being an actual competition. After Tuesday night’s 111-99 loss at Toyota Center, the Mavericks now find themselves in a 2-0 series hole, with little hope of extending their NBA playoff push into the second round. Make that no hope. Nothing the Mavericks [...]

In 2013, DeAndre Jordan talked about his need improve and added, “I know that defensively it starts with me down there.” At the time, Jordan averaged 1.4 blocks per game and 0.6 steals. Today, Jordan had taken his defensive game to a new level, blocking 2.4 shots per game and grabbing 0.9 spg. On the [...]

As the 2014-2015 NBA season gets underway, everyone already wants to know how it will end. Will the San Antonio Spurs repeat? Will Cleveland finally win one? When will big market franchises in the basement (Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, and the Philadelphia 76ers) return to contention? Back on top, the Spurs [...]

Retaining Kawhi Leonard won’t come cheap for the San Antonio Spurs. Entering his fourth season, 2014 NBA Finals MVP is up for a contract extension, and talks are going almost nowhere, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski: As Kawhi Leonard holds firm on his desire for a maximum contract, extension talks with the San Antonio [...]

Hindsight is usually 20/20. At the moment it’s more like 200/20. In a lengthy—and fabulous–piece that detailed how the Dallas Mavericks stole Chandler Parsons from the Houston Rockets, ESPN.com’s Marc Stein dropped a few rumor missiles. One such rumor alleges Kyrie Irving recruited Parsons to play for the Cavaliers, and that the latter eventually became [...]

Those still looking to hand out blame for the Houston Rockets’ ambitiously abysmal summer aren’t going to be happy. Their job just got a lot harder. And weirder. Initially, the vision was pair to Dwight Howard and James Harden with another superstar, be it Chris Bosh or Carmelo Anthony, while retaining Chandler Parsons. That didn’t [...]