Chandler Parsons on agent Dan Fegan negotiating with Rockets: ‘Instead of making 920K I got bumped to a max and we got Dwight Howard’

Chandler Parsons on getting a max contract: I was a second round pick. I had a four year deal, but the fourth year was a team option. And at this point, I’m starting. I’m averaging 17 points a game, like, I’m going! And my agent said they were going to pick up the fourth year. Why wouldn’t they? You’re owed like 920 grand or whatever, and it was just a huge bargain for them. I ended up hiring Dan Fegan, rest in peace. The only reason I did it is because he said ‘I can get you out of that fourth year’. He went to the GM and he went to the owner and said, ‘I’ll get you Dwight Howard, but you’re not picking up Chandler Parsons’ contract.’ So instead of making 920K I got bumped to a max and we got Dwight Howard. It was the most gangster move I’ve ever seen. It was nuts! They said ‘agents get you paid, Dan Fegan got you overpaid.’
Source: Apple Podcasts

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Kyle Goon @kylegoon
Obviously with Dwight out, the Lakers were going to stay small tonight. Sixth time this starting lineup has played together, which is more than any Lakers starting lineup this year. pic.twitter.com/ZX9o50dA1C – 10:02 PM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Without Dwight Howard, and LeBron still a question mark, chances are Wenyen Gabriel will see more minutes, with LAL having few frontcourt options.
Vogel: “He has a compelling skillset. Very athletic and long, and can make plays defensively … he (can also) shoot the three.” – 8:49 PM

Eric Koreen @ekoreen
LeBron James is a “true gametime decision” according to Frank Vogel. No Dwight. – 8:46 PM

Bill Oram @billoram
No Dwight Howard tonight, as you likely know by now, due to a family emergency. He hopes to rejoin the Lakers on their upcoming four-game trip which starts Wednesday in Minnesota. – 8:42 PM

Dave McMenamin @mcten
Dwight Howard will be inactive tonight because of a “family emergency,” per the Lakers. Howard hopes to rejoin the team on their upcoming four-game road trip, per a Lakers spokesman. – 8:41 PM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Dwight Howard is inactive tonight due to a family emergency. He’s hoping to join the team on their coming 4-game trip for which they leave tomorrow. – 8:41 PM

Kyle Goon @kylegoon
Dwight Howard is inactive tonight against the Raptors due to a family emergency, the Lakers say. He hopes to rejoin the team on the upcoming road trip. – 8:40 PM

Bill Oram @billoram
Dwight Howard starts the second half for Stanley Johnson. – 10:28 PM

Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
The Lakers’ defensive issues are to some degree baked into the cake, particularly when it comes to giving up size. But the Lakers can’t have a lineup with Dwight and Bradley, but without LeBron or Russ to orchestrate offense. Disaster waiting to happen. AK – 10:06 PM

Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Pistons at Celtics – TD Garden – March 13, 2022 – Starting Lineups
Boston – Smart, Brown, Tatum, Horford, R. Williams
Dallas – Luka Doncic, Jalen Brunson, Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, Dwight Powell
OUT: Boston: Nesmith Dallas: Reggie Bullock, Marquese Chriss pic.twitter.com/KYdubHMsWH – 3:04 PM

Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Celtics starters today:
Robert Williams
Al Horford
Jayson Tatum
Jaylen Brown
Marcus Smart
Mavericks starters:
Dwight Powell
Dorian Finney-Smith
Spencer Dinwiddie
Jalen Brunson
Luka Doncic – 3:02 PM

Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
I wrote about Dwight Powell getting hit in the face. All the time.
He’s top 6 in shooting % for regular rotation players, but does he also lead the NBA in facial fouls?
The Mavs say yes — and so does DP’s middle right incisor tooth. dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 2:40 PM

Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
📅 On this day in 2013, the @Los Angeles Lakers Dwight Howard tied his own NBA record with 39 FTA in a 106-97 win over the Magic.
Howard made a career-high and franchise-record 25 free throws, although the latter mark was later surpassed by Anthony Davis (26). pic.twitter.com/vk86eowZfH – 2:01 PM

More on this storyline

Chandler Parsons: I was on my rookie deal and I was a restricted free agent. So this was actually when we brought Dwight and we did the deal. Basically Mark Cuban came in and he gave me a crazy max deal with a no-trade clause, a player option in the last year… As a restricted free agent, you kind of have to do that to get the team not to match. At the time I loved playing with James Harden, I loved playing with Kevin McHale and Dwight and I just thought you know what? Dallas… Dirk Nowitzki is my favorite player of all time. They got Monta Ellis. Everyone who plays with Rick Carlisle with this crazy offense, pick and roll, threes… as a shooter I couldn’t think of a better offense and I accepted the offer and Houston didn’t match. It was awesome. I love Dallas. -via Apple Podcasts / March 15, 2022

Chandler Parsons on signing max deal with Memphis Grizzlies: I was all in on Portland. I was like, we can cancel the Memphis offer, I’m going to Portland and play with Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum… this is great. Then JB Bickerstaff and David Fizdale, who are my family, they had just gotten the head coaching job at Memphis and I said let’s just take the meeting. And also they had Marc Gasol, Mike Conley, Zach Randolph… They had a squad too. So we’re at Dan Fegan’s house in the Memphis meeting. And I see Fegan is getting red and kind of getting weird. Then five minutes later he says ‘hey, let’s take a break’. We’ll meet back up in five, and he’s like ‘CP come here’. I go to his room with him and he’s like ‘you’re going to Memphis’. And I’m like, what do you mean? And he goes ‘Portland is going to give you a physical and because of Greg Oden and Brandon Roy’s injury history, you might not pass. Trust me, if you do that and they red-flag you you’re taking a minimum deal and you’re smoked out that 95 million’. I was on Zillow looking at houses in Portland! Then I go back in there and I… Oscar performance [laughs] I go back in there… ‘Listen guys, I’ve never been more sure about something in my life. Grit and grind till the day I die [laughs]. I’m in!’ That was just another damn Fegan crazy story. That was nuts. This man did it again. -via Apple Podcasts / March 15, 2022