Former NBA small forward Chandler Parsons officially announced his retirement on Tuesday in an Instagram post. He confirmed The Athletic's Shams Charania's Tweet that he was retiring after settling a lawsuit from career-ending injuries caused by a January 2020 car accident, per her Instagram story.
“Man, I don't even know where to begin... It's been a crazy last couple years and has put a lot of things in perspective,” Parsons wrote. “I've had so many ups and downs and thankful for every single one of them. My entire life all I wanted to be was an NBA player. I didn't even realize, or think what came with that, I just wanted to compete and play basketball at the highest level. I can proudly say, I did THAT!”
Parsons “suffered multiple severe and permanent injuries including a traumatic brain injury, disc herniation and a torn labrum,” according to his attorneys in a January 2020 statement. The three-car crash in Atlanta was caused by a person who was charged with DUI.
