Chandler Parsons is an American basketball player born in October of 1988 in Casselberry, Florida, United States.
He went to Lake Howell High School and after graduating, he attended Florida University.
In 2011, Persons was named SEC Player of the Year, won Florida’s Class 5a state basketball title and was named first team All-SEC as well as an AP All-American honorable mention.
His net worth is $60 million, the 6’10” tall professional basketball player having made $130 million in salary throughout his first decade playing in the NBA as well.
In the 2011 NBA Draft, Parsons was selected the 38th overall pick by the Houston Rockets but that was not his overall debut as he started his career in France before joining the Rockets that year.
He went on to play for the Dallas Mavericks for 4 seasons before joining the Memphis Grizzlies in 2016.
In 2012, he was selected to the All-Rookie Second Team.
In 2014, he signed a $46 million, three years long agreement with the Mavericks.
That being said, between June of 2017 and June of 2018, Parsons earned no less than $24 million including his paycheck and endorsements, making him one of the highest paid basketball players on the planet.
Shortly after joining the Atlanta Hawks at the beginning of 2020, however, the sportsman was rear-ended by a drunk motorist and the injuries he suffered could unfortunately mean the end of his career.
The basketball player purchased a $10.9 million house in Bel Air in 2017 which he then sold for a profit of over $1 million two years later.
He also bought a property in Malibu in December of 2019 that cost him $9.25 million.
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According to his legal team, the accident led to “several serious and irreversible ailments,” including disc herniation, brain damage, as well as a torn labrum.
Chandler Parsons is the father of a newborn daughter by the name of Rocket Rose Parsons.