During the offseason the Dallas Mavericks swooped in with a three-year, $46 million offer for Chandler Parsons. The Houston Rockets decided not to match as they considered the deal “untradeable”, and didn’t think Parsons was the star they needed to complete their Big 3 of James Harden and Dwight Howard. Anyways the Mavericks got their man but now coach Rick Carlisle has a little buyers remorse if Parsons doesn’t get his weight down.
Parsons didn’t work out too much during the offseason while he tried to avoid injury and procure a new deal. That lead him to go into training camp a bit heavier than usual. While Parson’s doesn’t think he’s that big, he does believe he can get the weight down but it’s beginning to become a big problem between him and coach Carlisle.
From Tim MacMahon of ESPN Dallas:
For the second time since the Mavs reported to camp, Carlisle made a point to note that Parsons needs to shed weight. …
“He looked tired out there tonight to me, and his shot is short,” Carlisle said. “He’s working on losing some weight. He’s a little bit heavier than he’s been. He’s up over 230, and we want to see him get down to at least 225. That’s a work in progress, and tonight’s one of those nights where I think the extra weight was a hindrance.” …
“His opinion of heavy is different than mine,” said Parsons, who was 1-of-6 from 3-point range against the Thunder. “We kind of go at it every day about it. At the end of the day, I respect his opinion. After training camp, my weight fluctuates. I’ll get it down.”
