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Five NBA players that deserve coal for Christmas in 2016

By Weldon Jones

October 4, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) controls the basketball against Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during the third quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Clippers 120-75. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
October 4, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) controls the basketball against Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during the third quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Clippers 120-75. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 18, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell (7) steals the ball from Memphis Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons (25) during the first quarter at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 18, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell (7) steals the ball from Memphis Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons (25) during the first quarter at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Chandler Parsons

Chandler Parsons is a very nice guy from what we have seen. It almost pains me to put him this list, because when is on the court he actually produces decent numbers. This was the case for him in Dallas, where he barely played due to injury and now in Memphis the same trend is starting in Memphis.

We obviously hope to see Chandler Parsons be healthy for at least one season at some point because the fact still remains that he is actually a good player. The lack of production or absence is just one thing, the part making this worse is how large his contract is.

He is making max money for the Grizzlies in his current contract and team has been through the season largely without him. Mike Conley also has a large contract ($150 million), however he elevates the Grizzlies to contender status and has done so for years.

Since this particular young player hasn’t proven that or been much help in playoff contention and is never available to play out his large contracts up to date, we have to give him coal. Hopefully we won’t have to again next year, when healthy he is a good player that can get better.

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