I think it’s no secret that I don’t find anything special about Chandler Parsons. He has an ego but doesn’t back it up with his play. Maybe that’s why I haven’t heard from him all this season, maybe he realises that he’s Dallas’ third option on a good day.
But, like the rise of a full moon, Chandler Parsons has that odd game where he was decent, last night’s game against the Phoenix Suns was his full moon game, scoring 17 points in a season high 28 minutes and helping the Mavs come back to beat the Phoenix Suns. Parsons said after the game that he felt like himself for the first time this season.
“I haven’t had that feeling where the next shot is gonna go in in a long time,” Parsons told ESPN.com. “Just felt good. Felt like myself, felt fresh, felt bouncy.”
“I think a lot of it’s mental for me,” Parsons said. “Now we’ve got to build off this. The biggest thing for me is emotionally not getting too down, not getting so frustrated where it takes me out of my game.
“Now going into Indiana, I feel like the first shot I take is going in. I don’t ever shoot the ball thinking I’m going to miss, but coming off an injury where I haven’t played in a lot of game situations, I haven’t been playing great. It feels good to have a game like this just to know I’m feeling better and that I have a lot left.”
Well at least he knows that he’s not playing well. The Mavs are doing fine a quarter into the season. I mean they somehow got Raymond Felton to rack up a triple double! I thought I was on something when I saw that statline.
