NBA: 15 players looking to shed injury-prone label in 2017-18

3. Chandler Parsons

Poor Chandler Parsons. After signing a four-year, $94 million contract with the Memphis Grizzlies last summer, you could argue his deal is as bad as any in the NBA right now. Yes, even on par with the Joakim Noah, Timofey Mozgov and Luol Deng atrocities.

In his first year with the Grizz, a player who was supposed to be the X-factor to elevate this team to new heights played a meager 34 games, averaging just 6.2 points and 2.5 rebounds in 19.9 minutes per game. He shot 33.8 percent from the floor, 26.9 percent from deep and was a complete train wreck in the limited time he saw.

He entered the season coming off knee surgery, made his season debut in November, missed 17 games with a bone bruise on his knee, came back in December, and then was ruled out for the rest of the season with a meniscus tear in that same left knee.

Considering Parsons is paid through 2019-20 and has missed 48, 21 and 16 games over the last three seasons, this already looks like an awful investment — especially for a Grizzlies team that has no way of putting a quality team around Mike Conley and Marc Gasol before their primes are over. A strong 2017-18 season from Parsons would be a huge relief, unlikely as it seems.