NBA: Ranking all 30 starting small forwards for 2017-18

26. Chandler Parsons, Memphis Grizzlies

If Chandler Parsons can stay healthy, he can probably climb a few spots up this list. Unfortunately, since he only played 34 games last year, and considering how truly awful those 34 games were, this is as high as we can justify placing him.

In his limited time with the Memphis Grizzlies, Parsons was less “star acquisition that pushes the team over the top” and more “drastically overpaid third-stringer.” He averaged 6.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in just 19.9 minutes per game, shooting an atrocious 33.8 percent from the field and 26.9 percent from downtown.

The Grizz were hoping he’d be able to stay healthy despite missing 21 and 16 games in his last two seasons with the Dallas Mavericks, but clearly that wasn’t the case. At age 28, we’re getting pretty close to do-or-die time, especially for a Memphis team that could really use some help on the wing.