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Chandler Parsons's Career in Jeopardy After Suffering Severe Injuries in Car Accident

Hawks small forward Chandler Parsons's career is uncertain after he suffered multiple injuries in a recent car accident, his attorneys said in a statement.

Parsons's attorneys John Morgan and Nick Panagakis said he "suffered multiple severe and permanent injuries including a traumatic brain injury, disc herniation and a torn labrum" in a car accident on Jan. 15. Parsons was driving home from practice that afternoon when he was struck by a driver who was arrested for drinking and driving.

The attorneys said the driver caused a three-car crash and was charged with DUI. As a result of the injuries sustained in the crash, Parsons's NBA career could be "potentially ending.