Brooklyn Nets veteran small forward Wilson Chandler admits he thought about retiring from the NBA during his PED suspension.
Chandler was suspended for 25 games for violating the NBA’s Anti-Drug Program. He will make his Nets debut on Saturday against the Philadelphia 76ers, but the swingman admits he almost called it quits, via Malika Andrews of ESPN:
At one point during his suspension, Chandler admits, he contemplated retiring from the NBA altogether.
“You start to think about, ‘Is it really worth it?'” Chandler says. “Not because you don't want to play, but because you're in a dark place.”
In 2018-19 with the Sixers and Los Angeles Clippers, Chandler averaged 6.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists while shooting 41.8 percent from the field, 37.3 percent from beyond the arc and 72.0 percent from the free-throw line.
The 32-year-old Michigan native has career averages of 12.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 641 NBA games with the New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets, Sixers and Clippers.
Chandler signed a one-year, $2.6 million deal with the Nets in free agency. He lost $582,898 during his suspension.
The Nets are 13-11 on the season. They have the seventh-best record in the Eastern Conference. Brooklyn waived Iman Shumpert for create room Chandler on the roster. The Nets are still playing without Kyrie Irving and Caris LeVert.
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