Chandler Parsons restricted to 10-12 minutes a game

Dallas Mavericks' $46-million small forward Chandler Parsons won’t play enough to produce the kind of numbers expected from a player cashing those paychecks for weeks to come.

The priority for Parsons, as well as the Mavs, is to make sure that his return from hybrid microfracture surgery on his right knee isn’t rushed.

He told ESPN.com that he will be restricted to 10 to 12 minutes per game for an unspecified period of time before the Mavs’ medical staff opts to slowly increase his playing time.