Chandler Parsons lounged on the couch in the living room of his rented Beverly Hills mansion, hanging out with a celebrity he'd been dating and his new coach, days after signing his three-year, $46 million contract a couple of summers ago.
Rick Carlisle, apparently not enthralled by the "Saved by the Bell" episode playing on the flat screen, attempted to strike up a conversation.
"So," Carlisle said, "are you two exclusive?"
Um, there's been a little awkwardness in the relationship between the Dallas Mavericks coach and the first player signed to be a post-Dirk foundation piece since Carlisle's getting-to-know-you stay at Parsons' place.