Since signing a four-year, $94-million contract with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2016, Chandler Parsons has missed 70 of a possible 130 games. Surgeries on both knees have slowed down the talented forward, and he hasn't suited up in a game since Dec. 27.

On Sunday, the Memphis Commercial Appeal's Ronald Tillery reported that he'd heard the team had approached the 29-year-old Parsons about a medical retirement.

It took less than half an hour for Parsons to respond on Twitter.

Parsons' agent, James Dunleavy, then told Tillery there was no truth to the report. "That couldn't be the furthest thing from the truth," Tillery quoted Dunleavy as saying. "(Parsons is) looking forward to getting back on the court."

Medical retirement allows teams to circumvent a salary-cap hit if a player is forced to call it quits because of injury or illness. Parsons has two years left on his contract after this season at almost $50 million, and the deal ranks as one of the biggest albatrosses in the NBA.

Parsons can be very effective when healthy, and he's shooting 41 percent from beyond the arc this season - albeit in only 26 games.