Wilson Jamall Chandler (born May 10, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA for 13 seasons, mainly with the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets.

He played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons for two years before declaring for the 2007 NBA draft, where he was a first-round selection of the Knicks.

When growing up in Benton Harbor, Michigan, a three-hour drive from Detroit and two hours from Chicago, Chandler was raised by his grandparents.

On November 30, 2005, Chandler had his first breakout game, putting up 17 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks in a Blue Demons win over Creighton University.

Isiah Thomas, the team's general manager, had very good contacts at DePaul University and knew about him from watching him play in college.

On November 11, 2010, in a loss to the Golden State Warriors, Chandler had his front tooth inadvertently knocked out by former teammate David Lee.

The Knicks made moves such as trading for Tracy McGrady in order to have cap space to make a big signing during the offseason and put talent around Chandler.

[12] Chandler was enjoying his best season as a Knick and embraced the new sixth man role coach Mike D'Antoni appointed him to.

[13] On February 22, 2011, Chandler was traded to the Nuggets in a three-way blockbuster deal which also involved the Minnesota Timberwolves, and sent Carmelo Anthony to New York.

The Nuggets with the addition of him and teammates Danilo Gallinari and Raymond Felton had one of the deepest, most explosive teams in the NBA.

On March 23, 2011, in a 115–112 win over the San Antonio Spurs, he played through a sprained ankle and finished the game with a remarkable 6 blocks.

Though he finished with 8 points, he made a clutch jumper with 29.3 seconds left to give the Nuggets the lead for good, 114–112.

Chandler made his first trip to the playoffs where the Nuggets would match up against the Oklahoma City Thunder, led by Kevin Durant.

In August 2011, in the midst of an NBA lockout, Chandler signed with the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association.

Zhejiang Guangsha attempted to put more NBA talent around Chandler by signing Earl Clark, who asked to leave the team over family reasons.

[19] In his debut, Chandler scored 43 points along with 22 rebounds and 4 assists in 50 minutes in a 118–115 double overtime win over Tianjin Ronggang.

[23] However, his season would then rapidly come to an end after playing only 8 games for the Nuggets, as he suffered a labral tear in his left hip and had to undergo surgery, which also made him unable to participate in the playoffs.

[26] On July 6, 2018, Chandler and a future second-round draft pick were traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for cash considerations.

[27] He missed the first nine games of the 2018–19 season with a hamstring injury, making his debut on November 3 against the Detroit Pistons, going scoreless with four rebounds in 10 minutes.

During his treatment for a quadriceps injury sustained during the 2018–19 season, Chandler was given small doses of the drug by his personal physician.