Do We Keep Clarkson ?
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Stars Fan
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It would be way out of character for the Jazz to flip him without giving him the rest of the year to see what we got. I say he sticks for the rest of the year and then he will be a UFA, right? I don't think he is back next year. This seems like a flexibility move as much as a fix the bench move.
Yeah, I think they wanted Clarkson, and that's why they pulled the trigger on this particular deal. He gives the Jazz another guy who can go for 25 pts on any given night. He's a more natural shooter and scorer than Mudiay. Plus he gives the Jazz a bit of financial flexibility at the end of the season.
But that said, if a forward they really like comes available for an expiring deal, and if Clarkson isn't working out as planned, I could see them making a move.
I think we likely keep him the rest of the season. I doubt we re-sign him in the off-season, probably not enough money to keep him and Royce. Now that we've gotten off of Exum's contract for next season we can re-sign Royce and then use the mid level exception to fill out the rest of the bench.
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Who was the guy at last year’s deadline who got traded like 5 times?
Coach Ellis
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I think there’s a decent chance that they made the trade to get out from under Exum’s contract and have some flexibility to flip Clarkson for a more expensive player by the deadline. Wouldn’t be surprised to see them move him for a different player.
Douchebag K
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Depends how he plays but quite possibly
outerspacefan
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Why on earth would we want to keep an athletic guard with some character and a little bit of a knack to put the basketball thru the net?
Sounds like his teammates in Cleveland really like him.
Isaiah 1:13
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As others have said, I think we keep him throughout the season. Actually, I think we fall in love and try to figure a way to keep the guy, which probably won't happen as I expect his contract to increase or remain the same. He scores at a higher clip per minute than Bogey and just behind Mitchell. Sounds like Tucker's going to the Stars and Morgan will be called up to give us some more front-line support.
He gives us a lot of options which is a nice turn of events for any of our not-main players. I think everything is in play but this is definitely a basketball decision for right now.
Assuming an extension for Royce doesn’t materialize (which it shouldn’t, at this point), Clarkson’s expiring gets us under the cap which means the Jazz can offer decent money to good, veteran players looking for a last decent payday relative to other contender that might just have the MLE.
I also think the Jazz may be able to have a conversation about Aaron Gordon, now. For whatever that is worth.
Again, we got options.
Assuming an extension for Royce doesn’t materialize (which it shouldn’t, at this point), Clarkson’s expiring gets us under the cap which means the Jazz can offer decent money to good, veteran players looking for a last decent payday relative to other contender that might just have the MLE.
I also think the Jazz may be able to have a conversation about Aaron Gordon, now. For whatever that is worth.
Again, we got options.
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framer
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Being just under the salary cap is pretty sub optimal. Unless you can REALLY get under the cap. Losing Royce and Clarkson for whatever we dredge from the river would be pretty silly, especially as the free agent class next year is pretty sorry. We can keep Clarkson (or whatever we flip him for,) keep Royce, sign Favors, and probably something else as Favors probably doesn't command the full MLE. We will have to go over the luxury tax at some point, but I'm not terribly worried about it right now.
I posted this in another thread, but I knew Clarkson was scoring around 15 ppg but just realized it was in only 23 minutes. I assumed it’d be closer to 30. His points per minute have been pretty high his whole career. Maybe he can be our Lou Williams.
Lou Williams has crossed my mind, here.
Until the past couple years, he was a volume scorer putting up big numbers on crappy teams. Now everyone is kissing his ***. I’ll go optimistic and hope maybe this can be Clarkson.