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Thee jazz fan said:
I don’t know what Thompson’s contract looks like, if it’s not a bad one I wouldn’t mind snagging him up to be the backup center. Gotta be better then what we have.
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LeBron agitated to get him a max contract (IIRR, they had the same agent), even though he wasn't worth it, so he's earning $18.5m this year, the final year of his deal.
 
Jordan Clarkson is another guy who can put up 25 pts on any given night. If he can be worked into the system, the Jazz could put a lineup of Conley, Mitchell, Clarkson, Bogdanovic on the floor with Rudy, where 4 guys are capable of going off for 25-30. That's a lot of speed and offense on a spaced floor.
 
Catchall said:
Jordan Clarkson is another guy who can put up 25 pts on any given night. If he can be worked into the system, the Jazz could put a lineup of Conley, Mitchell, Clarkson, Bogdanovic on the floor with Rudy, where 4 guys are capable of going off for 25-30. That's a lot of speed and offense on a spaced floor.
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He's gonna fit well in lineups involving any 4 of Gobert, Mitchell, Bogdanovic, Conley, Ingles, Oneale on the floor + him. My concern is still the lineups when we go deeper into the bench and have 2 or more of Mudiay, Clarkson, Niang, Davis on the floor together.
 
Catchall said:
Jordan Clarkson is another guy who can put up 25 pts on any given night. If he can be worked into the system, the Jazz could put a lineup of Conley, Mitchell, Clarkson, Bogdanovic on the floor with Rudy, where 4 guys are capable of going off for 25-30. That's a lot of speed and offense on a spaced floor.
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That’s a whole lot of Rudy having to do everything defensively
 
From Danny Leroux’s article in The Athletic. The last paragraph is especially important.

Simply put, Clarkson is a significantly better fit for the 2019-20 Jazz than Exum is. They need scoring on the second unit even at full strength but especially when Mike Conley or Donovan Mitchell miss time. While imperfect in the team concept, Clarkson should bring a potent presence to the rotation that puts less pressure on their other perimeter creators. Executive VP of basketball operations Dennis Lindsey had to sacrifice bench depth to add Conley and Bojan Bogdanovic this summer, and that made spending almost $10 million on a still-developing point guard who cannot generate reliable offense in the half court a more damaging prospect.

Furthermore, adding $3.8 million to their books this year and removing Exum’s $9.6 million for next season works incredibly well for the Jazz. As a team that used cap space to add Bogdanovic and Conley, they are well under the luxury tax threshold with little capacity to add salary with their mid-level exception already used on Ed Davis. Other than costing ownership a little money, the extra money in 2019-20 makes no difference for them. Furthermore, the two distant second-round picks sent in the trade indicate the likely small negative value of Exum’s contract but also are modest enough to not hurt the Jazz much.

On the other hand, shedding almost $10 million next summer could have some massive benefits. Lindsey is presumably working with two scenarios with Conley as the focal point. If the guard plays on his $34.5 million early-termination option next season, the Jazz could have been forced to make a choice between re-signing Royce O’Neale and using the full mid-level exception if they wanted to stay under the luxury tax. Moving Exum likely allows the front office to do both. If Conley opts out and leaves, this trade opens up the possibility of having space for a max contract. While the 2020 free-agent class leaves a lot to be desired, that kind of spending power for a high-end team could be valuable for either bringing in one talented newcomer or a pair of starting-caliber players.
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Wow. I knew Clarkson was averaging just shy of 15 ppg, but I never realized he was doing this in only 23 minutes.
 
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