Clarkson is Here to Stay
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I think he will have to be dealt at the deadline after he proves he can be a 6th man of the year type player again. So basically not shoot sub 33% from 3
Fosto
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Alternatively, he won't, once he proves he can't be.
I think he probably will. Clarkson has been a positive offensive player most of his career and he has improved his all-around offensive skillset the last two years. If he shoots 33% he's a good bench sparkplug who can help your offense. If he shoots 35% or above he's a wildly positive offensive player.
I think the most you can hope for is expiring contracts and a 2nd rounder or two.
SoberasHotRod
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I think it's somewhat likely that Clarkson bounces back at least a little and can reclaim some value by the trade deadline. He takes some pressure off of our young players on offense and doesn't hurt the tank because of his defense. I don't mind keeping him until the deadline.
How many 32 year old guards improve year over year?
Fosto
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Specially inefficient volume shooters.
It's not really about improving. It was one really bad shooting year. I would say his overall skillset did improve as a 32 year old.
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HeatCheck
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Ainge made 2 bad bets last summer with both JC's. Jazz were likely hoping they would be trade assets at the deadline or this offseason. In hindsight probably should've unloaded Clarkson at the '23 deadline as I'm guessing they could've gotten a few SRP's at that time. Maybe Ryan Smith had a say in that too.
In the big picture they are tanking so it probably doesn't hurt them too much although the better use of the capspace would've been to rent it out for picks.
In the big picture they are tanking so it probably doesn't hurt them too much although the better use of the capspace would've been to rent it out for picks.
jumpin bean
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Play him, he will look good because he knows there is no market, His value will then go up and then trade him.
That would be a bad news for the tank. Jordan was leading the Jazz in assists last year. Even if his shot not falling he could be positive because of his playmaking. We have a collection of players whose impact could be greatly multiplied by a competent passer - Kessler, Lauri, Hendricks. Having one more experienced playmaker besides Sexton could easily result in 3-5 more wins, especially against other tanking teams. That could easily be the difference between finishing with the 3rd or 8th worst record.
Clarkson was really bad last year. He was probably the main reason for losing. He was getting assists but also turning it over a lot and bad turnovers. That said if he goes back to scoring 6th main and isn't trying to create for others as much he will have up and down games but he will by himself win you a handful of games when he's hot. He will also lose you games by himself though. For a team trying to win that's not great for a team trying to lose that's also not great.
His ideal role was scoring for our team when we had very little offense outside Mitchell and solid defense.