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Can Clarkson Return to Form Next Season?

KqWIN said:
We should definitely keep Ben as a flyer if we trade for him. No reason not to. What’s the fear, he stays healthy and returns to form?
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He’s a distraction and a side quest with limited payoff. I don’t think he’s great to have around. I’m cool giving it a try but I think he’s broken and doesn’t like basketball.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
He’s a distraction and a side quest with limited payoff. I don’t think he’s great to have around. I’m cool giving it a try but I think he’s broken and doesn’t like basketball.
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I still have no clue why you see him as a distraction. Like maybe if you’re relying on him to be healthy and win something, but that is obviously not the case here. A guy being injured when you’re not even trying to win is not a distraction.

BKN was trying to win and he wasn’t a distraction. He’s fun to hate on so he might get an extra article when he’s injured, but how is that distracting for anyone? Do twitter memes about Ben Simmons really affect anyone else on the Bets? Is Lonzo or Jon Issac a distraction? I really don’t think so.

Don’t want to put words in anyone’s mouths…but to me the this is just personal dislike. If you don’t want him bc you don’t like him, cool, but I don’t see the problem beyond that.
 
He gone. JC and JC were two gambles DA took last summer that clearly were disastrous for the team, in terms of unloading either of them without sending added assets.
Conveniently though, we happen to have a Softer Kessler add-in that might bedazzle some team into biting on a deal with us.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Jordan Clarkson was probably the biggest factor in the Jazz being a mediocre team this year, but I believe he can be better next year and be a positive winning player

Here are Clarkson's Home vs Road splits:

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Those home splits are still elite 6th man numbers. I'm not sure why Clarkson was so bad on the road this year. I looked back at previous seasons and he's never had that much difference between home vs road in a season. The next closest was the 21/22 season, but for the most part his home vs road splits are within arms reach of each other.

I think going forward with Clarkson you really need to limit his minutes a bit more as a proper 6th man. Hopefully less overall load will lead to more consistent play. Locke said Hardy told Clarkson to focus on playmaking this off-season. If we can get the 5.6 APG on 2.2 TPG type play that he had at home this year off the bench, that would be fantastic.
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What form? He’s played the same his entire career??
 
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