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Does it hurt or help the jazz to keep Jordan Clarkson?

Thee Jazz Fan

Thee Jazz Fan

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I’m a fan of Clarkson, but I think the jazz need to trade him and it has nothing to do with the jazz’s ability to tank, and I’m firmly on the tank bandwagon. Lately over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking JC is stunting Markkanen’s growth as a player. This offense, make no bones about it runs through JC. I wish it would run through Markkanen more. I think it’s important for him to go through that. While Markkanen is putting up Star numbers, he really doesn’t have that Star mantle, and won’t till JC is off the team.

Thoughts?
 
I think lately JC has been deferring more.. I whined about this exact topic for the first 25 or so games.. but in December it started to change.

Now JC is a bit of a tunnel vision guy so whenever he has the ball it immediately reduces the value of others on that possession, but he also takes off some load from Lauri and allows him to save his energy a bit.

Right now... I would keep him. I think they can coexist and both be successful.
 
I don't know the answer but think it all boils down to the extension talks Danny is currently having with Klutch.

Personally I prefer my starting wings to play a bit more defense moreso than the instant offense guys we see on the Jazz. No doubt JC can get hot as hell and score buckets in a variety of ways. Even the all star level scoring guards such as Don, Lavine and Booker are sometimes hard to watch with their lack of effort on defense but that's just me.
 
Previous seasons of JC I wouldn't have wanted with this team, but this year with this roster and coach I think he's still been a good job at being the spark plug he was before, but some nice new wrinkles in his game.

So I think he's still a great fit with this team BUT ultimately with our timeline does it make a whole lot of sense to keep him around for another 3-4 years? Best case scenario somehow we are contending by that time and I'd imagine JC will get a pretty healthy next contract so it'll be the tail end of that deal and he'll be mid 30's and I think his game will fall off a cliff as he ages. I'd hate for us to be close to great, but a deal like that weighing us down.
 
All that matters ,is if this org is really interested in even entertaining the idea of paying him, anything close to what he can get on the open market. If they think his market will be the level that makes him locked in as a starter, I think they instead shop him, if they are not already. But , if they think his market is low, they are very likely to not trade him, and can just bring him off the bench as the season goes on, back to his 6th man role.I guess to let him pad stats for his new summer deal from someone else and if the offers are not there he will stay here on the cheap
 
Honestly even if you really like Clarkson and want to sign him to an extension I would still trade him. What you do though is tell him we are going to do this favor for you and send you to a contender this year so you can try to win a title but you can expect a phone call from us right when free agency begins about coming back. This way we get something no matter what but we still have the possibility of bringing him back if that is something that interests him. It is just important to not burn a bridge when the trade happens.
 
Repeating myself here but Ryan Smith wants JC in Utah for more than basketball reasons. It will take a lot in return for the Jazz to trade him and I dont think it will happen at the deadline because of how much Smith wants JC around. The asking price for him will be too high. We will keep him and try to sign him in the off season and it wont be a surprise if we overpay him to stick around. I am fine moving him if we get good value and happy to be wrong but I dont see it happening.
 
sip said:
Honestly even if you really like Clarkson and want to sign him to an extension I would still trade him. What you do though is tell him we are going to do this favor for you and send you to a contender this year so you can try to win a title but you can expect a phone call from us right when free agency begins about coming back. This way we get something no matter what but we still have the possibility of bringing him back if that is something that interests him. It is just important to not burn a bridge when the trade happens.
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Double dip. I like it.
 
It's interesting to contemplate if Lauri would thrive as the alpha. Some guys prefer to let somebody else take the focus and thrive in their own element. He strikes me as that type, but I could be wrong.

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