Clarkson is clutch, no doubt, but he is also a turnover machine. His poor decision making results in leading the team in turnovers by a LARGE margin. He had 5 last night. Most of his TOs are headscratchers. (Most of the other key folks has 0-1, with Collins and Olynyk having 2, which is amazingly low overall for the pace of this game with an OT period.) Throwing right to defenders, overdribbling to steals or like last night, losing the handle (went out of bounds).
He really needs to be the 6th man type that gets the ball low in the shot clock. That is where he excels. Part of this is we need a better floor general, part of it is giving these guys too much lease to run outside of the sets. I like to see Clarkson get the ball at the end of game and short shot clock scenarios. That is where his value shines. Asking him to be a primary ball handler and distributor leads to disaster.
Clarkson shot amazingly high percentages last night but was still a plus 5. Walker was a plus 15.