ESPNJul 2, 2023 12:03pm ET1 minute read
Guard Jordan Clarkson is finalizing a renegotiation and renewal of a three-year, $55 million deal with the Utah Jazz, sources confirmed to ESPN on Sunday.
The deal cannot be finalized until Thursday. The news was first reported by The Athletic.
Clarkson had a career year in his 30-year season for the Jazz, during which he averaged nearly 21 points and 4.4 assists while shooting 44.4% from the field. He helped lead a Utah team that surprised many by being smack in the middle of the Western Conference playoff race for most of the season.
Clarkson is a three-tier goalscorer who, according to NBA.com, was among the league’s all-time leaders with 15.6 shots per game and nearly 70% shooting within 3 feet of the rim. Combined with his pull-up shooting — he hit 34% of his pull-up threes last season — Clarkson has demonstrated the ability to consistently put defenses under pressure.
Although Clarkson was a full-time starter for the Jazz last season, he has performed well throughout his career, especially on the bench. According to a study by ESPN Stats & Information, his 15.2 points per game as a reserve is the highest average of any player to have played at least 300 games without a reserve since the starters were tracked in 1970-71.
Clarkson won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award in 2020-21.
ESPN’s Tim MacMahon contributed to this report.