The Utah Jazz are set to keep standout guard Jordan Clarkson around for several more seasons, it seems.
Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, Clarkson and the Jazz are finalizing a three-year, $55 million contract renegotiation and extension. The deal includes next season and would run through the 2025-26 season.
During his time with the Jazz, which began via a trade there in December 2019, Clarkson has held down varied roles in Utah. Over his first 2 1/2 seasons, he became one of the NBA’s top scorers off the bench and, in 2020-21, was the Kia Sixth Man of the Year Award winner.
Last season, he moved into a starting role and posted 20.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.4. assists per game in 61 games for Utah last season before a finger sprain kept him out of the team’s final 17 games.
The Jazz were active earlier in the offseason in swinging a reported trade for John Collins from the Atlanta Hawks. With Clarkson set to ink an extension and a core of All-Star Lauri Markkanen and second-year players Walker Kessler and Ochai Agbaji in the mix, the Jazz may be poised to improve on last season’s surprising 37-45 finish.
