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The Utah Jazz are a franchise on the rise. With an All-Star already on their roster in Lauri Markkanen and a young core of players who have shown flashes of brilliance around him, such as Keyonte George, Taylor Hendricks, and Walker Kessler, it’s clear that things are trending upward for the Jazz, even as they labored through a tough 2023-24 campaign that saw them finish with a 31-51 record and miss the playoffs entirely.
Jordan Clarkson was a big reason why Utah was more competent than expected during the 2022-23 campaign.
After spending the majority of his career as a microwave scorer off the bench, he was thrust into the Jazz’s starting lineup last year. He was entrusted to not only score, but create for others, and he did just that, as he posted career-highs in points (20.8) and assists (4.4) per game.
This season, however, Clarkson’s play took a step back. Perhaps the emergence of Collin Sexton, who did not play very much last year because of injuries, and George played a role in this, but Clarkson’s numbers took a steep decline. He went from scoring 20.8 points per game last season to 17.1 this time around. His efficiency tumbled a bit too, as Clarkson went from posting an effective field goal percentage of 51.9 percent to just 46.9 percent, which is well below the league average.