By Leobert Julian A. de la Peña
Filipino-American scoring guard Jordan Clarkson will be staying with the Utah Jazz for three more years after agreeing to a $55 million contract extension last July 3, 2023.
Seeking for more options during the busy NBA free-agency fever before the next playing season kicks off, Clarkson finally agreed to the terms and conditions set by Utah and will be looking to extend his stellar run donning the white and the blue jersey.
It was The Athletic’s Shams Charania who announced the development after Clarkson chose to clinch his $14.3 million player option for the next season.
With that being said, the Jazz then just pulled the trigger out of his player option extension which paved the way for a long-term three-year deal to happen.
Clarkson saw his numbers skyrocket after joining the Donovan Mitchell-led squad several years ago and won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year during the 2021 playing season.
After that season, Clarkson became one of the most reliable threats on the offensive end and displayed his insane scoring bag in the NBA.
From 16.0 points per game average, Clarkson improved his scoring numbers to 20.8 and has shot the ball well from the three-point range at 33.8% during the recently concluded season.
Now that Clarkson is done finalizing his NBA deal, questions now surround whether he will be joining the Gilas Pilipinas men’s national basketball team or spend more weeks in the US for Utah’s training camp build-up.
One week ago, Gilas’s head coach Chot Reyes revealed that Clarkson will be joining Gilas for their intensive training camp in the upcoming FIBA World Cup after settling his contract in the NBA.
Now that Clakson just got a huge bag from the Jazz for three years, will he now commit to the Gilas national team and participate in the series of international and national training camps?
