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Jordan Clarkson picked up player option, is working on contract extension with Jazz / News - Basketnews.com

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Jordan Clarkson will not only play in Utah next season, but he might also stay with the team for many more years.

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Jordan Clarksonexercised his $14 million player option to remain on the Utah Jazzroster through the 2023-24 season, Deseret News reported Thursday.

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What's more, Clarkson and the Jazz are in active talks on an extension, according to Mike Stein.

Though many expected the 31-year-old shooting guard to decline his player option in order to enter free agency, this move allows the Jazz and Clarkson a clear path to a contract extension that could keep him in Utah long term.

However, some sources have indicated that they believe an extension for Clarkson could become part of a trade that would see him moved to a different team.

Clarkson could have declined his option and entered free agency, which opens this Friday, but instead is set to earn $14.2 million next season. Clarkson has been with the Jazz since the back half of the 2019-20 season. In 2021 he earned NBA Sixth Man of the Year honors.

This past season, Clarkson started 61 games for the Jazz and averaged a career-best 20.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. He shot 44.4% overall from the field, 33.8% from 3-point range and 81.6% from the free-throw line.

The Jazz also guaranteed the contract of Kelly Olynyk on Thursday, league sources confirmed to the Deseret News, which means the Jazz will have roughly $14 million in cap space to work with for the upcoming season.

The franchise is also trading Rudy Gay and a future second-round draft pick to the Atlanta Hawks for power forward John Collins. That trade can't become official until July 6.

Talen Horton-Tucker is exercising his player option and will be paid $11 million, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst.

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