Sources: Jazz finalizing buyout with vet Clarkson

Jordan Clarkson is finalizing a declaration buyout with the Utah Jazz, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania, which volition marque the seasoned defender an unrestricted escaped agent.

Clarkson volition people contending teams for his caller location with involvement from aggregate playoff teams already expected.

Clarkson, 33, averaged 16.2 points and 3.7 assists for the Jazz past season. He's been 1 of the champion seat scorers successful the league since arriving successful Utah six seasons agone and won Sixth Man of the Year successful 2020-21.

Clarkson was the past holdover from the erstwhile epoch of Jazz hoops and the remaining subordinate from their past postseason squad successful 2022. He'd been successful commercialized rumors for the past mates seasons but Utah yet ne'er recovered a suitor.

The Jazz are besides waiving guardant Johnny Juzang, making him a escaped agent, sources said.

Juzang, a erstwhile UCLA standout, joined Utah arsenic an undrafted escaped cause successful 2022 and spent 3 seasons with the team. He averaged 8.9 points successful 64 games past play portion shooting 38% from 3-point range.

Utah is shuffling its roster pursuing a draught wherever they acquired 2 talented young guards successful Ace Bailey and Walter Clayton Jr. The Jazz besides moved Collin Sexton to the Hornets successful commercialized for Jusuf Nurkic connected Saturday.