Jordan Clarkson is finalizing a contract buyout with the Utah Jazz, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania, which will make the veteran guard an unrestricted free agent.
Clarkson will target contending teams for his new home with interest from multiple playoff teams already expected.
Clarkson, 33, averaged 16.2 points and 3.7 assists for the Jazz last season. He’s been one of the best bench scorers in the league since arriving in Utah six seasons ago and won Sixth Man of the Year in 2020-21.
Clarkson was the last holdover from the previous era of Jazz basketball and the remaining player from their last postseason team in 2022. He’d been in trade rumors for the last couple seasons but Utah ultimately never found a suitor.
The Jazz are also waiving forward Johnny Juzang, making him a free agent, sources said.
Juzang, a former UCLA standout, joined Utah as an undrafted free agent in 2022 and spent three seasons with the team. He averaged 8.9 points in 64 games last season while shooting 38% from 3-point range.
Utah is shuffling its roster following a draft where they acquired two talented young guards in Ace Bailey and Walter Clayton Jr. The Jazz also moved Collin Sexton to the Hornets in trade for Jusuf Nurkic on Saturday.
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