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NBA: Jazz agree to $52-million deal with Jordan Clarkson, report says

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/ap/11/21/jazz-guard-jordan-clarkson.jpg"/><figcaption>Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game on March 6, 2020, in Boston.<em> Winslow Townson, AP/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The Utah Jazz stayed busy during the truncated NBA offseason, reportedly agreeing to contracts with shooting guard Jordan Clarkson and forward-center Derrick Favors on Friday.</p><p>The team struck a four-year, $52 million deal with Clarkson, according to ESPN. Multiple outlets posted news of Favors, who previously played nine seasons in Utah, returning on a three-year, $30 million contract. Favors&#x27; contract reportedly will include a player option in the final season.</p><p>Clarkson, 28, averaged double-figure points in each of his six NBA seasons and has been a steady scorer, mostly used off the bench throughout his career. He was acquired by Utah, his third NBA home, in a trade last December with the Cleveland Cavaliers that shipped out guard Dante Exem.</p><p>Clarkson averaged 15.6 points per game on 46.2 percent shooting in 42 games after the Jazz acquired him, and he contributed 16.7 points per game in Utah&#x27;s seven-game playoff defeat to the Denver Nuggets in the postseason -- despite Clarkson scoring a combined 50 points in a pair of early wins in the series.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/20/20/nba-golden-state-reportedly-acquires-kelly-oubre">NBA: Golden State reportedly acquires Kelly Oubre</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/twAnzB2KfFo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/20/20/nba-champion-lakers-face-balancing-act-in-fast-approaching-season">NBA champion Lakers face &#x27;balancing act&#x27; in fast-approaching season</a></li></ul><p>For his career, Clarkson has averaged 14.8 points per game in 453 games (140 starts) with the Los Angeles Lakers, Cavaliers and Jazz. He was originally a second-round pick by the Washington Wizards in 2014, though he spent just one day with the organization before being dealt to L.A.</p><p>Favors, 29, spent last season with the New Orleans Pelicans, where he averaged nine points per game along with a team-best 9.8 rebounds in 51 games (49 starts).</p><p>The 6-foot-9 Favors has averaged 11.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocked shots per game in his 10 NBA seasons. Originally picked by the then-New Jersey Nets with the third overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, Favors was dealt to Utah during his rookie year.</p><p>Though he has never been an All-Star, Favors became a mainstay in his first Jazz stint, averaging more than 16 points in back-to-back seasons in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. A career 53 percent shooter, he sank a career-best 61.7 percent of his field-goal attempts last season with the Pelicans.</p>

<p>The Jazz struck a 4-year, $52 million deal with Clarkson, who averaged 15.6 points on 46.2 percent shooting in 42 games after the Jazz acquired him.</p>

The Jazz struck a 4-year, $52 million deal with Clarkson, who averaged 15.6 points on 46.2 percent shooting in 42 games after the Jazz acquired him.