As written by Marc Stein, the Jazz hoped to go into this season having already resolved the Clarkson situationone of the few ‘veteran’ players to leave this summer with Gobert, Mitchell, O’Neale and Bogdanovic all sold. Clarkson is very popular in the locker room and, after winning sixth man of the year two seasons ago, he is now a permanent starter in the quintet, averaging 20.6 points per game