Report: Jazz agree to deals with Jordan Clarkson, Derrick Favors

Sportsnet Staff @SportsnetNovember 20, 2020 - 7:51pm

Utah Jazz's Jordan Clarkson (00) drives toward the basket as Denver Nuggets' Monte Morris (11) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Ashley Landis/AP)

The Utah Jazz have agreed to a four-year, $52-million contract with Jordan Clarkson, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Free agent Jordan Clarkson has agreed to a four-year, $52M deal with the Utah Jazz, his agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 21, 2020

Clarkson, who was acquired from Cleveland by the Jazz on Dec. 24, 2019 via trade, suited up in 42 regular-season games for Utah in 2019-20. The 28-year-old averaged 15.6 points and 208 rebounds per game, and then 16.7 points and 3.4 rebounds in seven post-season contests.

The Jazz have also agreed to bring back Derrick Favors on a three-year, $27-million deal, as per The Athletic‘s Tony Jones.

Favors and the Jazz have agreed to a three year 27 million dollar deal, league sources tell The Athletic. The third year is a player option

— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) November 21, 2020

Favors, 29, returns to the Jazz after spending the 2019-20 season with the New Orleans Pelicans, where he suited up in 51 games while averaging nine points and 9.8 rebounds. Before being traded to the Big Easy in July 2019, Favors spent nine seasons in Utah.

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