The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to send Jordan Clarkson to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Dante Exum and two draft picks.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to their first of many possible trades this season. Cleveland will send Jordan Clarkson to the Utah Jazz for Dante Exum. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported the deal Monday.
Utah is also sending two draft picks to Cleveland.
The draft picks being San Antonio’s 2022 second rounder and Golden State’s 2023 second rounder.
The Cavaliers originally acquired Jordan Clarkson during the 2017-18 season, looking for help in their final NBA Finals run. Cleveland got some help with Clarkson coming off the bench last season, but the results this season have not been what the team was looking for with their current roster construction. Cleveland needs to give the majority of touches to the duo of Collin Sexton and Darius Garland. Since Jordan Clarkson needs a high volume of shots to be effective, things just were not going to work.
Utah will get a solid sixth man type in Jordan Clarkson while sending a reclamation projection in Dante Exum to Cleveland. Exum has not enjoyed the career that many pictured for him coming into the league back in 2014. Exum’s experience so far has been a struggle, but luckily he is still young enough that he has plenty of time to get things in the right direction. With the possibly of more trades on the horizon, Exum could get plenty of plenty of opportunities to prove himself in a Cavaliers uniform.
