Jordan Clarkson Is Getting Single-Digit Minutes Off the Knicks Bench
Jordan Clarkson is five games into his second season with the Knicks and his role is small. He has played between 8.5 and 14.1 minutes in each game and has not scored more than 7 points. He is not on the injury report.
By the Knicks Nightly Desk · updated 13 h ago01The story of the nightA bench guard on a short leashClarkson, 34, is in his 12th season and wears 00 for New York.
Clarkson, 34, is in his 12th season and wears 00 for New York. The early returns are modest. He scored 6 points in 14.1 minutes in the October 5 loss to Philadelphia, then 7 points in 9.2 minutes against Washington and 5 against Minnesota. The Knicks beat Toronto on October 15 with Clarkson scoring 2 points in 10.8 minutes. In Tuesday's loss to Philadelphia he had 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in 8.5 minutes with a plus-8. He has not recorded a rebound in three of the five games.
02Last season's numbers and the trade chatterLast season Clarkson played 72 games for the Knicks at 17.8 minutes a night, averaging 8.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and…
Last season Clarkson played 72 games for the Knicks at 17.8 minutes a night, averaging 8.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists. He shot 45.1 percent from the field, 32.7 percent from three and 83.0 percent from the line, with a 54.8 true shooting percentage and 20.3 usage. His minutes shrank in the playoffs, including three games under seven minutes in the June series against San Antonio. His name surfaced in an Atlantic Division notes roundup on October 9, per Stefan Bondy, alongside Embiid, D. Jones and K. Anderson.
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