The Utah Jazz may or may not trade Jordan Clarkson and/or Collin Sexton this offseason. This offseason, they just might be able to trade both because they're both expiring, which could pave the way for them to get a solid asset out of it. However, it will depend on who their trade partner is.
What the Jazz have going for them is that because they have no stakes, they can take advantage of teams desperate enough to go above and beyond to improve their playoff and/or title chances. In Clarkson and Sexton, not only can they provide that, but their expiring contracts provide cap flexibility.
A playoff team could go for that. ClutchPoints' Brett Siegel proposed a four-way blockbuster trade that would send Clarkson and Sexton to the Sacramento Kings. Here's what Siegel proposed regarding who and what the Jazz would get back for those two.
The trade he floated was between the Jazz, Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Pelicans, and Sacramento Kings and is as follows.
Bucks receive: CJ McCollum, Svi Mykhailiuk
Pelicans receive: DeMar DeRozan, Bucks/Trail Blazers 2028 1st-round pick (swap, Trail Blazers to receive most favorable of Trail Blazers/Bucks, Pelicans to receive second most favorable of Bucks/Trail Blazers/Pelicans 2028 1st, Bucks to receive least favorable of three), Pistons 2025 2nd-round pick (via Bucks, Pick No. 47)
Kings receive: Collin Sexton, Jordan Clarkson
Jazz receive: Kyle Kuzma, Pat Connaughton, Bucks 2030 1st-round pick (Swap, Less favorable of MIL/POR 2030 1st-round pick), Kings 2026 2nd-round pick, Bulls 2027 2nd-round pick (via Pelicans, Protected 31-50), Kings 2027 2nd-round pick
Here's how Seigel explained why the Jazz would do this. He included what many are thinking about what the Jazz will do with Clarkson and Sexton.
"Milwaukee would then send a 2030 swap to the Utah Jazz for taking on Kyle Kuzma and Pat Connaughton... The Jazz are expected to make both Clarkson and Sexton available for draft assets this summer due to the development of Keyonte George and Isaiah Collier."
That package is better than it appears on the surface
It may not seem great to trade those two for one first-round pick swap along with four second-round picks. However, that honestly is a pretty good summation of what their value could be on the open market.
It's not a haul, but it's not like those two will get one. Besides, that asset could be decent to have five years down the line. If one or both of those two get traded, a pick swap might be the best the Jazz can hope for. At the same time, the Kings don't exactly need more scoring personnel on their current roster, but this isn't about them.
Then there's Kuzma. Jazz fans may be a little apprehensive about acquiring someone like Kuzma because he's a veteran who's bound to take touches away from their young players, who deserve them. However, if the Jazz got him on the team, one of two things would happen with Kuzma.
Either a, knowing Kuzma's reputation, he would be of a great service to the Jazz's tanking - look what happened with the Wizards! - as he's considered a high-scoring/low-efficiency scorer or b, he plays so well in Utah that they can re-route him somewhere else for more assets. There's no way they can lose.
At this stage, the Jazz shouldn't risk losing Clarkson and Sexton for nothing. They may not go for much, but together in this trade, they snare assets and open the door to get more assets down the line.
Grade: A