Midseason trades are the best. Not even midseason, actually. Mid-start-of-season-and-Christmas trades are the best. When those happen, you know teams were just really regretting not trading the player during the offseason and couldn’t wait all the way until the trade deadline.
Kyle Korver is gone now, which at first seems to bode well for Jordan Clarkson’s minutes and opportunities. That’s because Korver was a player for the Cavaliers who got minutes, and he’s gone now, which means more minutes have to be found somewhere, right? Wrong! The Cavaliers foolishly got an actual minutes-getter in return from the Jazz, Alec Burks.
That’s worse for Clarkson, because they both fill the same “chuck shots as a shooting guard type” role. Oh no! This doesn’t spell the end of Clarkson’s opportunities with the Cavaliers, but perhaps they will be reduced, and as an honorary Filipino, I don’t like that. Not one bit.
If you’re wondering how I received the title of honorary Filipino, it’s because I once had Philippines-style spaghetti and didn’t immediately barf it back up.