As he heads toward restricted free agency, Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson won't lack for suitors.
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Knicks Have Interest in Clarkson
Thursday, June 9
ESPN.com's Ian Begley reported the New York Knicks are among the teams interested, writing Clarkson "has fans" in the organization.
Clarkson, 24, averaged 15.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in 2015-16. He's started 117 of 138 games since being selected in the second round in 2014, including all 79 of his appearances this season.
The Lakers find themselves on the edge of paying a premium for Clarkson's services because they signed him to only a two-year deal coming out of Missouri. He'll be a restricted free agent July 1, and he'll likely command an eight-figure annual salary.
"I want to stay in L.A.," Clarkson told Chris McGee of Time Warner Cable Sportsnet in May (via Harrison Faigen of Silver Screen and Roll). "I don't really look at it as me being a free agent, because I want to be here."
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