Clarkson excessive on Knicks engagement

Olmin Leyba – The Philippine Star

August 22, 2025 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — Fil-Am NBA star Jordan Clarkson seems to be excitedly ahead to beginning a brand new chapter with the New York Knicks whereas connecting with the sizable Filipino group within the Huge Apple.

Clarkson, who signed with the Knicks after reaching a buyout settlement with the Utah Jazz, likes the power within the metropolis that shares his ardour for the sport.

“I simply suppose the power within the enviornment, it is a place that everyone wakes up and needs to play, needs to be part of it,” Clarkson stated in an interview with Ronnie Fieg, founding father of New York trend model KITH.

“I believe being a Knick, in that sense, you have got a way of satisfaction. It’s love across the metropolis, at all times for the Knicks.”

And by changing into a Knick, the Gilas Pilipinas satisfaction additionally will get to work together with over 250,000 Pinoys in his new residence.

“I believe while you go on the market and be assured and present love and actually play for the town and embrace it and put on it in your pores and skin while you’re on the market on the ground, play with satisfaction and comprehend it’s greater than your self and this staff, I really feel like that’s while you actually are engaged and wish to take it to the subsequent degree,” he stated.

A former NBA Sixth Man of the Yr awardee, Clarkson is predicted to provide the Knicks the offensive punch off the bench as they purpose for larger heights after their Japanese Convention Finals run final season.

Clarkson averaged 16.2 factors on a 40.8 p.c capturing from the sphere and 36.2 p.c clip from three, 3.7 assists and three.2 rebounds final season with Utah. His entry ought to enhance the bench mob of the Knicks, which had been useless final in bench factors per sport the earlier marketing campaign, averaging 21.7 markers.

“I’m prepared for all of it and tremendous excited and able to get to it,” he stated.

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