Jazzhoops   Jazz get Clark in lopsided deal.         by Johnathan Kendrick The Jazz pulled off one the most lopsided trades in club history today. Luckily it was lopsided in favor of the Jazz. The Jazz trading just a future second round pick were able to pick up Sacramento King forward/center Keon Clark and two future second round draft picks. Keon Clark is 6’11” and 220 pounds. He played his college ball at UNLV. Keon Clark has played in at least 80 games 4 of his 5 seasons and is capable of explosive performances including career highs in points of 29 rebounds of 22 and an incredible 12 blocked shots March 23 2001, against Atlanta. The deal makes sense for both clubs. The Jazz are desperate for some low post players and are looking to stock pile draft picks to aide in the current rebuilding process. The Kings on the other hand have a talented nucleus that will hold them in contention for years to come. Two weeks ago the Kings secured the service of Brad Miller making Keon Clark expendable. In the same trade the Kings sent swingman Hedo Turkoglu to San Antonio increasing the importance that the Kings resign Jim Jackson. Trading Clark to the Jazz will give the Kings the cap room to extend Jackson a contract. The Jazz and Clark will find themselves in a win-win situation. Beside adding a young athletic player, the Jazz find a reasonable player to invest several million dollars in as they start adding contracts to get to the league minimum. Clark, who will be entering his sixth season, had his most productive season 2 years ago in Toronto averaging11.3 points and 7.4 rebounds while starting in 31 of the 81 games he played that year. Clark has been a solid backup for the past several years but has never averaged more then 27 minutes in a single season. If things work right in Utah this year Clark could end up not only playing a lot of quality minutes but being a focal point on the offensive end. The Jazz finally have a power forward to replace Malone and Clark finally has chance to be in the spotlight. Consequently, give the assist on this deal to Brad Miller for choosing to go to Sacramento over Utah and Denver. The Jazz who looked like the losers in the Sacramento-Indiana-San Antonio blockbuster, have now become the 4th team to improve as a result of that deal. Clark is in the last year of a two year contract and will make roughly 5 million dollars. Should Clark play well the Jazz will have plenty of money next year to under the cap to extend to Clark should they wish. If the chemistry doesn’t work The Jazz will get the salary back and be able to pursue other free agents next year.