There are a lot of things Jordan Clarkson still has to learn about his new team, its terminology, its playbook. But the shooting guard was ready for what was coming as he started his postgame interview Monday night. Clarkson spotted Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles moving toward him with water bottles and tried to discourage the inevitable.
“I got to, I got to, I got to,” Mitchell said.
A few seconds and two empty water bottles later, Clarkson wiped his face and smiled, his initiation complete.
“I have only been here for three days, four days now.