It has taken fewer than 10 games for the New York Knicks to learn an important Jordan Clarkson lesson: This is a guy who will fluctuate between seemingly unplayable and essential, between hero and scapegoat and self-saboteur. He is absolutely going to be the reason they win games, and among the primary catalysts behind them losing others.
Put another way: In basically no time at all, Jordan Clarkson has treated, if not exposed, the Knicks and their fans to the full breadth of the Jordan Clarkson experience—the good and bad, ugly and uglier, better and best, confusing and clarifying.