2025-26 NBA SEASON NOTES (MINNESOTA)

Wrapped up his second NBA season, averaging 4.0 points on 43.6% shooting, including 33.0% from deep and 1.8 rebounds in 68 contests and one start...On March 11 in Los Angeles, scored 11 points in six minutes of action off the bench against the Clippers, tying for most points scored by a Minnesota player in six minutes of playing time or less in franchise history (Gerald Glass; Nov. 21, 1990).

NBA CAREER NOTES

Signed an NBA contract with the Timberwolves on Feb. 27, 2025...Missed the entire 2023-24 NBA season due to right achilles tendon rupture rehabilitation...Acquired with the 53rd overall pick in the second round of the 2023 NBA Draft...Signed a Two-Way contract with the Timberwolves on July 7, 2023...2024-25 (Minnesota): Finished his first season in the NBA, appearing in 40 games with four starts…Clark posted averages of 4.1 points, 1.3 assists, and 0.7 rebounds per game…His rookie campaign was highlighted in the Feb. 6 win over the Houston Rockets, when he posted a career-high 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting, including 4-of-6 from three, marking his first career game with 15-plus points…Clark became the first rookie in franchise history to knock down four-plus threes in a game since Anthony Edwards did so vs. Dallas on May 16, 2021(five threes made)…Clark finished with three-plus steals off the bench on four different occasions this season, tying him for fifth in franchise history with such games.

NBA PLAYOFF NOTES

2026 (Minnesota): Saw action in six postseason contests, posting 10 points, seven rebounds, three assists, one steal and one block...2025 (Minnesota): Played in his first career playoff games, appearing in five games of the Timberwolves 2025 Playoff run, which included an appearance in the Western Conference Finals…Totaled 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting, seven rebounds and two steals…In Minnesota’s 143-101 Game 3 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals on May 24, Clark ended the game with a playoff-career-high four points and three rebounds.

COLLEGE NOTES

Played three seasons at UCLA (2020-23), appearing in 90 games (36 starts) while averaging 7.4 points on 49.0% shooting, 4.1 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.3 steals in 19.0 minutes per contest…2022-23 (UCLA): Saw action in 30 games (all starts), posting collegiate career-highs of 13.0 points on 48.1% shooting from the field, 6.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 2.6 in 30.5 minutes per game…Clark’s 2.6 steals per game led the Pac-12 and was tied for fourth-best in the country…He recorded four double- doubles during the season after starting the year with only one previous collegiate double-double, including a 23-point, 10 rebound performance against Baylor on Nov. 20…He was named the 2022-23 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, 2022-23 NABC Defensive Player of the Year and 2022-23 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, UCLA’s first defensive player of the year winner since Russell Westbrook in 2007-08…Named to the 2022-23 All-Pac-12 Second Team and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team…2021-22 (UCLA): Appeared in 29 games (six starts) as a sophomore, averaging 6.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.1 steals in 18.1 minutes per game, while shooting a career-high 50.6 percent from the field…Recorded his first career double-double on Feb. 17, 2022 in a win against Washington State, tallying 18 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals…Named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team…2020-21 (UCLA): Played in 31 games for the Bruins in his freshmen season, helping UCLA advance to the NCAA Final Four…Averaged 2.5 points on 50.0 percent shooting and 2.4 rebounds in 8.9 minutes per game.

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Clark was a four-year varsity letterwinner in high school…Spent his senior season at Etiwanda High School (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.)…He spent his first three seasons playing for Centennial High School (Corona, Calif.)…Clark was ranked the No. 63 player in his high school class by Rivals.com and No. 73 by 247Sports.com…As a senior at Etiwanda, he averaged 18.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.6 steals per game and led Etiwanda to a 30-4 overall record in 2019-20…Clark scored a team-leading 32 points and tallied 13 rebounds against Sierra Canyon in a CIF Southern Section Open Division semifinal game (Feb. 21, 2020) at Calabasas High School…At the conclusion of his senior season, Clark earned second-team all-state acclaim from MaxPreps.com and first-team all-area accolades from the San Bernardino Sun.

The Riverside, Calif., native played on an AAU team with current NBA players Evan and Isaiah Mobley and Onyeka Okongwu…Clark attended the same high school (Etiwanda High School) as former  imberwolves guard Jordan McLaughlin…Son of Cornelius and Denita Clark…Has one older brother (Cornelius) and one younger sister (Briana).