Timberwolves Sign Jaylen Clark To Two-Way Contract
Official Release /July 7, 2023
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Minneapolis/St. Paul – The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has signed guard Jaylen Clark to a two-way contract. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.
Clark, 6-5, 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. He averaged 13.0 points, 1.9 assists and a Pac-12 leading 2.6 steals per game (tied for fourth-best in the nation).
Additionally, Clark was named to the 2022-23 All-Pac-12 Second Team and was a two-time Pac 12 All-Defensive Team honoree (2021-22 and 2022-23).
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 current Timberwolves guard Jordan McLaughlin.
Clark was selected by the Wolves with the 53rd overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.
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