The Lakers are no longer interested in signing Ian Clark, tweets Tania Ganguli of The Los Angeles Times reports. This news comes shortly after the team re-signed point guard Tyler Ennis to a one-year minimum contract with a team option for the second year.
Clark has played four seasons in the NBA since coming out of Belmont University. After beginning his career with the Jazz and Nuggets, the guard has seen his playing time rise with the Warriors. In 2016/17, Clark clocked 14.8 MPG in 77 games, during which he averaged 6.8PPG and shot a robust 48.7% from the field.
The Lakers have expressed interest in Clark in recent weeks, even meeting with the free agent guard for 45 minutes last Thursday afternoon, but no offer was made. The Bucks still maintain interest in Clark, reports Gery Woelfel on Woelfel’s Press Box.
I’m surprised he hasn’t had many more suitors.
He’s a minimum salary guy, one year at a time maybe a team option for second year.
He doesn’t do anything spectacular…. the plus is he’s a decent shooter.
He’s not fast, not a great passer or great vision. Not super on defense.
Just a good teammate who will hang around thw league on minimum contracts as a 5th guard.
You underrate him, he is pretty quick and his cuts to the basket are amazing so he will get points if he’s around playmakers. Lonzo Ball would find him easily.
I just think that nobody has watched him enough to appreciate his skillset. This is why all Warrior fans are surprised he hasn’t gotten paid. GSW will take him back at minimum I’d assume if he can’t get more.
I’m a Warriors fan I’ve watched him for 3 years. He doesn’t have a roster spot because he’s not good enough as pointed out above. He wants multi-year contract and more money. He’s not worth that. Unless a lottery team needs a third fourth guard he’s perfect as stated above again. And the Warriors will not take him back at a minimum salary they’ve seen what he offers and he’s 26. As I said, you’re 11th, 12th, 14th guy is 21 years old with upside yet discovered. Not twenty-six-year-old and you know what you’ve got, ceiling is realized.
Orlando should pick him up for more shooting.
They don’t have the need after the affalo signing
Underrated player
Underrated? What does he excel at?
He’s an average at everything, except shooting… he’s decent.
He’ll hang around because he’s a great teammate, very humble, never complains about his role, and I guess another plus is he doesn’t turn the ball over.
Great 5th guard at age 26 but at age 29 he’ll be out of the league because we’ve seen his best and his upside.
You literally just underrated him. He’s an average player who is above average at shooting, and you make that sound like a bad thing. Nothing wrong with paying a guy a couple million to play 15-20 minutes a night, and give you well rounded production and hit a few shots. That’s what you look for in guys to fill out your rotation.
Actually that’s not what you look for. If you’re a team that needs a third or fourth guard, Ian Clark is your man….but as your 5th guard you want a young guy with the potential for upside, not a twenty-six-year-old and you know there is no more upside.
People say underrated and I think they mean he should get a $5 million per year, x 3 years, contract. He won’t get that. He is what he is, and that’s exactly as you and I described him.
I’m a huge Red Sox fan by the way. Since ’78.
That’s true, my point is he’s probably good enough for a 1 or 2 year deal for the room exception, and a playoff team could use him in the rotation, or a non playoff team could flip him to a playoff team at the deadline. He’s good enough to be a playoff rotation player. I think he probably goes 1 year minimum deal somewhere he can get more playing time. He’ll get flipped at the deadline for a 2nd rounder or two.
And nice I haven’t been around to see games for that long, but I’ve been a huge fan ever since I was 2. Late 80s