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For the professional football player named Earl Clark, see Dutch Clark. For the baseball player, see Earl Clark (baseball).
Earl Clark
Clark with the Magic
No. 6 – Los Angeles Lakers
PositionForward
Personal information
Born (1988-01-17) January 17, 1988 (age 36)
Plainfield, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High schoolRahway (Rahway, New Jersey)
CollegeLouisville (2006–2009)
NBA draft2009: 1st round, 14th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2010Phoenix Suns
2010–2012Orlando Magic
2011Zhejiang Lions (China)
Los Angeles Lakers
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Earl Rashad Clark (born January 17, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Clark played college basketball for the University of Louisville men's basketball team and was drafted 14th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2009 NBA Draft.

Career

High school

Clark grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey and attended Rahway High School in Rahway, New Jersey. There, he scored 1,245 career points. As a senior, he averaged 25.2 points, 13.2 rebounds and 5 assists per game. He was a 2006 McDonald's All-American.[1]

College

As a freshman for the Louisville Cardinals, along with Derrick Caracter, Edgar Sosa, and Jerry Smith, the young group struggled early in the 2006–07 season. The team went on to win 8 out of its last 10 games, earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

In the first game of the 2007 NCAA Tournament, he scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals against Stanford.

Clark decided not to put his name in the 2008 NBA Draft and to return to the University of Louisville for the 2008-2009 season.

In the 2008-2009 season, Clark, along with future NBA player Terrence Williams, led Louisville to the Big East Title, as well as a #1 ranking, the first ever in the University of Louisville's history.

NBA

Early in his Junior season, Clark announced that he would forgo his senior season to enter the 2009 NBA Draft. On April 4, 2009, agent Dan Fegan told ESPN that he had signed Clark as a client shortly after the end of Louisville's 2008–09 season, which under NCAA rules ended Clark's college eligibility.[2]

Clark was drafted 14th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2009 NBA Draft.[3] Clark made his first career three pointer on January 28, 2010. Clark was sent to the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League on March 15, 2010, after only averaging 2.7 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 7.6 minutes in 45 games.[4]

On December 18, 2010, Clark was traded to the Orlando Magic along with Jason Richardson and Hedo Türkoğlu for Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, Mickaël Piétrus, a 2011 first-round draft pick and $3 million cash.[5] On April 16, 2012 he recorded his first double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

China

In August 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Zhejiang Lions in China.[6] The next month, however, he asked to leave the team for family reasons after not appearing in a game for the club.[7]

Lakers

On August 10, 2012, Clark was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers as part of a four-team trade that sent Dwight Howard to the Lakers. The Denver Nuggets acquired Andre Iguodala, the Philadelphia 76ers received Andrew Bynum and Jason Richardson, and the Orlando Magic got Arron Afflalo, Al Harrington, Nikola Vučević, Maurice Harkless, Josh McRoberts, Christian Eyenga, and one protected future first-round pick from each of the other three teams. The Lakers also acquired Chris Duhon from the Magic in the trade.[8] On January 9, 2013, Clark had a breakthrough night, playing 27 minutes and setting personal bests with 22 points and 13 rebounds against the San Antonio Spurs. Coach Mike D'Antoni called Clark's performance "phenomenal."[9]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Phoenix 51 0 7.5 .371 .400 .722 1.2 .4 .1 .2 2.7
2010–11 Phoenix 9 0 8.0 .387 .000 .500 1.9 .4 .1 .3 3.2
2010–11 Orlando 33 0 11.9 .441 .000 .595 2.5 .2 .2 .4 4.1
2011-12 Orlando 45 1 12.4 .367 .000 .724 2.8 .4 .3 .7 2.7
Career 138 1 10.2 .391 .200 .661 2.1 .3 .2 .5 3.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Phoenix 3 0 4.0 .333 .000 1.000 .7 .3 .3 .0 1.3
2010–11 Orlando 1 0 6.0 .333 .000 .000 4.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
2011-12 Orlando 5 0 17.6 .444 .000 .571 6.6 .4 .2 1.0 4.0
Career 9 0 11.8 .417 .000 .667 4.3 .3 .4 .7 2.9

References

  1. ^ Earl Clark, CSTV. Accessed January 2, 2008.
  2. ^ Ford, Chad (2009-04-01). "Who's in, who's out of 2009 draft?". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-04-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Coro, Paul (June 26, 2009). - "A new look in the works". - The Arizona Republic.
  4. ^ Earl Clark sent down to D-League
  5. ^ "Magic Receive Turkoglu, Richardson & Clark From Suns". NBA.com. 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  6. ^ Earl Clark heading to Zhejiang in China
  7. ^ Earl Clark returns from China, will be an unrestricted NBA free agent
  8. ^ "It's official: Howard dealt to Lakers in four-team trade". NBA. 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  9. ^ "Earl Clark has 'phenomenal' showing for Lakers". latimes.com. {{cite web}}: Text "accessdate+2013-01-09" ignored (help)

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