Keon Clark

Keon Clark
Personal information
Born	April 16, 1975 (age 49); Danville, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Danville (Danville, Illinois)
College	Irvine Valley (1994–1995); Dixie State (1995–1996); UNLV (1996–1998);
NBA draft	1998: 1st round, 13th overall pick
	Selected by the Orlando Magic
Playing career	1998–2004
Position	Center / Power forward
Number	13, 15, 7
Career history
1998–2001	Denver Nuggets
2001–2002	Toronto Raptors
2002–2003	Sacramento Kings
2003–2004	Utah Jazz
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-WAC (1997);
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,882 (8.2 ppg)
Rebounds	2,096 (5.9 rpg)
Blocks	571 (1.6 bpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Arian Keon Clark (born April 16, 1975) is an American former National Basketball Association player.

After a collegiate career at two different junior colleges and UNLV, Clark was selected 13th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 1998 NBA Draft but was traded to the Denver Nuggets. He began his professional career with Denver where he enjoyed a stable first three years in the NBA, improving steadily. Clark would go on to play for the Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings, and Utah Jazz. With the Jazz, he only played two games before being traded to the Phoenix Suns for whom he never played a game.

He holds Toronto Raptors franchise record for most blocks in one game with 12, set on 23 March 2001 in a game against the Atlanta Hawks.^[1]

Clark has been plagued by personal problems since leaving the NBA. In 2006, he was due to stand trial in Illinois on marijuana and weapons charges, but never showed up for trial. U.S. Marshals found him boarding a bus in Houston, Texas and brought him back to Danville for trial. He was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, but the sentence was thrown out because he did not have a lawyer at the time of sentencing. At a hearing, Clark admitted that he was a recovering alcoholic who had been drinking for most of the time since high school. He added that he "never played a game sober" during his NBA career, and usually drank during halftime.^[2]

In 2002, Clark posted averages of 11.3 points and 1.51 blocks per game, while also finishing ninth in the NBA in total personal fouls.

He holds career averages of 8.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.62 blocks per game.

On December 5, 2013 Clark was sentenced to 8 years in prison for weapons charges. He is currently fulfilling that sentencing at East Moline Correctional Center in East Moline, IL.

Notes

^ "Raptors 2013-14 Media Guide" (PDF). Toronto Raptors. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^ In hearing, ex-NBA player Clark says he 'never played a game sober'. ESPN. December 17, 2007.

External links

NBA.com Profile

[1] "Raptors 2013-14 Media Guide" (PDF). Toronto Raptors. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

[2] In hearing, ex-NBA player Clark says he 'never played a game sober'. ESPN. December 17, 2007.

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