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Jaylen Clark Minnesota Timberwolves · #7

Guard · 6'5", 205 lb · Riverside, CA · Age 25 · 2nd season

Jaylen Clark is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves who has played 108 games over 2 seasons, averaging 4.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 2025-26.

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Minnesota Timberwolves · #7 · Guard

Jaylen Clark

Season avg4.0 pts · 1.8 reb · 0.6 ast · .434 fg

Career avg4.0 pts · 1.6 reb · 0.6 ast · .446 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

4.0pts

1.8reb

0.6ast

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Scouting report

Jaylen Clark — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

Guard · Role player · Impact 46

Jaylen Clark is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves who has played 108 games over 2 seasons, averaging 4.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists in

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Jaylen Clark stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬

43%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #539 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

46Impact index

20Star score

Career scoring average4.0 ppg

Seasons in the index2

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Jaylen Clark — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

4.0 PPG

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Playmaking

0.6 APG

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Rebounding

1.8 RPG

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Shooting

.327 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Jaylen Clark

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27 73% confidence

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pts

2.5–5.7

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reb

1.2–2.8

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ast

-0.0–1.2

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health

.442

fg%

~base

.351

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 4.0 → projected 4.1 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season+0.1 PPG

Everything it reads

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2 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 25 — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 40 / 68 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Jaylen Clark career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2024-25	40	13.1	4.1	1.3	0.7	.467	.431
2025-26	68	13.1	4.0	1.8	0.6	.434	.327
Career	108	13.1	4.0	1.6	0.6

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Minnesota Timberwolves built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

51–31proj record

#5conf seed

+3.8net rtg

116off rtg

112.1def rtg

94%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels.

How his role moves

Projected 51–31, 5th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

46 of 99

Role player tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Jaylen Clark

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2001-10-13

The beginning

Jaylen Clark is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Turning pro

Drafted 53rd overall, 2023 as a Guard.

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Jaylen Clark is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Chapter

He has played 108 games over 2 seasons (2024-26), averaging 13.1 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 68 games, averaging 4.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 13.1 minutes.

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Clark's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 205 lbs
College: UCLA
Experience: 3rd Season
Draft: 53rd overall, 2023
Born: Riverside, CA
Age: 25
Jersey: #7

Beyond the game

Jaylen Clark is from Riverside, CA, born 2001-10-13, listed at 6'5" and 205 lb. He has 3 seasons of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.

The person

A guard on 13.1 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth13.1 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 32.7% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Jaylen Clark — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jaylen Clark, answered.

What position does Jaylen Clark play?

Jaylen Clark is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

How many NBA games has Jaylen Clark played?

108 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 13.1 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Jaylen Clark played?

2 seasons (2024-26).

How tall is Jaylen Clark?

6'5", 205 lb

Jaylen Clark career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Jaylen Clark Minnesota Timberwolves · #7

Jaylen Clark — the report card

Where Jaylen Clark stands

Jaylen Clark — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Jaylen Clark

Jaylen Clark career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Minnesota Timberwolves built to win?

The Ballad of Jaylen Clark

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Chapter

Off the court

Jaylen Clark — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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