Timberwolves Sign Young Two-Way Guard to Extension
The Minnesota Timberwolves made one of the biggest moves of the NBA offseason this week, when they traded Naz Reid, their 2033 1st round pick, plus a bunch of future second rounders and pick swaps to Charlotte for LaMelo Ball.
Now, the blockbusters are done since Wolves president of basketball operations Tim Connelly quite literally doesn’t have any draft capital left to trade. Thankfully, the Wolves have left themselves plenty of flexibility to add a starting caliber big to pair with Rudy Gobert and hopefully some shooting help to fill out the roster.
Minnesota Timberwolves extend Jaylen Clark
Before they figure any of that out, though, the MN Timberwolves have reached a deal with their own young, two-way combo guard, Jaylen Clark, who is reportedly signing a three-year contract extension worth a total of $10 million, according to Chris Hine (Star Tribune). His contract will now too line up with Ant, LaMelo and Jaden’s deals.
Jaylen Clark re-signing with the Timberwolves on a 3-year deal worth $10 million, per a source.
— Chris Hine (@ChristopherHine) June 27, 2026
Jaylen Clark, 24, was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 53rd overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, where he quickly became known around the organization for his incessant work ethic and abilities to stay in front of even the most talented ball-handlers one-vs-one.
What does Clark mean to Timberwolves?
Still, playing time has been mostly inconsistent through his first two seasons of NBA basketball. In exactly 13.1 minutes per game in each of the last two seasons, Jaylen is averaging 4.1 points points 1.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 108 total games.
JAYLEN CLARK, Y'ALL 🔨 pic.twitter.com/c3rM4Yhnld
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) April 11, 2026
NIKOLA JOKIC VS. JAYLEN CLARK
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) May 1, 2026
WHAT IS HAPPENING ? pic.twitter.com/p3jNRW3zzq
While the UCLA alum played 28 more games in 2025-26 than he did as a rookie in 2024-25, Clark’s numbers remained nearly identical between the two seasons. I guess that’s showing consistency?
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Jaylen entered the offseason as a restricted free agent who’s cap hold was costing Minnesota $3 million in space to work under the luxury tax. We’ll see how they structure Clark’s new deal but I’d imagine it saves them a bit of money in 2026-27.
Every million or two saved counts when you are paying the repeater tax like the Minnesota Timberwolves now are, after the Ball signing — especially given how many holes are left to fill.
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