Jaylen Clark
Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guardWikipedia
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Sep 21, 2026
Alex SpeersHOST
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Alex SpeersHOST
Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels, Ayo, Kuminga, Cody Williams, Joan Berenge, Jaylen Clark, Terrence Shannon Jr., and Isaiah Evans.
Alex SpeersHOST
So 11 players, you can protect eight, so there's need to be at least three exposed.
Michele BerraHOST
Yeah.
Michele BerraHOST
To me, uh, it's, it's a no-brainer to keep Ant, LaMelo, Rudy, um, McDaniels and Ayo.
Michele BerraHOST
Uh, these are no-brainer.
Michele BerraHOST
To me, it's very close to no-brainer protecting also Jaylen Clark and Terrence Shannon Jr.
Michele BerraHOST
One pr- pr- very productive i- in the regular season, Jaylen Clark, the other with sparks in the playoffs.
Ben BeeckenHOST
Like worst case scenario, he's gonna be a plus shooter coming off the Achilles, right? I mean, I feel like that's reasonable to say.
Ben BeeckenHOST
So there's a lot to like here, because Minnesota's obviously gonna be cash strapped given the second apron situation, so if they can get a guy below market value, and now, now you've locked in your top six, assuming you figure out the Gobert situation, and, you know, who knows with Kaminga and Barinjais, your e-eventually your seventh, and Jaylen Clark is only getting paid three and a half million or less, actually just three point one this year, over the next three years, and he's not a bad ninth or tenth guy.
Ben BeeckenHOST
Now you just gotta figure out the end of the bench, whether it's TJ Shannon, maybe Bones comes back, who knows, Kaminga.
Ben BeeckenHOST
But like you've got a core...
MalikHOST
So I-- You know, there's a g- another team with just a ton of available talent through this process.
MalikHOST
Minnesota Timberwolves, Cody Williams unprotected, Jonathan Kaminga unprotected, and Jaylen Clark unprotected, which, like, I'm not gonna lie to you, that one hurt.
MalikHOST
I think Jaylen Clark's fantastic.
MalikHOST
Um, but like Isaiah Evans, Yoan Berenge, Terrence Shannon's the one debate that you could have.
MalikHOST
But, like, those top five, they're, they're being protected guys.
MalikHOST
But, like, th-this is again another one where, like, they are definitely gonna lose one of these three players, and depending on what the roster constructions are, you could go young and versatile.
MalikHOST
You-- If you need somebody to be a ball in hand scorer, you got Kaminga.
MalikHOST
If you need somebody that's gonna D you up on the perimeter and do a lot of those things, Jaylen Clark's one of those guys.
Ben BeeckenHOST
Um, you have, you know, uh, Trey Lyles and Juan Bernja out there as bigs.
Ben BeeckenHOST
You have a little bit more flexibility with some different stuff you can do, but you're basically giving the keys to Shannon and being like, "Look, between TJ, Shannon, Bones Hyland, and Ayo Dosunmu, that's where all your bench scoring is gonna come from." You're not gonna rely on Lyles or Berenge or Jaylen Clark to score it all off the bench, at least not with consistency.
Ben BeeckenHOST
So the offense is g- it, like, TJ's the guy besides Ayo and Bones, and realistically it's really, it's TJ and it's Ayo.
Ben BeeckenHOST
So I thought that comment was really fascinating from Chris Finch, and, and I think it's spot on.
Sam EkstromHOST
So, uh, let's go around the horn and give me your best of the rest of the other stuff that Chris Finch talked about.
Sam EkstromHOST
I'll, I'll kick it off with, um, Jalen Clark Britt brings up, I think he brought up Bones and Jaylen Clark, like two guys that have kind of been in and out of your rotation, what do they need to do? Chris Finch is like, "I love Jaylen Clark.
Sam EkstromHOST
I've got nothing to say on Jaylen Clark." Like yeah, he could, he could be a little better when he has to guard the best player on the floor sometimes.
Sam EkstromHOST
Like, when you put him up against the, the, the nu- the ones on the other team, he could probably be a little better at that.
Sam EkstromHOST
He doesn't always trust his three-point shot, but I do.
Sam EkstromHOST
I love his three-point shot.
Sam EkstromHOST
Just giving Jaylen Clark bouquet upon bouquet of flowers, just a total garden of, of flowers to Jaylen Clark, who signed that three-year deal.
Sam EkstromHOST
So I know we're talking about, like, this bench is gonna be young, it might be a little bit volatile.
Britt RobsonGUEST
On the other hand, we have 12 guys on the roster that could all help us in different ways." And it's no coincidence there that like the 9, 10, 11 guys are all pretty good on defense.
Britt RobsonGUEST
So then, you know, Jaylen Clark, if, are you gonna throw him out the window, you know? Or is that gonna be one of your im- immediate options? In which case, you know, okay, that's, that's interesting for the rotation.
Britt RobsonGUEST
Uh, so he did say, "I've got 9, 10, 11, 12 guys who can help us, and I need two options fairly quickly." I don't think he knows yet how that's gonna play out.
Dane MooreHOST
I don't think he should know.
Kyle TheigeGUEST
Couple of Western Conference Finals trips, albeit not good showings in those final four.
Kyle TheigeGUEST
So- To have a young team that is full of athletes, you know, not just the Kuminga thing, but obviously Ant entering his prime, and Jaden, and Rudy's always taking great care of himself, and LaMelo, and then you got, I mean, we should talk about TJ and Jaylen Clark, who have, you know, apparently graduated from the player development program.
Kyle TheigeGUEST
They just got a lot of athletes.
Kyle TheigeGUEST
So are they gonna be able to get stops, which is, again, probably what their identity will enter training camp, and then can they push the pace and use that athleticism? 'Cause I think it's still gonna get sloppy at times.
Parker FoxPANELIST
you know he gets contracts and he's a guy that plays minutes is because his point of attack disruption uh so I think that's for me is the biggest skill he needs to continue to keep and then is there a next step like you got paid for a reason right you've got brought back for a reason is there a next step defensively that you can show um to make yourself even more valuable and I'm going to talk about when we talk about things that that I want him to improve um I'm going to talk about why I think he can be a two-way closer um but but that defense needs to be extremely elite and it is right now so can you continue to keep that up
Sam EkstromHOST
jaylen clark six foot five 1.96 meters tall that's what uh my search said crazy i did not i i was thinking six two six three um that blew my mind julia julia go ahead
Julia DanielsPANELIST
well mine was also a point of attack defense so thanks parker for that uh Keep it short and sweet.
Julia DanielsPANELIST
I do think his defensive identity is like, that's his ticket into a rotation at some point.
ChillPANELIST
That's what I was about to ask.
AndrewGUEST
Is Jaylen Clark gonna develop a three ball so that he can be kinda that wing stopper D in three guy? I mean, Trey Lyles has played around 20 minutes a game his entire career for a reason.
AndrewGUEST
I mean, he's a capable vet.
AndrewGUEST
Can he come back from Madrid and still put up production? Owens-Hyland, like, what's he with a bigger role and more consistent minutes? I think the Wolves are just banking on, like, one of those guys hitting, whether it's Johan, TJ, and then you just hold out until Dante's back.
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speaker_2HOST
But Andrew, we, we, we talk about Ant, like, this is a guy that's got all the ingredients, right? And we s- and you, and you've said, like, if he has, like, an all NBA first team year, you know, if he plays good d- like, is, in your heart of hearts, do you believe that, like, Ant is this guy? Like, he is this, like, top tier, level one, A-tier guy that can lead you to a championship? Like, is that, is that what the internal feeling? Is there guys that you, uh, with in the locker room that still have doubts that Ant can be that guy?
AndrewGUEST
I don't think players have doubts that Ant's that guy.
AndrewGUEST
Like, I'll, I'll never forget, like, Jaylen Clark, his rookie year out with an Achilles injury, and he's, like, sitting there, goes in for treatment at, like, 6:00 in the morning, gets his Achilles treatment, you know, gets lunch at the facility.
AndrewGUEST
When he went in, Ant is there working with Chris Hines, his development guy.
Judd ZulgadHOST
Yeah.
Phil MackeyHOST
'Cause you could, you could make a best possible case scenario for, like, Beranji, Jaylen Clark becomes a three-and-D guy, and TJ Shannon-
Judd ZulgadHOST
I'm trying to think through some previous rosters and...
Phil MackeyHOST
You know, the N- the Nickeil Alexander-Walker bench-
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