Earl Clark: An Undeveloped Engine

October 23rd, 2010 by Vincent Yin Leave a reply »
The Phoenix's Suns forward Earl Clark was drafted by the Suns in 2009 NBA Draft with their 14th pick. Expectations were high for Earl Clark before the season started, but after the a few games into the season, most people did not expect him to be a rotation player.

Throughout his high school and collegiate career, Clark has showed why he deserved to be a lottery pick. In his senior year in high school, Clark averaged 25 points, 13 rebounds and five assists for Rahway High School in New Jersey. He was also named as a 2006 McDonald's All-American.

Earl Clark only managed to play in more than half of the Sun regular-season games in his rookie season while averaging 2.7 points and 1.2 rebounds per game in 7.5 minutes. Those are decent statistics for a rookie who is not even considered a rotation player.

Earl Clark is listed as a small-forward, but he is capable of playing at the power-forward position in the NBA due to his length and height being at 6'10". Earl Clark played the least amount of minutes than any other first-round pick in the 2009 NBA after BJ Mullens of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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