Gary Clark is an American professional Basketball Player player who plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As of 2019, he plays for the Houston Rockets as their power forward. He was drafted by the Rockets in the 2018 NBA Draft.
As a rookie basketball player, Clark reportedly earns around $596,872 as his yearly salary from his current team. His salary is likely to increase with time as he starts to show more improvement in his game.
As of 2019, Gary Clark has an estimated net worth no less than the six digit figure. He was undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft but was signed by the Houston Rockets as an undrafted agent agreeing on 3 years/ $3,677,585 contract.
As per the contract, in 2018-19, he will earn a base salary of $596,872, while carrying a cap hit of $596,872 and a dead cap value of $596,872.
The up and coming NBA star is 6 feet 8 inches in height and weighs around 102 Kg. He is young and athletic and does get the attention of many girls. During his college years, he was in a relationship with a girl named Ashleigh Wolfe. But, there is no further update about his relationship with Wolfe.
Clark has not been seen with anyone in recent times as such it is believed that he is no longer in a relationship with his girlfriend Wolfe and might be single at the moment. Clark himself has not opened up about his love life and relationship status.
Gary Clark Jr. was born on November 16, 1994, in Smithfield, North Carolina and is the son of Gary Clark Sr. He attended Clayton High School in North Carolina where he played for his high school basketball team.
After graduating from high school, he enrolled at the University of Cincinnati and played for the Cincinnati Bearcats. During his college career, he was named to the league's all-rookie team, second-team All-AAC in sophomore years and was named AAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in his senior season. He helped the team to the season title in his senior season.
Clark's average career stats during his college career is:
| Season | Min | PTS | REB | STL | AST | BLK | PF |
| 2017-18 | 28.5 | 12.9 | 8.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| 2016-17 | 28.6 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 2015-16 | 30.4 | 10.4 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 2014-15 | 27.8 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
Gary Clark was entered in the 2018 NBA Draft, but none of the NBA teams were willing to spend their draft picks on him as such he went undrafted. However, the Houston Rockets signed Clark as an undrafted agent in the 2018 NBA draft. He made his professional debut with the Rockets on October 17, 2018, playing against New Orleans Pelicans.
So Far, Gary Clark has played in 14 games of the season for the Rockets. In the 14 games that he has played, he has managed to get an average of 4.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.5 assists and 1.0 blocks with 17.2 minutes.
There is no news of him being traded to any other clubs anytime soon. He plays with a team of NBA stars like James Harden, P.J. Tucker, Nene, and James Ennis III, as such it will take him more experience and time to be able to outshine them at the court.
