Jaylen Clark had attended Wednesday's news conference to introduce Rob Dillingham and Terrence Shannon Jr., the first-rounders attained by the Timberwolves in last week's NBA draft.
Clark, 6-4 guard, was a second-round selection out of UCLA for the Wolves a year ago. He was available late in the second round because of a torn Achilles suffered in the 2023 Pac-12 tournament.
He was the conference's Defensive Player of the Year, and Wolves basketball boss Tim Connelly decided Clark was worth stashing for a year.
Clark was headed back to what basically has been his home for a year — the Wolves practice facility across the skyway from Target Center — on Wednesday.