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Tennessee native Ian Clark went from under-recruited to high-scoring NCAA star to NBA guard | New Orleans Pelicans
Prior to making his official NBA debut on Nov. 1, 2013, as a member of the Utah Jazz, brand-new New Orleans Pelicans free-agent signee Ian Clark traveled an unconventional path to the league. As described by Mike Organ – a sports reporter for the Tennessean newspaper – Clark went largely unnoticed by big-name colleges before he committed to tiny Belmont University. A Memphis native, Clark enjoyed a stellar college career for in-state Belmont (which is located in Nashville), but then went undrafted by the NBA in ‘13.