the season of each Warriors player after the team's championship run. After three seasons on the NBA's fringes, Ian Clark proved in 2016-17 that he belongs in the league. The departure of Leandro Barbosa, now with Phoenix, freed up Golden State's backup shooting-guard job. [...] though Clark flip-flopped on the depth chart all season with rookie Patrick McCaw, he helped pace the second unit with 6.8 points per game on 48.7 percent shooting (37.4 percent from beyond the arc). In the Warriors' first two games against Portland, he totaled 45 points on 17-for-19 shooting. In Golden State's March 11 loss at San Antonio, with Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Daymond Green and Andre Iguodala out, Clark scored 36 points in 34 minutes. In addition to hitting open shots, he made important strides as a defender and facilitator. Offseason outlook: A year after signing a one-year, $1 million deal, Clark is in line for a big payday. To bring back Curry, Durant, Iguodala and Shaun Livingston, it will need Durant to take almost $4 million less than his maximum next year. [...] it'll still go into the luxury tax under that scenario. 2016-17 statistics: 6.8 points, 1.2 assists and 1.6...