Naz Reid Rumors

The Timberwolves, meanwhile, are also seen by some as an emerging option for the Bucks. While Antetokounmpo is known to prefer a trade involving a team in the Eastern Conference, league sources say the Bucks are interested in what Minnesota has to offer. If the Timberwolves want to get into the mix, league sources say the Bucks would want a package including Jaden McDaniels, Naz Reid, Terrence Shannon Jr. and their two tradable first-round picks (No. 29 in this year’s draft and their 2033 pick). Yet considering McDaniels’ immense value alongside Edwards as an elite perimeter defender, as well as his impressive postseason performance, team sources say Minnesota has indicated that McDaniels is off limits. Per those sources, the same goes for 19-year-old big man Joan Beringer.

New York Times

As disappointing as the finish to this season was, the Timberwolves do feel good about the core of Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, Naz Reid and [center Joan] Beringer going forward. They will have some big decisions to make, but were encouraged by how the team did pull together to play for one another in the playoffs. (Beringer was Minnesota’s first-round pick last year and a player the team likes to take a big step forward next season.) Expect changes, maybe big changes, around that core. Minnesota got an up-close look at where San Antonio is setting the bar in a West where it may not even be the best team. And a conference that still has Luka Doncic with the Lakers and Nikola Jokic with the Nuggets.

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Dane Moore: With the Wolves getting knocked out by Oklahoma City and San Antonio these last two seasons, asked Naz Reid about what they need to do to be able to catch those teams. "Probably just the moodiness. You look at both of those teams and they're playing for one another, they're excited to be on the floor with one another, they're a team where they're selfless... I think we have more than enough talent... But just being less moody. I think that's just the name of the game for us, just being less moody and more selfless."

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Dane Moore: Naz Reid says at his exit interview that his favorite position to play is small forward.

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The most obvious avenue for the Timberwolves to look at a major change is in the frontcourt. Julius Randle ($33 million), Gobert ($36.5 million) and Reid ($23.3 million) are set to be paid almost $95 million next season. Randle and Gobert have two more years left on their contracts while Reid is signed through 2029-30. Gobert turns 34 in June, and Randle will be 32 in November, with the clock ticking on their ability to surround Edwards (24), McDaniels (25) and Reid (26) in the Timberwolves’ young core.

New York Times

In the cavernous backstage area at Intuit Dome in Southern California, the Minnesota Timberwolves slinked to the bus after giving up 153 points in a loss to the LA Clippers. It was the middle of March, and the Timberwolves had lost three in a row in decisive fashion. The team that they said they were, the fighters that never went down easy, were nowhere to be found. As the inseparable combo of Jaden McDaniels and Naz Reid walked to the bus, someone close to the team offered an observation. “If everyone was as tight as those two, we would have something,” he said.

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Dane Moore: Asked Rudy Gobert about the team having had more success with him next Naz Reid than next to Julius Randle thus far in this series, and what can be better in the minutes he plays next to Randle. "I think no matter what, we have to stay physical, we have to stay focused on the gameplan. We have to keep bringing the effort. And then offensively, I think a lot of it is spacing... Keep trusting one another, keep spacing for one another, keep screening for one another, keep running for one another."

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Draymond Green: So, as I posed the question, what if the shoe was on the other foot and it was Naz Reid taking out Wemby? I think this situation would look totally different. There would be fines. There would be suspensions. Listen, I’m not one to ever want to see guys get suspended, because I think that shit is whack. But standards have been set. Fines have happened. Jaden McDaniels and Joker just got fined for much less. For there not to even be a fine is crazy. It’s crazy. And I’m not for guys getting fined. I’m not for guys getting suspended. But for there not to even be a fine, let alone a suspension, I think is insane.

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Shams Charania: There will be no further discipline for Spurs star Victor Wembanyama after he was ejected for elbowing Naz Reid in Minnesota on Sunday night, sources tell ESPN. No suspension, no fine. Wembanyama will play in Game 5 against the Timberwolves on Tuesday night in San Antonio.

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Draymond Green: Y’all have called for my career for less.

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A mere four seconds after he was knocked to the ground, Reid pressed both of his palms on the hardwood and pushed himself to his feet. He got up because his mother, Anashia, always got up every morning to walk to work in New Jersey so she could provide for Reid and his siblings. “My mom used to walk damn near an hour and 45 minutes to work,” Reid said as he walked to his car late on Sunday night. “That’s what my mom taught me. You get knocked down, get right back up.”

New York Times

He got up because his grandmother, Linda, always got up to take care of a young Naz when his mother was teaching preschool or stuck at any number of odd jobs she needed to make sure the lights stayed on and the refrigerator was full. “My mom and my grandmother have been through a lot,” Reid said. “That’s where I get my pain tolerance from.”

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He got up because he knows they’re watching and because this year has been harder than most for the Reid family. His big sister, Toraya, was killed in a domestic violence incident before training camp last fall, devastating the close-knit group. Amid all of the suffering, they all still look to Reid and his Timberwolves to put smiles on their faces. “A lot of hurt throughout my family,” Reid told The Athletic. “A lot of family members have passed away. We’ve had to stick up for one another. I’m trying to be me and alleviate some of that pain.”

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Before being ejected, Wemby recorded four points, four rebounds, and three fouls in 13 minutes during San Antonio's 114-109 loss. The series is now tied 2-2. "I'm glad he took matters into his own hands," Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson said. "Not in terms of hitting Naz Reid, I want to be very clear about that. I'm glad Naz Reid is okay ... but [Wemby's] going to have to protect himself if [the refs] are not. "The amount of physicality that people play with, with him, at some level, you have to protect yourself."

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