NBA Central: 76. Ivica Zubac, 82 overall 77. Jonas Valančiūnas, 82 overall 78. Coby White, 81 overall 79. Cam Thomas, 81 overall 80. Immanuel Quickley, 81 overall 81. Mike Conley, 81 overall 82. Anfernee Simons, 81 overall 83. Austin Reaves, 81 overall 84. Brandon Miller, 81 overall 85. Klay Thompson, 81 overall 86. RJ Barrett, 81 overall 87. Andrew Nembhard, 81 overall 88. Chris Paul, 81 overall 89. Devin Vassell, 81 overall 90. D’Angelo Russell, 81 overall 91. Miles Bridges, 81 overall 92. Naz Reid, 81 overall 93. Isaiah Hartenstein, 81 overall 94. Nikola Vucevic, 81 overall 95. Daniel Gafford, 81 overall 96. Nicolas Claxton, 81 overall 97. Jalen Duren, 81 overall 98. Dereck Lively II, 81 overall 99. Keegan Murray, 80 overall 100. Jaden McDaniels, 80 overall
Naz Reid Rumors
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Position: C
Born: 08/26/99
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:249 lbs. / 112.9 kg.
Salary: $13,986,432
Scouting report
Born: 08/26/99
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:249 lbs. / 112.9 kg.
Salary: $13,986,432
Scouting report
The Addisons hope that Naz Reid has only just started to lift Cayden. Reid linked up with Cayden through NMDP, formerly known as the National Marrow Donor Program and Be The Match, to help raise awareness for the need for more people, particularly those of color, to get registered to become a potential blood stem cell donor. This is a personal fight for Reid. In the spring of 2022, when the Timberwolves were in the playoffs against the Memphis Grizzlies, Reid lost Rudy Roundtree, a beloved father figure to cancer. Roundtree had helped look after Reid from his teen years through the start of his NBA career. When Roundtree fell ill, doctors tried to get him strong enough to become eligible for a stem cell transplant, but he died before that happened.
07 Aug
Draymond Green questions why young NBA players don't play for USA 3x3 team
ClutchPoints: “Why are not young NBA players on the 3×3 team?… Naz Reid would destroy them, dudes… Jalen Green, you got like a big Jalen Duren. A fourth… I think he’s on his way to being a superstar… Tyrese Maxey.” — Draymond Green 🤔 (via @TheVolumeSports )
The Wolves must decide whether they can trim salary without sacrificing team quality, and that is a challenging question in this case. As so few players outside of the starters make large amounts, there are not many options for deals there, so the choices get tough pretty quickly. Undoubtedly, the most fascinating of those is whether Sixth Man of the Year Naz Reid would be able to step into Towns’ shoes as the starting power forward, and there is an argument that he can. In the stretch Towns missed in March and April, Reid averaged 17 points and seven rebounds on respectable efficiency as a starter. Towns’ disappointing help defense makes replacing him on that end much more manageable, especially with Gobert anchoring the defense. Still, theoretically parting with one of the league’s most intriguing 7-footers is a downgrade and even tougher to swallow for the team and fans alike if it is done primarily for financial reasons. Still, it is a path.
The front office could similarly trim costs by offloading Reid, which would be more about reducing a tax bill than eliminating it entirely, but this season has shown the value in having a viable Towns replacement on the roster. The Timberwolves do not have similar replacements for Gobert, Conley or McDaniels. Hypothetical moves involving them are far more complicated in terms of filling out a credible starting and closing five, especially as many trade partners are less interested in trading like-for-like in these circumstances.
Minnesota ownership to keep team competitive despite luxury tax?
Glen Taylor has indicated internally a willingness to pay the luxury tax to keep the team competitive, team sources said. Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez have said they would do the same should they prevail in their fight to buy the team. If either side decided to cut payroll, Towns’ max salary and a frontcourt that also has Gobert and Reid as bigs would get trade machine aficionados cracking their knuckles. Towns has spent all nine of his seasons in Minnesota and said he wants to come back for a 10th.
Jon Krawczynski: Naz Reid: “I wish we didn’t go out like that.”
“Yeah, he fired us all up,” Reid told The Athletic about Finch’s second-half sideline takeover. “He’s doing that, and he’s bringing that energy, so it’s like, ‘We ain’t got no choice.’ It’s definitely special and huge to see him that engaged and that in the moment. So everybody’s excited about that. I mean, you see he’s limping and it doesn’t matter. He’s still gonna keep going. “We all know who he is. We know what he means to this team, and how much firepower he brings to this team. Everybody still respects him the same way. I don’t know about the refs, but they should.”
ClutchPoints: “Anthony Edwards played great basketball… We can’t worry about Karl-Anthony Towns or Rudy Gobert’s feelings. They need Naz Reid out there, and they need Kyle Anderson out there.” — Draymond Green 👀 (via @NBAonTNT) pic.twitter.com/RUhgJDu9vM
