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The Minnesota Timberwolves have re-signed center Naz Reid.

Reid, 25, finished his sixth season in the NBA, all with the Timberwolves, appearing in 80 games (a career-high 17 starts), marking the second consecutive season he has played 80+ games. He ended the season averaging 14.2 points per game on 46.2% shooting, a career-high 6.0 rebounds and career-high 2.3 assists in a career-best 27.5 minutes per game.

The Louisiana State University product saw his best season of his NBA career during the 2024-25 season, which included tallying a career-high 10 double-doubles, a career-best 19 20+ point games, a career-high 13 10+ rebound performances and a career-best six 20+ point/10+ rebound games. He finished fourth in the NBA in points per game off the bench (13.1) and was fifth in total points off the bench with 827. Reid connected on a career-high 175 three-pointers last season, including 128 threes off the bench, ranking 10th in the NBA. With his 20-point performance against the Indiana Pacers on March 24, Reid moved past Shabazz Muhammad for the most 20+ point games off the bench in franchise history. He led the way for the Timberwolves against the Sacramento Kings on Feb. 3, finishing with a season-high 30 points on a season-best 12-of-19 shooting, including 5-of-9 from three, five rebounds and two blocks, the contest marked his only 30+ point game of the season (fourth career).

Minnesota Timberwolves center-forward Naz Reid is the recipient of the John Havlicek Trophy as the 2023-24 NBA Sixth Man of the Year.

Reid has been named the NBA’s top reserve for the first time and becomes the first player to win the award with the Timberwolves. He is also the third player to earn the honor after not being selected in the NBA Draft, joining John Starks (1996-97) and Darrell Armstrong (1998-99).

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In his fifth NBA season, Reid averaged career highs of 13.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 24.2 minutes in 81 games (14 starts). He made 169 three-pointers, exceeding his total from the previous two seasons combined (132). Reid also shot a career-high 41.4% from three-point range.

Reid helped the Timberwolves (56-26) finish with the second-best record in franchise history.

The Minnesota Timberwolves yesterday signed center Naz Reid to a contract extension.

Reid, 23, wrapped up his fourth season in the NBA, all with the Timberwolves, seeing action in 68 games (11 starts), averaging a career-high 11.5 points on a career-best 53.7% shooting, a career-high 4.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 18.4 minutes per game.

Per the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, “Reid was viewed as a linchpin for this team by even the major stakeholders. Which is what made re-signing the free agent this offseason so pivotal for the franchise’s future. Minnesota got that done Sunday, as a source confirmed the Wolves and Reid agreed to a three-year, $42 million deal that features a player option in the third year.”

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The Louisiana State product saw his best season of his NBA career during the 2022-23 season, which included tallying a career-high-tying four double-doubles, a career-best eight 20+ point games and a career-high-tying four 10+ rebound performances. In 20:46 minutes of action off the bench during Minnesota’s 99-96 win on Mar. 26 against the Warriors, Reid led the Wolves in scoring, finishing with 23 points on 10-of-17 shooting, including 3-of-5 from deep. On Feb. 26 at Golden State, Reid led the way for the Wolves, scoring a career-high 30 points on a career-best-tying 12-of-22 shooting, including 4-of-11 from deep and nine rebounds. He added a career-high five steals and two blocks, becoming the first player in Timberwolves history to finish a game with 30+ points/9+ rebounds/2+ blocks/5+ steals.

For his career, the 6-9 center has appeared in 245 regular season games (43 starts), averaging 10.1 points on 50.5% shooting, 4.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. Reid has seen action in five career playoff games and has averaged 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.

The Asbury Park, N.J. native was originally signed by the Wolves on July 17, 2019.