The Minnesota Timberwolves announced the team has re-signed center Naz Reid. Per team policy, the terms of the agreement were not released.
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).
For his career, the 6-9 center has appeared in 406 regular season games (74 starts), averaging 11.6 points on 48.7% shooting, 4.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 20.9 minutes per game. He ranks third all-time in Timberwolves history in three-pointers made (569) and fifth in blocks (367). Reid was named 2023-24 Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year, becoming the first player in Timberwolves history to win the award and the third undrafted player since the award’s inception to win Sixth Man of the Year, joining Darrell Armstrong (1998-99) and John Starks (1996-97).
Reid has seen action in 36 career playoff games and has averaged 9.9 points on 47.6% shooting, 4.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 21.9 minutes per game. He ranks tied for fourth all-time in Timberwolves playoff history in games played (36), fifth in blocks (32), fifth in three-pointers made (53), sixth in rebounds (144) and seventh in points (357).
The Asbury Park, N.J. native was originally signed by the Wolves on July 4, 2019.
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
