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Not sure if too many fans understood how eye-popping it was to see AJ Dybantsa “pull the chair” defensively on the 264-pound Naz Reid, who tried to post him up in the fourth, leading to Reid losing his balance and falling in the paint. That’s a vet move. Dybantsa’s played two NBA games. “He tried to post me up three times,” Dybantsa told The Athletic. “Two times, I tried to buck with him. I was like, ‘I can’t keep doing this.’ It works when you do it right.”
r/CharlotteHornets: 🎙️ Charles Lee on the tough call regarding Naz Reid the other day: "For our team, where we are, we've all just discussed who we want to be and how we want to operate, and those standards weren't met. But the great thing about Naz and our entire group, he and I had a good conversation. He's able to take accountability to me and to his teammates, and we're on the same page. I look forward to him being back in the starting lineup today."
r/CharlotteHornets: 🎙️ Charles Lee: "Unfortunately, Naz (Reid) didn't meet our standards in the first half, and at halftime we made the decision that he wouldn't play in the second half. But I look forward to him meeting those standards come next game."
“That September gym, I thought at times there was a lot of kind of bad blood there,” Finch said on Friday night after a 115-93 victory over the Orlando Magic. “There were a lot of times I thought it had boiled over. But it was great to see the intensity. Those guys were really going at it. They enjoyed it. They’ve been able to bring that edge into training camp and now the season.” The decision to turn the workouts at Mayo Clinic Square into a sequel for “Fight Club” was entirely premeditated. Over the summer, Minnesota replaced Naz Reid and Julius Randle with LaMelo Ball and Jonathan Kuminga. The moves changed the body composition of their roster — 497 pounds out the door and 405 pounds in to replace it. The Wolves were no longer the hulking beasts with a surplus of bigs to out-muscle their opponents. They became leaner and faster, and they knew how everyone would attack them.
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NBABase: Julius Randle was "one of the culprits" behind Minnesota’s moody locker room last season, per @JonKrawczynski “Everyone immediately looks at Julius Randle and he is certainly one of the culprits... They could be every once in a while... Julius certainly was a part of that when his name got brought up in the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade talks. He didn't really like that at all and he wears his heart on his sleeve, so you could see that.” “But Naz Reid could get moody, Jaden McDaniels could get moody. Like, there's a lot of quiet, brooding personalities that were in the locker room last year. You bring LaMelo Ball in here and he's much more upbeat and energetic, so there's definitely been a vibe shift.” (Via @bballilluminati)
Naz Reid on Brandon Miller: “His patience. His consistency. I think his leadership is starting to kinda form, and that’s big in a younger guy. I was with Ant [Edwards], who I started to see his shift and his change of going from his third year to his fourth year, and I think Brandon can do the same. I think I’m coming here to help out. This is his team, him and Kon [Knueppel], and I’m here to help in a big way. But I think the growth for him would be to, like I said, lead on and off the court and just be consistent and do the things that you preach.”
Sam Perley: Naz Reid says he wasn't "super, super shocked" about the trade because the NBA is a business at the end of the day. "It's been easy to become comfortable here because everybody's embraced me with love." Sam Perley: "I'm excited. I get a chance to grow as a player and give back [to younger guys]. It's about helping the younger guys tap into the players they can be." - Naz Reid
NBA Trade Machine: Christian Braun appeared in 9.4% of trades built on HoopsMatic over the past 24 hours. Of his trades, his most common destinations were Charlotte (64.2%), Dallas (9.4%), and San Antonio (5.7%). The players traded for him most often were Naz Reid (60.4%), Jamal Shead (39.6%), and Domantas Sabonis (32.1%).
NBA Trade Machine: Over the past 24 hours, Jordan Poole featured in 12.7% of trades built on HoopsMatic. Within his trades, he landed most often in Memphis (25.9%), Charlotte (24.7%), and Portland (17.6%). Most often, he was traded for Jerami Grant (25.9%), Jrue Holiday (17.6%), and Naz Reid (17.6%).
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The Wolves have been looking for a prototypical power forward ever since trading Julius Randle and Naz Reid during a busy offseason that also brought LaMelo Ball to Minnesota. Multiple team sources, speaking under condition of anonymity to discuss the team’s private recruiting efforts, outlined the work done over the summer that helped the Timberwolves beat out other suitors for Kuminga’s services. Tim Connelly, Timberwolves president of basketball operations, had extended conversations with Kuminga and agent Aaron Turner throughout the summer, including flying to Miami for a face-to-face meeting with Kuminga, sources said.
Etienne Catalan: Naz Reid will wear No. 0 for the #Hornets. Number last worn by Miles Bridges in 2026. #NBA
Jeff mentioned several times that Naz is somebody he targeted and previously knew about. What are your thoughts on Naz and how will he help this team? Charles Lee: Yeah, big-time get with Naz. I think that between the size, the physicality, the experience in the Western Conference Finals, and when you talk about you’re trying to put together a team that has talent and versatility — he adds to that. But I think also we’ve struggled in the past with the level of physicality that comes as you get deeper in the season and in on all those playoff runs. He’s been there, he’s done it, he played a big part. So, I think that he’s going to be able to bring leadership from the perspective of by example, but also vocally. He can talk to the guys because he’s been in some of those pressure-packed, high-level situations and he succeeded. To be an undrafted player and then win the Sixth Man of the Year, be in the rotation, a key reserve on a Western Conference Finals team, is really impressive.
Is the acquisition of Naz Reid an underrated move in this trade? Jeff Peterson: Completely agree. He’s someone I’ve always appreciated. He’s one of my favorite stories in the NBA. Go undrafted. He’s finished top five in [NBA] Sixth Man of the Year running three years, and he won it a couple years ago. He’s been in the Western Conference finals a couple times. He’s a guy who has changed his body, has changed his habits, his approach. So, I like to bet on guys like that. Chip on the shoulder, got it out the mud, found a way to have success. So, I could not be more thrilled to have him with us. And I know he’s going to make us better.
