Naz Reid entered the NBA as an undrafted free agent with no guarantee of a long pro career. Now the fifth-year center is officially the best reserve in the NBA after being named Sixth Man of the Year on Wednesday evening.
The 24-year-old was a major reason why Minnesota didn’t skip a beat when Karl-Anthony Towns was sidelined with a knee injury late in the season. The Wolves went 14-6 without Towns and 56-26 overall, good for the No. 3 seed in the West.
So far, the Minnesota Timberwolves are making the Phoenix Suns look old and helpless in their first-round playoff series. All that, and Anthony Edwards (15 points, 3-of-12 shooting) and Karl-Anthony Towns (12 points) looked like mere mortals in the Wolves’ Game 2 win on Tuesday.
The Minnesota Timberwolves took a 2-0 series lead over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday with another decisive home win. And following the 105-93 victory, which included a big night from Minnesota wing Jaden McDaniels, a seemingly prophetic Anthony Edwards statement about McDaniels and Kevin Durant from year ago resurfaced.
NBA referees — or referees in any sport, for that matter — are supposed to remain neutral when actively officiating. But some fans were side-eye glancing at NBA referee Zach Zarba on Tuesday for his one brief interaction with Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards.
The Minnesota Timberwolves came into game 2 against the Phoenix Suns expecting a battle. And while it eventually became that, it was the Wolves who punched first, jumping out to an early 10 point lead in the 1st quarter.
Anthony Edwards' bold claim that he and Karl-Anthony Towns constitute the best duo in the league has sparked discussions and raised eyebrows across the NBA landscape.
In a recent chat with the media, Timberwolves big man Rudy Gobert explained his perspective on why his career is so controversial, and so often overlooked by the NBA fanbase.
Over the last few years, former MLB superstar Alex Rodriguez and businessman Marc Lore have been gathering equity in order to slowly take over ownership of the Minnesota Timberwolves from long-time owner Glen Taylor.
A mediation session regarding the Timberwolves‘ ownership dispute between Glen Taylor and a group led by Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez has been scheduled for May 1 in Minneapolis, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Minnesota Timberwolves enjoyed a dominating performance against the Phoenix Suns as Kevin Durant and company failed to match up to the level of aggression the Timberwolves came up with during the game.
Since the moment it was announced that Glen Taylor was voiding the Minnesota Timberwolves purchase agreement that he, Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez had previously signed 3+ years earlier, the battle for majority ownership of the Wolves has been extremely public, toxic and muddy.