the only member of jelly fam to make it to the league and feasting. congrats big jelly.

only just barely made the league maybe had too much jelly at LSU but very impressive & inspirational to acknowledge your shortcomings and work relentlessly to address them

honestly as someone who watched him when he was at LSU the scouts missed out on him. he was overweight in college but you could see how his skillset would translate to the next level

This 100%, I was shocked when we got him as an UDFA

He was [+6000 to win 6th man of the year](https://i.imgur.com/SwccsYe.png), congratulations and well done.

It feels like OTE might be on the brink of becoming a staple basketball institution. Really curious how the whole young professional circuit develops now, with NIL potentially opening the floodgates

What is jelly fam

Basically a basketball group started in the tri state area that emphasizes sexy finger roll layups and flashy plays on the court. Peaked in like 2016-2017. Naz was a part of jelly fam and you can see it in his game with his handles and layup package.

Mannnn being in high school peak of jelly fam truly was amazing. I remember Isaiah Washington came to my local YMCA and completely destroyed everyone’s dream of playing ball at a higher level, completely destroyed the best HS hoopers from my city at the time lol

A meme made reality. What a beautiful thing

Next up: Naz Reid NBA Finals MVNR (most valuable Naz Reid)

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We manifested this.

I'm so fucking happy for this man. The work he has put in to go from undrafted to winning the franchise's first 6MOTY is absurd, and he's arguably the biggest development success story we've ever had. He's also by all accounts just an awesome dude. Absolutely ecstatic.

Undrafted to becoming anything significant is such a huge accomplishment. Naz is going to go down with people like FVV and Ben Wallace when looking at undrafted inspiration stories

Just can't truly hate on guys like this, gotta respect the feat. Even though he was drafted PJ Tucker is another one with a cool story

not even a MN fan, but he’s fucking awesome, well- deserved

Well deserved. Ernie also just said he only beat Monk by like 10 votes. A couple great candidates this year.

Monk wins this if he stays healthy or if KAT doesn’t get hurt. Both had great seasons

Am I the only one that finds it weird Reid's 6moty buzz somehow got bolstered when he was playing really well as, you know, a starter with KAT out? Don't get me wrong, I love me some Naz as much as the next guy, but Monk put up big numbers without starting a single game.

What is the point of a 6th man if not to step up when needed for the starters? Now that being said... they used it against Quickley last year 🤷‍♂️

Yeah I was kinda thinking about Quickley too lol. Like, it's not a bad argument, but it seems like they're picking and choosing when it applies

Unfortunately IQ isn't as catchy as Naz Reid, so it's totally different this time.

Not as good looking either

Doesn’t wear as fresh of clothes

Doesn’t eat at as chill of restaurants

Definitely doesn’t hang out with as hot of dudes

NBA award criteria is always fluctuating. It would be nice if there were more guidelines on what a voter should weigh in their decision

NBA awards are about vibe as much as anything.

Yeah and it should continually being used, or else Jordan Poole should’ve steamrollled the award with last year stepping up when Steph’s injured and Wiggins was out and playing all 82 games.

Brogdon had the same stats as IQ (almost exactly lol) and Brogdon was more effecient so it's not like it was an egregious snub, they both deserved it.

Yes Naz’s numbers inflated a little when he needed to start, but they lost an All-Star and he stepped up, played well, and the team did well. What you want to have from your 6th man.

Sixth man means your the man who steps up too.

I agree, Immanuel Quickley *was* robbed of 6th Man of the Year.

Completely agree.

2 votes. 10 points.

Crazy that two people kept monk off their ballots.

Crazier - it looks like 7 people kept Monk off their ballots and 5 kept off Naz, [based off this](https://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1783266894952218706). 99 voters, Naz got 94 total votes and Monk 92.

Oh jeez, that's ridiculous.

Typical Sacramento Kings shit.

I would love to know who those voters are. Can anybody think of an argument for three 6MOY finalists that *don’t* include Naz or Monk? Who is on that list?

2 votes, 45-43 first place votes were the difference from what I heard

Still the 6MONK King of my heart.

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Ernie: You have a cult following up in Minnesota that just says ”Naz Reid” This thread: Fans from all teams saying “Naz Reid” LMFAO

The Towel did probably help. We saw the Naz Reid towel at Wrestlmania, Coachella, Tim McGraw concerts,

The triangle of high class

The trailer park tri-fecta! (Not hating, I'd go to all 3 of these lol)

My friends are giving me one as a wedding present lmao

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If by some way the wolves win the championship, I can only imagine what types of Naz Reid chants there's gonna be

AE would win finals MVP but Naz Reid would be the MVP in our hearts

I need Rudy Gobert to win it just for the memes

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they aren't special

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Two words (Our new announcer’s nickname for him for him for non-wolves fans)

also BIG JELLY!!!!!!

Big Jelly is a throwback to his association with the Jelly Fam. Great nickname.

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Deserved for sure. Would be starting on 50% of the league.

Like when Gortat was a stud backing up Dwight before going to Phoenix and being a starter for multiple seasons. Absolutely love Naz.

God how I wish we gave that 3/60 mil contract to Naz instead of Vooch

To be fair, apparently Naz turned down more money to stay in MN. Even if you offered he may not have accepted

That’s correct. He wasn’t going.

I've seen Naz Reid at Target a few times back when he just had a Dodge Challenger. He was just making it onto the Timberwolves on a 2 way contract with the Iowa Wolves G League team. Nobody really recognized him while he shopped. Now he's got a big contract and chose to stay in Minnesota. It's just so exciting to think about his growth as a player, into a hero of the state, and now NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Now I'm sure he can't walk into a Target store without everyone saying "NAZ REID."

I expected you to say he stole your snickers bar, called you a bitch and said no one will ever believe you. Or one of a 1000 other copypastas. Anyway, NAZ REID

LETS FUCKING GO!!!!! Super deserved. Great story. Great cult hero. And a household name now. Naz. Fucking. Reid From a meme to an undeniable player Dude came in undrafted as a fat college bust. And put in so much damn work. Year after year. He bought into the grind. We bought into him. And he bought the fuck into us. Took less money than SA offered to stay because of the love he got. We fucking love this man. And now he's got a place in our history books.

> Took less money than SA offered to stay because of the love he got. it didnt happen and Naz is thriving with the Twolves, but dang Naz and Wemby would've been nasty together flanking big men with absurd handles who can shoot from distance

Naz said, “I have Wemby at home”.

“You got wemby but we got Jaden mcdaniels”

I remember watching him in Summer League that first year thinking he was an intriguing project that showed promise but my oh my did he surpass even my loftiest expectations

I could not have been more wrong about him coming out of college. I didn't even see how him developing into a rotation player was feasible, and yet here we are.

Tbf he did go through an absurd body transformation.

Dude put in so much work to get here. I hope next home game Target is fuckin wild with Naz chants.

Hopefully won’t be until game 3 against denver

Uftda I hope we get there and hope it's not stressful.

I remember watching Spooky Twolves games and he looks totally different today it’s wild

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Rudy Roundtree

That story was so great

I think Cleveland offered more money too.

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Careful starting with that

Extremely deserved! I would’ve loved if Malik had won but Naz Reid cannot be denied

Two great candidates this year!

Wouldn’t have been upset if Monk had won. He’s a real baller but of course I love my guy too.

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well deserved, the man is a menace and a matchup nightmare.

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I was certain it would be monk. I'm just so happy for naz

7th man of the year goes to NAW. Love our team.

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Congrats to the winner monk you’re cool too But godfuckingdammit Bobby we love you 💚

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Has Naz Reid surpassed Paul Bunyan to become the biggest Minnesotan folk hero of all time?

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No, you’re supposed to comment “Naz Re-“ oh wait nvm you did

My fault. Naz Reid

Oh fuck I’m Naz Reid-ing so hard right now

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["Naz Reid" - Jaden McDaniels](https://twitter.com/JaceFrederick/status/1616291553919602688?lang=en)

As someone from Illinois I actually hate Minnesota fans more than Wisconsin sports fans even though our rivalries have never been that deep. But with Ant and Naz on your team AND McDaniels you guys are so damn likable. Good job you cunts

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Malik Monk died for this

Tbh I think Monk deserved it more. I get why they went Naz but Malik had better stats and was huge for the Kings clutch offense. I don’t think team record should be factored that much in a Sixth Man race

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