Thought you were talking about Ant for a second and I was like WTF he went #1... Then I realized you were talking about Naz and laughed at myself lol

When it works, he looks like the most talented 7 ft in the League.... not counting Wemby of course

IIRC he put in a TON of work on his game and fitness to get from college ball to NBA 6MOY. Lost weight, gained athleticism and handles

​@@Phriedah facts he grinded for this and all his hard work paying off 💪

What college did Naz attend?

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It all began after they traded Dlo away for Conley, perfect vet for the team

Despite that , nuggets still won 😆💪

@@gyutaridaki1393…😃

@@qualio8781 😄😄

Will do my friend. He deserves to be in this great situation most definitely, from a humble Wolves fan.

Ive been commenting on whatever i can get my keyboard on, im ready to give Utah 2 more 1st rounders. With Rudy, and Conley, and creating a winning culture that we have lacked for 20 years, reallys sped up Anthony Edwards development. And Rudy's passion for the defensive side of the ball is the reason we saw what game 2 looked like. When everyone is locked in. couldnt be happier for the guy, and the team. When you are surrounded by people you trust to defend, and you put the work in. When there is 5 guys on the court that know exactly what to do and skill and ethic to do it. Its beautiful. And Rudy instilled that for sure.

He is very much loved here in Minny!

​@@kbrewers I think Game 2 was the ultimate justification for the Rudy trade. He built the culture so effectively the D can work even without him being on the floor. It definitely helps that Ant was willing to buy in completely too.

It was so wack when in Utah he got blamed because of the terrible perimeter defense

Last time I saw a defense like this it was 04 Piston.

​@@MrAlvarez23that's literally the same thing I said when I was watching.

@@poorchris you are insane, go back outside and continue smoking please. The Bulls from Thibs didn't change anything. The Detroit Pistons changed everything. You literally couldn't play defense after that. It only got worse with every year after 2005. Yes the Grizzlies did have amazing defense but it wasn't on the Pistons 04 level. Come on dude stop it. Those dudes literally stopped a prime Shaq and Kobe. Grizzlies didn't stop anyone near the same level of talent. I love Tony Allen btw, he was a clamp down stud. The Bulls in the East come on dude. I'm out, I'm not entertaining this silly argument. Real defense died after 04. I am willing to bet this type of defense won't be allowed against Shae Gilgeous Alexander, Jalen Brunson, etc.

100% I agree. Lockdown defense is satisfying.

​@@poorchris true but those teams lacked the base athleticism to go truly nuclear. They were dogs, grinders, but they didn't have the speed, the length the vertical ability or the size. 04 pistons had all that.

Well, Gobert is the MVP of the league, so also naturally the MVP of the Wolves, as well. But Naz is great, too.

Two words

Fr I always knew he was gonna be 6MOTY someday

Kat is a clown and overrated. Naz is way more important to your team.

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Naz Reid

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I think NAZ “two words” Reid is better 😤

Gobert being able to force KAT to play this good defense, should award Gobert the MVP of the league.

But Wemby has more blocks…got robbed…🙄

This is why Rudy deserves the Award this season. The Culture shift is absolutely phenomenal

@@FTFC365I’m french so who cares 😂 nah seriously, Rudy individual expertise at defence is like Wemby’s one, but he also communicates and teaches defence, look at Ant in the World Cup: completely lost and unaware of defence fundamentals, but then he transformed in months learning from Rudy. Wemby’s not at that level yet, the guys like Sochan and Vassell never took defence seriously even with Wemby, they’ve not listened to Wemby because he was a rookie, from France (and you gonna teach us defence ? dude…). Being good at something is one thing, teaching it depends on many other factors.

@@FTFC365 it isn’t just about blocks u slow poke. how many games did spurs win? Wembys time will come prolly better that Rudy in the future defensively but did Wemby inspire his teammates to play defense like mn do? Naz use to hate defense and look at him now. Along with the whole team

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NAW grinning while locking down Murray was the coldest thing I've seen in recent time.

NAZ REID

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yeah. remember that time where the top 3 SUPER centers everyone is talking about are jokic, towns, embiid. when the bulter drama came people started putting embiid over towns despide 76ers having the best simmons and a competitive lineup vs. timberwolves small market with mediocre nba player-broken wiggins and a leaving butler.

Kat is a bus rider. Not a bus driver.

​@@KK-pm7udyour point? Nobody is saying KAT is the alpha lol

@@hitman9198 He's not even the beta

@@KK-pm7udbus aint driven by one dude bro😂😂

....It doesn't make you a bust just because you were great in high school but not in the NBA. High school is high school for a reason.

i remember Naz with two other guys that was viral before lol

I feel you. As a longtime Wolves fan, it's been a tough few decades. But right now is our moment we've been waiting our whole lives for. I would love this team as my favorite even if it wasn't my home state. The D and competitive spirit has been missing in the NBA and they're bringing both

As a Sacramento Kings fan I know the exact feeling lol. Feel like both our teams have been in the basement for so long - glad to see such success for a fellow small market team. KG’s also one of my all-time favorites. Hope you guys win it all

@@abb7392 Man the kings as well are on the rise. y'all have had a great last couple years. Proud of the smaller market teams.🦾🦾

LFG 💪 NAZ Reidddddd

im letting my wife sleep with Naz Reid for her birthday

Daniels on Tatum, Gobert/Towns on Horford, Edwards on Brown, Alexander on White, Conley on Jrue. Good luck

Dude you are a real one. I'm a Lakers fan (not a Lebum fan, can't wait for him to bounce) so I have nothing to gain from this but I'm 100% with your take. Jaysun shrinks in the big moments but the worst part it is actually your coaching style. Joe Mazulla is doing what Brad Stevens was doing. You can't win like that, ISO taking turns and chucking up threes. Analytics has taken over most teams offenses and the Boston Celtics run so high on analytics. It will fail every time because analytics doesn't take into account the mental, emotional, etc of the big stage. Everything drops and certain players shrink. I don't expect Derrick White and Jaysun to show up in the Finals. Derrick White and Jaylen have gotten you there so far in the playoffs. Jaylen will do what Jaylen always does but Tatum and White won't. Same thing that happened to Tyler Herro (White equivalent )in the Heat Finals 2020. Those guys disappear and you can't count on those guys for your main offense. You need Tatum and Brown. Anyways we will see what happens.

Didn’t Tatum drop 40 last time they played?

@LazyCrazyGuy You're spot on. Things like always chucking a 3 to get the 2-for-1 at end of quarters is based on analytics and it's so dumb. Tatum and Brown are elite midrange scorers but they never take those shots like Ant does. Tatum needs to live in the mid-post way more

@lorddj9910 Regular season my guy, anybody can go off for 40 points there. Just watch Tatums body language tonight, when he gets nudged he looks for a call. He needs to bully ball and forget the refs

They can’t pay all of them can they?

This guy is worth the max bro was clamping jokic

Nickeil Alexander Walker is 25.

Usually these clips are just a segment of a longer interview (where I'm sure ask plenty about Naz), which they usually post after the segment clips. At least I hope so. Because yeah if in the full interview all they do is ask about Ant, that's offputting

@@lakewoodtiger8644 they will have a little luxury tax next year, but sounds like they will pay it. I expect it to be the same team, but they have like 10 guys under 26 that will all be one year older and better.

Despite the high tempers in these games us Minny fans and y'all Denver fans gotta stick together. A ton of us Wolves fans love the Nuggets and want the see them succeed.

@@stocktish2834 I really want to think that's mutual. I'm not from America, so don't have a proper context, but my impression that Wolfes fans are one of the least toxic fanbases out there. You are not like Phoenix ones :)

Naz Reid.

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Naz ring

Yes Jaden naz ant and NAW are the future of minnesota. Kat somewhat too. He'll probably be our old head come time.

​@@MB-jz3uu I'd love for KAT to stay his whole career with the Wolves. I remember the day we drafted him like it was yesterday. I was so happy about that

Hmm. I don't see them accepting roles as valuable, as accepting the training schedule to suddenly having defense training on it. The defense training is otherwise prohibited to be trained by coaches. But the Wolves circumvented the ban by making Gobert run the defense trainings. The media has been ordered to run a huge campaign, that it is impossible to play effective defense in today's era. And the Wolves players to see through that lie, is the real achievement here.

This is what the “big 3 max contract” teams will never have

I bet you wont saying that from the jump you a bandwagon groupie

undrafted and went to WORK..he's beloved in Minn.

Super impressed on his D against Jokic

Games tomorrow dude !!

signed his extension at a noticable discount, so did Conley...that wolves locker room knew what they had if they committed to the work to get there..Naz could have gotten a starters spot and contract on the open market. He stayed in Mpls. Fear the Wolves, they're as locked in as a squad around.

@@charleybarley914 facts

6th man of the year. He’s NOT underrated 😂

Kyle Anderson is underrated. He played real good as a starter in game 2

bros 24

He’s not even old lol he’s in his mid 20s

Naz Reid is one word. 😂

I say if the Timberwolves set up a Naz Reid pop-up stand at the State Fair they can fianance a new stadium

Every team in the league are already thinking how they can circumvent the prohibition, that their coaches aren't allowed to run defensive trainings. There's going to be a busy trade market, when everyone is trying to trade for elite defenders to run the defensive trainings for them.

singing the Naz song in the shower on the reg.

Me too. He seems older. Surprised he's only 24, wow!

I think it’s because people view him as the typical undrafted player who played 4 years of college when actually most don’t realize he was a one and done freshman out of LSU who was a McDonald’s all American

Ant is turning grown men into kids...

The refs are allowing it. Look at every other series up until this point. They only allowed the Lakers to play this type of defense. Everyone else is still getting called for almost everything. Look at Embiid had like 20 - 30 free throws. Look at Jalen Brunson like 15 - 20 free throws a game. Shae 15 - 20 free throws a game. Nuggets and Wolves not getting 10 free throws a game. I think it is because the Nuggets knocked off their king. They want the Nuggets out so they are allowing this type of defense. Let's see if they allow it against OKC/Dallas or Celtics.

80 % of ex-NBA players go broke in a few years after they retire. I wonder what the pay was for ex-players, to keep repeating in media channels like this one, that defense cannot be played effectively in this era.

@@penkima4923 That statistic is more than 20 years old and is totally innacurate to apply to today's players, who are making far more money and have access to far more financial education from the league and players' union. That issue has been addressed for the NBA my dude. Now the NFL is another story. Most of those guys still go broke eventually.

@LazyCrazyGuy - im afraid you’re right, okc and nyk are getting very favorable officiating so far

I am worried about the thunder and Celtics. Those are some big teams to overcome but so are the nuggets. The thunder are dangerous though because of their 3 pt shooting and with sga getting every call I'm sure kat will get into foul trouble against them.

​@@MB-jz3uuliterally my same take. I think the refs are letting Wolves play lock down defense against the Nuggets because they knocked out their king. But the next series or any other series. They aren't allowed to play this type of stifling defense.

Yep, nobody has gotten more favorable officiating than OKC and NY this playoffs. I feel like the refs won’t let the wolves play like this the rest of the way

that first question...Ant is turning grown men into kid's excitement.

The wolves were a solid defensive team even before Rudy got there. Ant, Jaden, Vando, Pat Bev were already showing glimpses of being an elite defensive team

Gobert coaching defense for the whole team is far more important, than Ant being a great scorer individually.

@@nydibs The Wolves played league average defense before Gobert joined. Ant played below average defense.

Gobert deserved DPOY. There are so many factors that casuals aren't understanding. For example, Wemby is new. Players didn't hold back shots on the inside yet until they had played him a few times and realized he blocks those. With Gobert, they already know... so he's altering players shots constantly and having more impact than the block numbers show. Same will happen to Wemby, btw. Blocks will go down now that players have more "nevermind" moments. Also Gobert is #1 for defensive win shares. And way more... so many factors go into DPOY

@@penkima4923 - no he didnt, Ant had a defensive rating of 112 before Rudy got there, his defensive rating did drop to 109 this year, but Ant was always a great on ball defender

He went undrafted.

I think bro went undrafted and signed with the Wolves as a FA. I could be wrong tho

Yes he was a free agent who went undrafted

I wouldn't necessarily call Derrick White and Austin Reaves role-players.

Jokic is the one player we know for certain, that has an immense positive impact on winning. And he has the best stats in the league. He was deserving of the MVP. If we don't want to give the MVP-award to the absolute best player every year, then Shai was the second best.

@@penkima4923ur a goof too. Take shai off, OKC is a lottery team, instead there the #1 seed in the west.

@@brianoconnor5255 We actually know that about Jokic. It might be true regarding Shai, but it's still a bit of a hypothetical. Anyway, I would've voted for Shai, myself. Shai can still win the title, and Jokic can't, so don't whine too much about the MVP.

​@@penkima4923lol