Timberwolves rookie center Naz Reid came to Minnesota from Louisiana State University where he spent the entirety of his one-year collegiate basketball career.
LSU is just under 80 miles from Smoothie King Center where he’ll be welcomed back to Louisiana by college friends on Tuesday night when the Wolves face the Pelicans.
Reid will also have the, uh, pleasure of defending friend and basketball icon Zion Williamson during his welcome-back game.
“Zion is a great all-around player,” Reid said after Tuesday’s shootaround. “He can do remarkable and unbelievable things that people have never seen before or may not think he can do.