Timberwolves Exercise Fourth-Year Options for Jaylen Nowell and Naz Reid

Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty ImagesThe Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday exercised the fourth-year options for guard Jaylen Nowell and center Naz Reid, according to The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski.

Nowell, the 2018-19 Pac-12 Player of the Year at Washington, enters his fourth seasons with averages of 8.5 points on 44.6/34.5/81.1 shooting splits, 2.1 assists, 2.0 rebounds, and 0.6 stocks in 15.8 minutes per game across 119 career appearances.

Reid, who signed on with the Wolves as an undrafted free agent before earning a full-time roster spot at NBA Summer League in 2019, has played a bigger role thus far, holds career averages of 9.5 points on 49.0/34.4/72.3 shooting splits, 3.9…