Timberwolves’ Naz Reid to miss 'significant' time with wrist injury

Timberwolves big man Naz Reid has broken his left wrist, per Shams Charania and Jon Krawcyznski of The Athletic. They note that Reid is set to be sidelined for a “significant” amount of time with the ailment.

The center injured the wrist during the second half of an eventual 107-101 loss to the Suns Wednesday, in a fall after a dunk try. Reid appeared to be playing in significant pain afterward, Krawczynski had noted even prior to the news of the break.

Krawczynski tweets that Reid had emerged as a significant contributor to Minnesota of late. At 39-38, the Timberwolves currently occupy the Western Conference’s eighth seed.

The 23-year-old is the Timberwolves’ third big man, a crucial utility player who can be played at either frontcourt spot alongside starters Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns.

In his 68 healthy games this season, the 6’9″ big man had been averaging 11.5 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 1.1 APG, and 0.8 BPG across 18.4 MPG for the Timberwolves.

Reid went undrafted out of LSU in 2019 and eventually signed a four-year minimum deal with Minnesota. He will be an unrestricted free agent this summer.