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2025 NBA Playoffs

Watch: Naz Reid has intense online DM exchange with IG troll

Naz Reid drives to the basket
May 28, 2025; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid (11) drives to the basket against Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso (9) during the second quarter in game five of the western conference finals for the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images

Naz Reid and his Minnesota Timberwolves have been sent home from the playoffs. Before losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Reid engaged in an intense online DM exchange with an Instagram troll.

Related: OKC Thunder Advance To NBA Finals With Blowout Win Over Timberwolves

 

Fans always talk trash after a team loses a game or a series. Usually, when this happens, players choose not to engage. There’s no point in doing it, as it only causes more attention to the situation.

Sometimes, however, a player can’t help to respond. That’s exactly what Reid did.

 

 

Reid’s intense online DM exchange proves that players are human after all. Emotions were obviously high after falling into a 3-1 series hole in the Western Conference Finals.

Facing trash talk from a fan certainly didn’t help the situation. With Reid and his Timberwolves officially out of the postseason, they’ll have to regroup and figure out how to improve for next season.

About the Author Published May 29, 2025

TITAN FREY

Titan Frey is a dedicated father to three wonderful children, whom he takes immense pride in. His passions include reading, writing, basketball, both playing and watching, and playing chess. Titan spent five years working as a journalist for the basketball website fadeawayworld.net, where he served as editor-in-chief for four and a half years. One of his most notable achievements was interviewing Chuck Cooper III, the son of Chuck Cooper, the first African American ever drafted by an NBA team, and writing a biography that has been praised as the most definitive article about Cooper’s legacy. Titan is the author of more than ten novels and the screenwriter of three produced short films. His newest young adult novel, Echoes of the Hardwood: Braxton Foxworthy’s Time‑Travelling Book Report, blends basketball history with heartfelt storytelling and is now available. Order here: https://a.co/d/bo7BYz1

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