Fellow LSU star Shaquille O'Neal opened the sealed envelope Wednesday and read the NBA's 2024 Sixth Man of the Year winner on national television: Timberwolves big man Naz Reid.
He's the first player in Wolves history to win the award and only the third player undrafted — out of LSU, via New Jersey — to win it, joining only Darrell Armstrong (1999) and John Starks (1997).
Reid edged Sacramento guard Malik Monk by a mere 10 points — 352 to 342 — in voting chosen by a panel of reporters and broadcasters who cover the league.