Good luck to Justin Reed in Huston - 明尼蘇達灰狼 Minnesota Timberwolves

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Certainly, the story right now for the Timberwolves is the arrival of Juwan
Howard…or is that the departure of Mike James. Either way, Minnesota made a
good trade. I’m not going to go into all the same reasons why McHale and
crew actually made a good deal since you can read that in countless other
places.

I will, however, point out that the other piece to the trade, Justin Reed, is
a good guy and I wish him well in Houston.

Reed did not see much court time in the 2006-07 season, only appearing in 41
of the 82 games--as well as only seeing an average of just under 8 minutes in
those games—Reed, as a whole, remained professional and made the best of his
situation. Although there were times when it seemed as if Reed was flirting
with joining the destructive clique on the team, he never actually made the
jump.

Prior to a late season game as I made my appearance in the Timberwolves
locker room, I found Reed laying on the floor, headphones on and being
stretched out by one of the trainers. When he saw that I was in the room, he
took his headphones off and said, “I don’t know why I’m getting stretched
out. I know I’m not playing tonight.”

As I began to think how this may be an indication that Reed had finally made
that leap to the wrong side of the team, he redeemed himself. “Well, I
suppose you’ve always got to be ready, huh? You never know.”

Now that this trade has become official, I’ve been reading all the other
stories about Mike James and how he was a locker room cancer. Although I
never truly believed that during the season, as all I have to go off is what
I see with my own two eyes, I realize now that at no point during the season—
not a single time—did I see James speaking with Garnett in the locker room.

Justin Reed, on the other hand, was friends with every single person on the
team.

I truly hope that Reed will be given a fair shot at some meaningful playing
time in Houston. When he was given that chance in Minnesota by then-head
coach Dwane Casey, he 6.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and played some tough defense.
Don’t get me wrong, Reed will always be a role player, but when given that
chance, he can deliver.

Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming should love to have Reed as a teammate in 2007-08.

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紀念一下Reed這短篇誰來翻一下，裡面有一句話很八卦喔。

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