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Naz Reid isn’t going anywhere. After a career season, the Minnesota Timberwolves struck a three-year, $42 million deal to keep Reid out of free agency, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Reid averaged 11.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game last season while shooting nearly 54% from the field, all of which were career highs. Reid missed the last stretch of the season for the Timberwolves after breaking his wrist in March while taking a hard fall after trying to throw down a dunk against the Phoenix Suns. The 23-year-old went undrafted out of LSU and started on a two-way contract with the Timberwolves in 2019. He was set to hit free agency later this month after his initial four-year, $6.1 million deal expired. Now, Reid will make about $14 million per season and be with the Timberwolves through at least the 2025-26 season. The Timberwolves reached the playoffs for a second straight time last season, something that the franchise hasn’t done since 2004. After making it out of the play-in tournament with a blowout win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Denver Nuggets beat the Timberwolves 4-1 in the opening round. NBA free agency will officially start Friday.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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