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Re: The Naz Reid Thread 

Post#521 » by winforlose » Mon May 6, 2024 2:50 pm

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KGdaBom wrote:WTF is the Jelly family?


Two words: Big Jelly

Still confused as to what it's about. Is it possibly a reference to when Naz entered the league as somewhat of a dough boy?


I cannot really link Reddit threads but there is one that explains it well. Just ask Google why Michael Grady calls Naz big jelly and you will find it. Quick summary, Naz and some other future college and NBA players called themselves the Jelly family because they used a package of moves usually seen by guards (finger rolls for example,) as bigs.
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Post#522 » by KGdaBom » Mon May 6, 2024 4:12 pm

winforlose wrote:
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Two words: Big Jelly

Still confused as to what it's about. Is it possibly a reference to when Naz entered the league as somewhat of a dough boy?


I cannot really link Reddit threads but there is one that explains it well. Just ask Google why Michael Grady calls Naz big jelly and you will find it. Quick summary, Naz and some other future college and NBA players called themselves the Jelly family because they used a package of moves usually seen by guards (finger rolls for example,) as bigs.

Thanks, so it's a Grady thing. You know I don't give a rat's ass about announcers and never pay attention to anything they say. Also it seems like 9 times out of 10 on NBA league pass I get the broadcast from the other team anyway.
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Re: The Naz Reid Thread 

Post#523 » by winforlose » Mon May 6, 2024 4:23 pm

KGdaBom wrote:
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KGdaBom wrote:Still confused as to what it's about. Is it possibly a reference to when Naz entered the league as somewhat of a dough boy?


I cannot really link Reddit threads but there is one that explains it well. Just ask Google why Michael Grady calls Naz big jelly and you will find it. Quick summary, Naz and some other future college and NBA players called themselves the Jelly family because they used a package of moves usually seen by guards (finger rolls for example,) as bigs.

Thanks, so it's a Grady thing. You know I don't give a rat's ass about announcers and never pay attention to anything they say. Also it seems like 9 times out of 10 on NBA league pass I get the broadcast from the other team anyway.


Pretty sure Naz came up with it.
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Re: The Naz Reid Thread 

Post#524 » by KGdaBom » Mon May 6, 2024 4:26 pm

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I cannot really link Reddit threads but there is one that explains it well. Just ask Google why Michael Grady calls Naz big jelly and you will find it. Quick summary, Naz and some other future college and NBA players called themselves the Jelly family because they used a package of moves usually seen by guards (finger rolls for example,) as bigs.

Thanks, so it's a Grady thing. You know I don't give a rat's ass about announcers and never pay attention to anything they say. Also it seems like 9 times out of 10 on NBA league pass I get the broadcast from the other team anyway.


Pretty sure Naz came up with it.

When I hear the word Jelly in reference to a human I think of Santa Clause and his belly that shakes when he laughs like a bowl full of Jelly. It seemed like a dough boy reference.
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Re: The Naz Reid Thread 

Post#525 » by BlacJacMac » Mon May 6, 2024 4:41 pm

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winforlose wrote:
KGdaBom wrote:Still confused as to what it's about. Is it possibly a reference to when Naz entered the league as somewhat of a dough boy?


I cannot really link Reddit threads but there is one that explains it well. Just ask Google why Michael Grady calls Naz big jelly and you will find it. Quick summary, Naz and some other future college and NBA players called themselves the Jelly family because they used a package of moves usually seen by guards (finger rolls for example,) as bigs.

Thanks, so it's a Grady thing. You know I don't give a rat's ass about announcers and never pay attention to anything they say. Also it seems like 9 times out of 10 on NBA league pass I get the broadcast from the other team anyway.


It goes back to High School for Naz - but the "Jelly Fam" predates him. So definitely not a "Grady thing", but another sign of how good he is at his job and putting in the work to learn everything about players.
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Re: The Naz Reid Thread 

Post#526 » by Klomp » Mon May 6, 2024 6:12 pm

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KGdaBom wrote:
winforlose wrote:
I cannot really link Reddit threads but there is one that explains it well. Just ask Google why Michael Grady calls Naz big jelly and you will find it. Quick summary, Naz and some other future college and NBA players called themselves the Jelly family because they used a package of moves usually seen by guards (finger rolls for example,) as bigs.

Thanks, so it's a Grady thing. You know I don't give a rat's ass about announcers and never pay attention to anything they say. Also it seems like 9 times out of 10 on NBA league pass I get the broadcast from the other team anyway.


It goes back to High School for Naz - but the "Jelly Fam" predates him. So definitely not a "Grady thing", but another sign of how good he is at his job and putting in the work to learn everything about players.

Precisely.

The "Big Jelly" nickname goes all the way back to his high school days, when Naz Reid was a member of the "Jelly Fam". Here's a pretty good historical breakdown of the movement. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/jelly-fam-alabamas-jahvon-quinerly-nyc-brotherhood/myja7rjkgjss2e4pl7tigelb

Here's another good look at it from 2017:


Grady was working in Brooklyn starting in 2017, so he probably had heard about it quite a bit back then and infused that knowledge into his broadcasts.

And that brings us all to where we are today...

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Re: The Naz Reid Thread 

Post#527 » by KGdaBom » Mon May 6, 2024 7:22 pm

BlacJacMac wrote:
KGdaBom wrote:
winforlose wrote:
I cannot really link Reddit threads but there is one that explains it well. Just ask Google why Michael Grady calls Naz big jelly and you will find it. Quick summary, Naz and some other future college and NBA players called themselves the Jelly family because they used a package of moves usually seen by guards (finger rolls for example,) as bigs.

Thanks, so it's a Grady thing. You know I don't give a rat's ass about announcers and never pay attention to anything they say. Also it seems like 9 times out of 10 on NBA league pass I get the broadcast from the other team anyway.


It goes back to High School for Naz - but the "Jelly Fam" predates him. So definitely not a "Grady thing", but another sign of how good he is at his job and putting in the work to learn everything about players.

Thanks for the info.
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Post#528 » by life_saver » Mon May 6, 2024 8:33 pm

Naz badly needed that 2nd half burst..he was struggling quite badly prior to that
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Post#529 » by KGdaBom » Mon May 6, 2024 8:54 pm

life_saver wrote:Naz badly needed that 2nd half burst..he was struggling quite badly prior to that

Yes he did. Man did he put it together in the clutch.
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Post#530 » by Klomp » Mon May 6, 2024 8:57 pm

life_saver wrote:Naz badly needed that 2nd half burst..he was struggling quite badly prior to that

The bank shot really got him going!
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Post#531 » by Klomp » Wed May 8, 2024 7:49 pm

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Re: The Naz Reid Thread 

Post#532 » by shrink » Wed May 8, 2024 10:30 pm

Reddick interview with Gobert was excellent. You can hear how seriously Rudy takes defense and professionalism.
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Post#533 » by KGdaBom » Thu May 9, 2024 12:39 am

shrink wrote:Reddick interview with Gobert was excellent. You can hear how seriously Rudy takes defense and professionalism.

Good post, but I think it belongs in the Rudy thread.
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Post#534 » by Klomp » Thu May 9, 2024 12:47 am

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shrink wrote:Reddick interview with Gobert was excellent. You can hear how seriously Rudy takes defense and professionalism.

Good post, but I think it belongs in the Rudy thread.

It's in response to Redick interviewing Reid this week....
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Re: The Naz Reid Thread 

Post#535 » by KGdaBom » Thu May 9, 2024 12:58 am

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shrink wrote:Reddick interview with Gobert was excellent. You can hear how seriously Rudy takes defense and professionalism.

Good post, but I think it belongs in the Rudy thread.

It's in response to Redick interviewing Reid this week....

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Re: The Naz Reid Thread 

Post#536 » by Sealab2024 » Thu May 9, 2024 2:03 am

Reid played easily his best defensive game ever in game 2 against Denver and It was shockingly one of the best defensive games ever played against Jokic, a 3 time MVP. And he did it in the playoffs..... Legendary.

I've noticed Naz being more comfortable defensively on the perimeter, one on one and in help this year; just generally more fundamentally sound. Especially when KAT went down. Teams tried but they couldn't hunt Naz and get anything that was worth hunting. This was really big for the Wolves and for the rest of us it confirmed that Naz had a ceiling much higher than a bench piece. That was just showing league average ability which is what i think everyone was comfortable expecting eventually.

For Naz to not only hold up for an equal portion of a playoff game against the 3X MVP but actually be really effective is a whole other level of Naz that I didn't necessarily expect. Not that that's what's gonna happen every night or that Naz doesn't have bad matchups, but good lord.

If the Wolves can play KAT and Naz at the 4 and 5 and still be effective defensively this Wolves team is gonna win a ring.
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Re: The Naz Reid Thread 

Post#537 » by KGdaBom » Thu May 9, 2024 7:28 am

Sealab2024 wrote:Reid played easily his best defensive game ever in game 2 against Denver and It was shockingly one of the best defensive games ever played against Jokic, a 3 time MVP. And he did it in the playoffs..... Legendary.

I've noticed Naz being more comfortable defensively on the perimeter, one on one and in help this year; just generally more fundamentally sound. Especially when KAT went down. Teams tried but they couldn't hunt Naz and get anything that was worth hunting. This was really big for the Wolves and for the rest of us it confirmed that Naz had a ceiling much higher than a bench piece. That was just showing league average ability which is what i think everyone was comfortable expecting eventually.

For Naz to not only hold up for an equal portion of a playoff game against the 3X MVP but actually be really effective is a whole other level of Naz that I didn't necessarily expect. Not that that's what's gonna happen every night or that Naz doesn't have bad matchups, but good lord.

If the Wolves can play KAT and Naz at the 4 and 5 and still be effective defensively this Wolves team is gonna win a ring.

Over the course of just a few years Naz went from underachiever and turned into one Badass MFer. No other way to put it.
As for Monday's unreal performance by the whole team I truly believe they set their sights on winning just one for the Gipp-Bear.
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Post#539 » by minimus » Wed May 29, 2024 10:38 am

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One thing I noticed is that MIN have been using Naz as catch-n-drive option
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One thing I noticed is that MIN have been using Naz as catch-n-drive option

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