Minnesota Timberwolves surprise fan with incredible gesture after he starts $20 Naz Reid tattoo craze during NBA playoffs

The MINNESOTA Timberwolves superfan received an incredible gift after offering $20 Naz Reid tattoos to Minny fans during the NBA Playoffs.

The T-Wolves gifted J.C. Stroebel, a local tattoo apprentice, with courtside seats for Minnesota’s Game 4 matchup against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals.

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Stroebel shared the news on X a few hours before Sunday’s blockbuster NBA playoff night matchup.

“The wolves just got us courtside seats tonight,” He wrote.

“THANK YOU WOLVES FANS FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN, I LOVE YOU ALL.”

Minnesota then honored Stroebel by posting a photo of one of his tattoos — with Reid’s name inked on a customer’s elbow — with a photo of him and his teammate at the game.

“How it all started, how it’s going” the post to read.

The Timberwolves also showed Stroebel and his friend and fellow tattoo artist, Jesse George, on the jumbotron, introducing them as “Naz Reid’s tattoo artists.”

The Minnesota native — who works at Beloved Studios in Roseville, Minnesota — began offering tattoos to Reid for $20 following the 2024 NBA Sixth Man of the Year’s 14-point performance in the 106-80 win over Duty in the Game two.

“Will tattoo ‘Naz Reid’ on anyone for $20. I’m serious,” Stroebel posted in X.

Since then, hundreds of people have reached out to Stroebel and George to have the Timberwolves’ cult hero’s name tattooed on their bodies.

“I think we’re at 75 tattoos completed, I think we have another 75 scheduled and about 250 people we haven’t gotten a spot yet,” Stroebel told a local. NBC affiliate before Game 4.

“I underestimated the Wolves fan base and I learned never to do that again.”

Stroebel said several national media outlets contacted the tattoo parlor about their initiative.

Reid was even asked if he would get the tattoo himself.

“I could,” the 6-foot-5 forward replied, laughing. “Why not?”

And Stroebel would love to welcome Reid to Beloved Studios.

“Pass, friend!” Stroebel said.

“I have a big old chair and I can buy a bigger one if you need it, man!

“If Naz showed up at the door, I’d just gas him up, bro!

“I would say, man, I hope you’re really proud of yourself, because look at everyone, you’re just invested in your story.

“And at the end of the day, man, it’s because of what he accomplished.

“And I really hope that what we feel for him is what he feels for himself.”

The Timberwolves entered Game 4 with a 2-1 lead over the Nuggets in their second-round playoff series.