Report: Naz Reid denies alleged $300,000 deal to sign with LSU

Naz Reid is a big guy. #NBACombine pic.twitter.com/wwzUtqVLRV

— Spencer Davies (@SpinDavies) May 16, 2019

Former LSU standout Naz Reid denied the allegation he was paid $300,000 to play for the Tigers by head coach Will Wade.

Naz Reid on the allegations in federal court that Will Wade paid $300K to get him to Baton Rouge:

“It didn’t happen. … There was no deal.”

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) May 16, 2019

“It didn’t happen,” he said Thursday at the NBA Combine. “There was no deal.”

Naz Reid says the $300,000 deal with #LSU is “not true.”

Adds that no coach at any school made him an type of financial offer and that he chose LSU because he liked the players, coaches – and not because of any money.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) May 16, 2019

Former Arizona assistant Emanuel “Book” Richardson was shown on video during a recent federal trial discussing the recruitment of Reid and saying LSU had a $300,000 deal arranged to secure his signature.

The 6-foot-10 Reid left LSU after one season to sign with and agent and cast his lot in the NBA Draft. He is projected by some analysts as a potential late first round draft pick.