Spurs rookie Tarris Reed Jr. has 38 rebounds in 71 preseason minutes, the most in the league.

Asked how often Victor Wembanyama blocks him in practice, Reed laughed. Going against him every day has taught him a lot.

“You end up shooting like a moon ball and hoping and praying it goes in,” Reed said of shooting over Wembanyama’s reach.

He grabbed 17 rebounds in 24 minutes at Utah on Oct. 12. “I could have got 20, 25,” he said two days later.

Reed said the extra spacing in the NBA cuts both ways, with elite guards able to get downhill whenever they want.

In the 123-103 win over the Suns on Oct. 14, he had four points, nine rebounds and three blocks in 21 minutes.

“These guys made the Finals last year without any of us,” Reed said. “At the end of the day, it’s all about winning.”

Photo by MGoBlog, CC-BY-4.0, resized. Tarris Reed Jr. (5) with UConn against Michigan in the 2026 national championship game.

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