Mississippi's front line of Derrick Allen, Justin Reed and Aaron Harper vs. Cincinnati's Donald Little, Leonard Stokes, Jamaal Davis and Jason Maxiell in the second round.

In return, they received forward/guard Ricky Davis, center Mark Blount, forward Justin Reed, guard Marcus Banks, and two second-round draft picks.

That summer, the Timberwolves traded Mike James and Justin Reed to the Houston Rockets for Juwan Howard.

The National High School Baseball Coaches Association 2006 'Slugger Senior State Players of the Year' for Mississippi was Justin Reed from Hillcrest.

Justin Reed: Hillcrest Class of 2006 and current minor leaguer in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Kidd missed two 3-point attempts, Garnett made two free throws, Justin Reed converted a 3-point play, Ricky Davis connected from the lane and Garnett hit a fadeaway.

The others were Erick Dampier, Al Jefferson, Justin Reed and Maurice Williams.

The Rebels (27-8), who had never been to the Round of 16 before, were led by Justin Reed with 16 points.

On February 25, 2008, he was traded to the D-League club the Austin Toros in exchange for Justin Reed.

Justin Reed looked up at the series of towers and cables from his 10-year-old perspective and pronounced the enterprise "neat."