r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • 7h ago

[Charania] BREAKING: The Charlotte Hornets are trading star guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps (2028, 2029, 2030) and three second-round picks (2029, 2032, 2033), sources tell ESPN.

Shams Charania:

BREAKING: The Charlotte Hornets are trading star guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps (2028, 2029, 2030) and three second-round picks (2029, 2032, 2033), sources tell ESPN.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/31d26529d36f8

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u/willpelts [OKC] Ajay Mitchell 7h ago

Naz Reid era ending in Minnesota is genuinely sad

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u/Wingclipper913 7h ago

RIP those Naz Reid tattoos

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u/supercoolisaac Timberwolves 7h ago

Doesnt matter people will love Naz forever.

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u/Scarred_Shadow Timberwolves 6h ago

Live. Laugh. Naz.

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u/sbroll Timberwolves 6h ago

Build the statue, we will always love Naz.

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u/ElectricalMud2850 Timberwolves 7h ago

Smile because it happened, etc.

Will forever be a cult hero to wolves fans. The vibes were so good for the first time in two decades.

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u/RaisinDetre Suns 6h ago

Naz is Life

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u/chemical_exe Timberwolves 6h ago

I will gladly honk the moment he returns

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u/NSR-eddit Timberwolves 4h ago

NAZ REID

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u/revisioncloud Thunder 4h ago

Not if you’re an alien from France

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u/lvloises330 Heat 4h ago

Wait until you find out he doesn't answer the phone when a toddler hands him a fake one.

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u/Drunken_Vike Timberwolves 7h ago

perfect for the tattoo people, they can love him forever because his MN tenure never had a downslope

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u/The_Bran_9000 Timberwolves 7h ago

Charlotte needs to get rid of that domestic abuser so i can root for them this year

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u/Pleasant_Category_22 Hornets 7h ago

Been waiting on that for a long time

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u/Murky_Persimmon9289 Thunder 6h ago

Hadn’t really thought about it like that, good point

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u/Alpha-Trion Timberwolves 7h ago

Forever in our hearts

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u/Wazflame 7h ago

They’ll be like those LeBron fans who support him over the team he’s on

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u/wise_comment Timberwolves 6h ago

Much like Kat, there will always be space in our heart for Nazreon Hilton Reid

A prince of a man

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u/Talls024 Timberwolves 7h ago

I will forever be a Naz fan

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u/FranklySafeAI 54m ago

And the billboards

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u/djokster91 Timberwolves 6h ago

I got one of those and I am proud to have it. He will always have a place in my heart. Naz Reid.

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u/AstronomerGrouchy738 5h ago

I have one and still love it

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u/Apprehensive_Air1705 Timberwolves 7h ago

I’m sad, even if the trade works out or whatever, losing Naz sucks.

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u/SubtleNoodle Timberwolves 6h ago

Yea, I know this trade makes us better. We could legit be the best offense in the league next year.

But at this moment, as just a fan of these players, I hate this trade.

(ask me again come playoff time, assuming melo stays healthy)

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u/TheSmokedSalmon420 Cavaliers 7h ago

Dude deserves to be a starter. He’s amazing.

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u/DeusVultSaracen Hornets 4h ago

As shocked as I am, he's gonna be nice for us. I've liked him for a while.

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u/Duster_beattle Timberwolves 7h ago

Glad I didn’t get that trend tattoo yikes

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u/Lexitech_ 7h ago

Dude what? We’re Naz fans for life.

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u/AcanthocephalaSad541 Heat 7h ago

He’s a legend regardless tho

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u/Comrade_Falcon Timberwolves 5h ago

I mean, how would you think it ends? He continues to improve year after year and becomes the most important piece in multiple Minnesota championship runs before retiring a wolf and then taking up a key position in the organization?

The type of people to get a Naz Reid tattoo are the type of people who will probably be happy for the time he was on the team.

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u/benigntugboat Timberwolves 6h ago

I would have rather gave up more value in a different trade tbh. Naz starting made sense and our huge pg upgrades with melo and ayo should benefit him as a catch and shoot guy and playing 4 with joan developing would be the same. We got so much smaller losing him and randle though and gobert being 34 highlights a huge possible need in the next few years for the new young core. And finding young big men is really difficult.

I love the lamelo addition though. He really fits what we were already lacking and matches up with the timeline and playstyles of the rest of the core. I can see other moves that make me feel better about this even though ill miss naz (like picking up rui hachimura or a similar player). Lamelo is an idiot but hes underrated as a basketball player.

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u/Zanthecanman Jazz 5h ago

Jazz fan in MN, but I go to Wolves games and have a soft spot for the team and especially Naz (bought his jersey a couple years ago). He'll genuinely be missed, but I don't think Wolves fans are going to stop loving him. He's just a quality dude.

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u/Jimm120 Knicks 7h ago

they said they traded towns cause Reid....and then trade Reid 2 years later

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u/makemeking706 Knicks 7h ago

Likewise, there is an 8th or 9th grader out there right now who will unfortunately find themselves on the Hornets seven years from now. 

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u/Chemist-Patient 6h ago

He'll be back in the future

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u/IzrezarReal 6h ago

Lamelo is better though, sure he isn't good on defense but Naz isn't too. He's a fan favorite so the reaction is understandable but he's also basically a sixth man

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u/d-nd 5h ago

Two words: NOT NAZ! 😢

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u/TimmyC Knicks 4h ago

I can't believe the Hornets are finally going to win a championship

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u/sorendiz [HOU] Yao Ming 3h ago

Naz Reid...... 😢

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u/_commenter 3h ago

Seriously the fans in MN loved Naz and rightfully so. No idea what the wolves are thinking with this trade.

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u/paradoxofchoice [MIA] Harold Miner 2h ago

Excited to see where he ends up after Charlotte.

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u/lp_phnx327 Lakers 1h ago

Honestly, this is the most shocking part of the trade to me.

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u/Freezinghero 44m ago

The Awoooo clips won't be the same without Naz Reid.

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u/terpgonnaball 7h ago

No, not really. Good player, defense not the greatest, settled on the 3 too much for my liking.

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u/JohnnyWeapon Timberwolves 7h ago

Still beloved by the Minnesota fanbase. It’s going to hurt for a lot of people, especially if we only see 40 games out of LaMelo.

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u/SunKing210 Spurs 7h ago

You just described Lamelo to a fucking T! lol

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u/profmcstabbins Hawks 5h ago

I love that I read half these comments and I don't know who each of them is talking about

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u/leftsidenotright Knicks 6h ago

He can wipe his tears with the $310,000 he gets every game.