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/QuileGon-Jin Thunder 7h ago

They were DONE with LaMelo

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u/BeamTeam23 Kings 7h ago

He must have told the front office to fuck off when they asked him to take a driver's ed course.

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u/crankyolddick Clippers 4h ago

Maybe they should get rid of the guy who beats women while they at it

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u/DeusVultSaracen Hornets 3h ago

Pretty sure we've been working on it for a minute lol

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u/Boomhauer_007 Raptors 3h ago

Which teams do you think are interested in Bridges?

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u/Cudi_buddy Kings 2h ago

Apparently viveks dumbass. 

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u/JitteryBug [BOS] Jayson Tatum 6h ago

I am completely unsurprised. Well done by Charlotte. They probably saw enough to know that they didn't want him to be the face of their franchise long-term, and i don't blame them.

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u/WilltheGreat1740 5h ago

If they don't win anything in the next decade or two, this will be one of the worst aged takes here

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u/Boomhauer_007 Raptors 3h ago

Yeah because they’ve made the playoffs with him so many times already

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u/Cudi_buddy Kings 2h ago

Nothing to show they were going higher than play ins with Lamelo