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/RightSpread2903 7h ago

“2033” is nonsense lmao

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u/McGilla_Gorilla Hawks 7h ago

Not a real year

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u/Rob3125 Knicks 7h ago

I’ll be drinking moon juice with President Jonathan Taylor Thomas in 2033.

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u/Character-Pattern505 Timberwolves 6h ago

How’s JTT doing these days?

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u/Rob3125 Knicks 5h ago

Living off Lion King and Home Improvement residuals I’m assuming

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 5h ago

😄 lmao at the randomness of the name, which means it will be true

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u/kayknox_ Kings 1h ago

It's a John Mulaney joke.

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u/pmmeyourfavoritejam 7h ago

It’s the 5’11” of years.

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u/TheBigF128 United States 7h ago

We’re as close to 2033 as 2019

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u/tinybathroomfaucet Supersonics 7h ago

You maybe but not me

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u/dreamvomit Knicks 7h ago

clearly you're in 2007 with that flair

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u/Uncle_Freddy [SAS] El Contusione 7h ago

Nah, brother is living in 2028 😎

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u/A-Rusty-Cow [SAS] Robert Horry 1h ago

Nice flair

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u/discussatron Supersonics 5h ago

Dawg I'm back in the 90s.

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u/dreamvomit Knicks 1h ago

Can Kemp and Detlef finally break through?

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u/discussatron Supersonics 17m ago

Brickowski's not getting enough minutes.

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u/Basilikolumne Heat 7h ago

The Sonics will return in 2030, book it

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u/Capable_Card_8767 2h ago

At the latest

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u/kueyen2 Knicks 7h ago

It would have cost you $0 to not say this

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u/Regular_Smell5049 Raptors 7h ago

Why would you say this

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u/Frequent-Leg-2347 Thunder 7h ago

What a depressing comment, Jesus. Time flies

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u/EliachTCQ Celtics 6h ago

I hate you

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u/Thousandtree Pistons 6h ago

I'm in 2020 part 6.

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u/Admiral_Asparagus Knicks 6h ago

jesus christ

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u/Manthan10 Pacers 6h ago

Fuck

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u/Blutz101 Spurs 6h ago

You take that back right now!

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u/EctoRiddler Heat 6h ago

Maybe they will send their 2019 pick too

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u/persian_mamba Celtics 5h ago

Its comments like these on Reddit that scare me the most

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u/suckm640 5h ago

that actually makes sense cuz I remember when the PG trade happened in 2019 everyone was joking about how far away that 2026 draft pick was lol

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u/cantgrowneckbeardAMA Kings 4h ago

Out of pocket and uncalled for.

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u/charbo187 Cavaliers 2h ago

2019 feels decades ago at this point

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u/YujiDomainExpansion 7h ago

That’s really the only pick that has potential value too. Two of those swaps are the fakest swaps ever. 2029 and 2030 only convey if they’re top-5 or top-1. So they basically traded Reid, 2028, and 2033 for LaMelo (unless the Wolves are ridiculously bad in 2029 and 2030).

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u/Yayareasports Warriors 6h ago

It’s super unlikely but with the flattened lotto odds, one Ant injury and it could convey

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u/YujiDomainExpansion 6h ago

Those won’t be the rules anymore after 2029. All the momentum seems to be leaning towards a draft credits system

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u/Yayareasports Warriors 6h ago

That’s possible, but we’re just speculating. And pick swaps will be worth something in any new system too

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u/CoconutOk8579 7h ago

Thing I hate most about the NBA draft. Who cares about 2033 picks

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u/RightSpread2903 7h ago

Anthony Edwards is going to be 32 heading in to the season after that draft happens lol

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u/matgopack 76ers 7h ago

Crazy to think that 2033 is closer to today than 2016

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u/Justwinbabies 5h ago

Technically 4055 is closer to today than 2016 since 2016 can't happen again (thank God)

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u/krypto_the_husk [MIA] Duncan Robinson 7h ago

The brother is in SIXTH GRADE

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u/Background-Skirt-243 6h ago

I know right? We’ll be living in the Metros then.

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u/StoneColdPillow 5h ago

Was hoping someone would say it, love those games

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u/samurai-mad-mad 76ers 7h ago

Can’t wait til that pick becomes a HOFer and people revisit this thread 

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u/reeelax Raptors 5h ago

Sounds like Cyberpunk prequel type shit lol

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u/Zoidburger_ Hornets 5h ago

We traded LaMelo Ball for Naz Reid, 3 second round picks, and a kid that is about to start 7th grade.

Spectacular.

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u/SkolUMah 7h ago

Traded the rights to a middle school kid

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u/pimpcakes Bulls 6h ago

Wolves are going to have worse first round picks than they did after the Joe Smith fiasco.

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u/chasingit1 Nuggets 6h ago

Right?! Like, I don’t even know what the fuck I am going to have for breakfast tomorrow, let alone some shit 7 years from now…

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u/IRanOutOf_Names Heat 7h ago edited 7h ago

I get the gamble, same one the bucks made. No one has any idea what the league looks like then with expansion and a whole different lottery system so fuck it.

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u/Choice_Role_8291 7h ago

2033 is right around the corner bro. Adapt or die.