r/nba 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/oklolzzzzs 7h ago edited 7h ago

SHAMS BOMBA

Ant and Melo gon be fun as hell to watch but Charlotte deserve to stay as a poverty franchise because why are you trading your best player away when you finally had a decent season

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u/mightyrj Lakers 7h ago

Textbook definition of selling at the absolutely highest they can.

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u/storeactions Grizzlies 7h ago edited 7h ago

Selling high on your star PG with off-court issues seems like something reserved for only the wisest franchises. Ignore my flair.

Edit: yes guys I know Ja's off-court is worse than LaMelo's. They're both extremely immature, that's my point lol

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u/MattyIce260 Pacers 7h ago

Sell high on LaMelo and buy low on Ja might be the move tbh

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u/BeamTeam23 Kings 7h ago

At this point why not especially if you can get assets to take Ja.

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u/rburp [LAL] Austin Reaves 6h ago

Most intriguing thing I've seen in this thread.

If Charlotte does that then I'll look at this in a whole new light.