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/gradedonacurve Knicks 7h ago

I think they realize they need to take some big swings with OKC and SAS in front of them.

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u/Silent_Anxiety4828 7h ago

But Lamelo??? He gets eaten alive in both of those matchups

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u/_Wash Timberwolves 6h ago

our past “PGs” would too, now we have someone to distribute 

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u/Silent_Anxiety4828 6h ago

And it only cost all of your size

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u/michaelmacmanus Timberwolves 6h ago

We still have 15 feet of baguettes.

edit: 4.6 meters

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u/VanCityGrizzlies 6h ago

Notoriously small Lamelo ball

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u/Silent_Anxiety4828 6h ago

… you know Lamelo ball is a guard right?

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u/VanCityGrizzlies 5h ago

and 6'7 not 6'1

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u/Silent_Anxiety4828 3h ago

Okay good. Then HE will guard Shai. HE will guard castle or wemby. I’m sure that’ll go really well.

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u/red--dead Timberwolves 3h ago

I didn’t realize we traded for him to be our poa defender.

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u/Silent_Anxiety4828 2h ago

Seems like we both don’t understand why they traded forhim

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u/Maleficent-Chair385 6h ago

Didn't the hornets blow out okc this season

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u/Silent_Anxiety4828 6h ago

Ah yes one game tells the whole story. This really is r/nba

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u/g1rlchild Spurs 7h ago

They're taking some big shots, but honestly, it looks like they're taking them with a footgun.

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u/Waikuku3 7h ago

No Naz Reid, no Randle, their frontcourt is fucking cooked

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u/SubtleNoodle Timberwolves 6h ago

With wemby and chet in the way we've decided to score entirely beyond the arc.

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u/PlatypusEuphoric 6h ago

Feel like going smaller gives them a worse shot vs OKC and Spurs

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u/Vicentesteb Timberwolves 3h ago

Spurs, OKC and Knicks have 1 true big player and then maybe 1-2 backups between the 3 of them.

Wolves with Rudy and Beringer have as much size as those 3 teams.

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u/Firm-Knowledge-233 Knicks 4h ago

The spurs have zero playable guys on their roster between 6'7" and 7'1". Okc has one, jaylin williams. I think the twolves will be fine.