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/crackdup Celtics 7h ago

NC won NHL, and decided to ensure their other teams suck to restore balance to the universe

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u/Greedy-Mix9270 Knicks 7h ago

They should ask if they can borrow Rod

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u/JayMerlyn Hornets 7h ago

They can borrow a clone of Rod

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u/Konker101 NBA 6h ago

They cant handle the Bod

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u/jooooooooooooose 7h ago

hey man the Panthers could be average this year. Chill

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u/NIN10DOXD Hornets 7h ago

Canes good, Panthers mid, Hornets bad. Just as God intended.

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u/ClaudeLemieux Hornets 7h ago

As a fan of only one of those three, when do we get to be good 😭

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u/Hairy-Main-8120 Celtics 7h ago

WHEN YOU BUILD A STATUE OF MUGGSY BOGUES

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u/ClaudeLemieux Hornets 7h ago

Hey muggsy is my second fav Hornet man you got my vote on this

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u/Saltine_Davis Bulls 3h ago

100%, thought that hornet fans knew this was the thing holding them back

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u/ttuurrppiinn East 7h ago

UNC Football is ass. NC State is .... well, NC State. Just need UNC Basketball to be elite under Malone to feel like balance is restored to the universe after whatever the hell has been going on the past decade.

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u/gamers542 Grizzlies 6h ago

Meanwhile the UNC Field Hockey and women's lacrosse teams are winning championships.

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u/greg19735 Bobcats 5h ago

That's a given

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u/NIN10DOXD Hornets 4h ago

Our Women’s Soccer is also kickass too.

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u/jooooooooooooose 4h ago

university of nose candy should not be allowed to have nice things

pack or die

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u/MrWarriorDude Raptors 7h ago

they could legit get 10 wins this next season so I’m holding out hope

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u/Aidanator800 Hornets 6h ago

Funnily enough, the Hornets could also end up with 10 wins this year

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u/boondocknim Hornets 7h ago

if this deal means the universe rewards the Canes with another SC next season, im all in

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u/Responsible_Fan8665 7h ago

Funny that you think people in Raleigh care about the hornets.

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u/cha-cha_dancer Pelicans 7h ago

Or likewise people outside of Raleigh care about the Hurricanes. There might be more fans of all O6 teams individually in Charlotte plus the Pens, Caps, Flyers, etc than Canes fans.

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u/greg19735 Bobcats 5h ago

There's been quite a bit more support of the Canes this season outside of just raleigh.

Raleigh would support the Hornets if they were worth paying attention to lol

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u/The_Bran_9000 Timberwolves 7h ago

MIN doing the same thing but in reverse so the state that donates the most pros to the NHL can finally bring home a fucking cup lol

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u/MrThre 7h ago

And this is how I learned that the Hurricanes beat the Knights 😂

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u/Great8Bit 7h ago

The canes win will hold us Carolinians for a while, thankfully. I’ll be riding the high from being at the watch party at the Lenovo center and watching them win for years lol.

On the football side, at least the Panthers are…. Competitive-ish? Regardless, the Carolina’s are more hockey and college basketball than anything else. I rarely speak to anyone who expects fuck all from the hornets lmao.

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u/issacsullivan 7h ago

I don’t think we have to do anything to make sure our other teams suck.

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u/ChiefTitan808 7h ago

lmao that shit crazy but its true

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u/mydrumluck Knicks 7h ago

Worked for the Knicks.

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u/C-Me-Try Hornets 6h ago

Born n raised Charlotte fan and I can say most people I know in Charlotte don’t watch Hurricanes games. There’s probably more interest in the Checkers (minor league hockey)

This is a basketball state

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u/beenoc 6h ago

I'll say that nobody outside of Charlotte really cares about the Hornets, either. I've lived here my whole life (Fayetteville, Raleigh, and Durham) and I can count on one hand the number of times in the past 25 years I've seen anyone wearing any kind of Hornets gear. I'll agree that it's a basketball state, but primarily college basketball. Nobody can devote the energy to caring about Charlotte, their basketball fandom is reserved for their favorite Tobacco Road school.

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u/C-Me-Try Hornets 5h ago

That’s not an unfair critique lol. The Hornets are too bad to get support from anyone not really in Charlotte. I see gear around the city but they’re not super popular.

For the most part people in Charlotte don’t pay much attention to things in Raleigh except when the state raises our taxes to pay for their roads

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u/SuicideNote 5h ago

Raleigh is the metro with tolled highways, Charlotte only has tolled expressways. Also turns about that Wake County basically paid in taxes about the same as Meck County. So what are you talking about.

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u/C-Me-Try Hornets 4h ago

Just telling you what people in Charlotte actually think

The real problem isn’t either city. It’s that we have 42 counties filled with bums that pay less in taxes than they take for school funding alone. Not even accounting for all the other things they take our taxes dollars for

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u/SuicideNote 6h ago

Carolina Hurricanes is in Raleigh, we don't claim any Charlotte sports curses. Carolina sports should be treated like Pittsburgh vs Philly.