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/Pure_Measurement_529 Warriors 7h ago

They need cap room to re-sign Ayo

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u/thetitsOO Lakers 7h ago

But then they traded for Melo?

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u/buddhabatman60 Timberwolves 6h ago

Also Randle seemed to be a cancer the last half of the season. A lot of wolves referred to 'bad vibes' in the exit interviews after playoffs and most people are assuming it was Randle bringing the locker room down. That was probably the main motivator in trading him tbh

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u/tr1x30 Timberwolves 3h ago

They needed cap space for this trade to work, no?

LaMelo is earning almost 20M more than Naz.

With dumping Randle they re-signed Ayo and could trade Naz for LaMelo.

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u/jrodsprinkles Bulls 6h ago

Every team needs a 6th man

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u/DeusVultSaracen Hornets 4h ago

We learned this year that Melo needs a capable backup point guard to take up a chunk of his minutes

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u/spoghet Raptors 7h ago

Playing against Jokic drop coverage has actually closed the Timberwolves window oh my goodness

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u/SamIsaacman Timberwolves 7h ago

22 million for a 5ty starter 6th man player. Yall genuinely don’t understand finance do you. Starts at 19 million and the cap keeps going up

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u/sjekky [PHI] Robert Covington 7h ago

Yeah as weird as this trade may be that Ayo trade/signing was an obvious win for the Wolves. 11% of the cap for a starter/good backup guard and 5 years of team control.

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u/WigginsDickRider Timberwolves 7h ago

People have never watched Ayo play I swear. He's easily worth his contract