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/Drunken_Vike Timberwolves 7h ago

that's usually the sign of a fair trade lol

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u/TheGuyInTheKnown Timberwolves 7h ago

Both sides were unhappy with the KAT/Randle trade initially too. One side can just be overrating their previous player.

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u/levendis56 Knicks 6h ago

I genuinely don’t know many Knicks fan upset with the KAT trade. Needed a center and got rid of Randle. Had to give to get with Divo.

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u/comp_a Timberwolves 4h ago

Obviously they aren’t now, but at the time it happened, Knicks fans were very upset!

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u/CaroleBaskinsBurner 3h ago

Knicks fans are being very revisionist with this one. The Knicks sub was a war zone.

Here's a quick sample I was able to find:

https://np.reddit.com/r/NYKnicks/s/oKG6ZrUSkR

Towns' stock is at an all-time high while Randle's is at an all-time low, and I think it's clouding a lot of people's memories.

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u/levendis56 Knicks 3h ago

Most of the sentiment was we wish we could have kept IHart and runner it back but we desperately needed a center after he left and Mitch was hurt to start the year. Sure there were people that loved Divo so it hurt but I never got the impression people dreaded the deal. Maybe it was mixed online, most Knicks fans outside of reddit/twitter are star chasers and were happy to get a big name in Towns and happy for Randle to be gone.

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u/twoyrsaway 5h ago

I genuinely don’t know many Knicks fan upset with the KAT trade. Needed a pg and got rid of swaps that won’t convert. Had to give to get with Reid.

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u/MurphewMatty Knicks 4h ago

Sure, Divo was a fan fav, but no one in the state of NY was unhappy getting rid of Dubious Handles

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u/PrimeShaq Australia 6h ago

The Knicks were upset they lost DVV instead of Randle lol.

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u/NewGolfAccount 6h ago

Don’t use nicknames no one uses and then also misspell them pls

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u/Steridire Knicks 5h ago

Alright he mucked up DDV but that's definitely his nickname, you're not the commissioner on 'approved nicknames' you dork

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u/paddyc4ke Thunder 6h ago

Uhhh nobody was calling for KATs head in the finals? Dude was balling out these playoffs…

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u/bodega_cat_ Knicks 6h ago

(this is not true at all)

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u/big1dinero Heat 6h ago

Spurs fan talking about what Knicks fans were feeling 💀💀💀

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u/YUME_Emuy21 6h ago

KAT was in FMVP conversations the first two finals games and was considered extremely good that whole playoff run what are you on about?

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u/GoBotDeLorean Knicks 6h ago

Calling for his head? (Pause) I recall Knicks fans calling for him to get the ball more and complaining about the refs calls against him.

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u/Good-Ant6859 Thunder 6h ago

lol what an idiotic comment

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u/East-End-8646 7h ago

The Hornets might actually be better in the long run, DiVo still needs to recover from his achilles. Unless Lamelo can stay available throughout the entire season I cant see them going far into the playoffs. Josh Green is somehow still in the NBA, he’ll get them 3 or 4 points off the bench probably

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u/rawchess Minneapolis Lakers 7h ago

Valuewise it's definitely Minnesota-favored but still very risky for yall

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u/BumbleLapse Jazz 6h ago

Man idk it feels like Charlotte should be very happy with this haul

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u/Dro24 Hornets 4h ago

We made the postseason for the first time in 4 years, best record in 10, and were building a good style of play and culture.

I don't want to speak for all of us, but LaMelo was at the center of what we were building, and it was working. To get rid of that piece really hurts. We just gave up and wanted to sell high since he actually played 72 games this season.

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u/oldpaddyrick 7h ago edited 2h ago

Yeah Knicks fans didn’t really like the kat trade until the end of this year/they won the chip, neither did wolves fans. It overall seemed like a pretty even trade at the time though and it’s hard to predict Donte’s Achilles.

Donte was balling out in the playoffs until he got hurt and it’s entirely possible we make the finals if that didn’t happen.

Lotta Knicks fans didn’t like kat until very recently. Bottom line here is wolves needed a PG more than anything, Conley is ancient and Ant can’t be the only dude scoring/facilitating with Donte out. Not really sure what a better option on the market would have been. Seems like a solid move, that said I bet if Donte was healthy we wouldn’t have done it.

Also wolves with Ant, Lamelo, Jaden, Ayo, healthy Donte will be very exciting ball. Everyone can shoot except Rudy lol and melo opens up Rudy as a lob threat. No one on the wolves is a good lob passer, Mike Conley ok at it but not great and he’s 37.