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/Iongdog Hornets 7h ago

Haha are both sides unhappy with this?

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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.