Timberwolves acquire LaMelo Ball for Naz Reid and draft assets
Wow...Shams just reported that LaMelo Ball is being pursued by multiple teams and he could be traded within the next couple of days. This is going to be a crazy summer!
𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧' 𝐍𝐁𝐀4Stein says the Wolves and Raptors have interest
Jacob2I get that it may be a net positive move, but if we continue being bad to mid, throwing our entertainment value out the door is going to be monumentally painful
Mike2Legitimately curious why Charlotte would consider trading him after the second half the team had. Concern that he will never be healthy and cannot be counted on?
La’Tonya Rease Miles1Can’t be serious teams. Maybe Sacramento? New Orleans?
Matt Adrian1I want Lamelo Ball and Cade Cunningham to play basketball together so bad…
cameronpoe86.bsky.social1Wow, league changing moves coming…
Chris Hine33I'd definitely expect the Timberwolves to make a push here, as Marc Stein and Jake Fischer reported their initial interest.
LLcoolRay13The Hornets are weird. But also thank God the Kings already got their point guard
Erik García Gundersen5The Raptors interest makes a lot of sense. But if I were a Hornets fan coming off last season and see my best player get traded for Immanuel Quickley, additional salary and picks I’d be pretty pissed.
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.
J. Samuels50The timberwolves trading Naz is actually insane
disfiguredmedia.bsky.social16TC might need to find a new job. Unless Rudy is on the move next for 2-3 playable bigs, this is absolute ass. Naz Reid is a cult hero in Minnesota. All that for a guy who plays like he has AirPods in and is a risk to public safety on the roads??
coachjet.bsky.social8Not a fan. All that for Ball? He has only played over 55 games twice in his career. Shot selection is crazy sometimes. Defense is questionable. For Naz and all of those picks? I'm convinced Tim Connelly is terrified of the draft. Now they need a 4 as well. I want to be optimistic, but damn.
Lance Hartzler3LaMelo Ball seeing the gas peddle when he hops in his Lamborghini
Jess2Timberwolves, what is you doing?
Nice Joe Greene1The Wolves repeating the Jazz's mistakes of leaving Gobert on an island is gonna end well I'm sure.
The Sickos CBB Committee20Sorry to Minnesota but this is tremendous content
Wade Minter15Apropos of nothing, goofy that you can trade a pick seven years into the future
Leo S9Btw the pick swaps likely won't mean too much. The Hornets, barring an unforeseen turnaround (or faceplant by the Wolves which is very possible too I guess), will likely have higher draft picks the next few years.
Southern Sylvs 🍉 she/her9Trading 2033 picks shouldn't be allowed. Wtf is the value of those? Future picks are just NFTs if they're more than 3 years out imo. But the player swaps here are bananas. This is still big.
floyding5my immediate take on this is it rules that the wolves are now consistently in the mix for stuff like this instead of being bottom feeders
Irenic Bro5LaMelo Ball runs over W*ll St*ncil's car in his Batmobile, causes "Worst Discourse Ever"
DirtyBird4Life2843Lamelo Ball driving in that Minnesota snow 😂
JM =^)2Who did the Wolves trade for?
Jared, Excited Comic Guy2I guess the Hornets got too close to the playoffs for their liking? Very odd timing.
Craig2Honestly rather have Ayo as my starting PG.
Goodbye to LaMelo Ball, who enjoyed riding a go kart on the roof of his condo building in Charlotte
Hi IQ Force Multiplier8he’s going to buy a snowmobile
Jeremy Markovich6Literally the guy who owns the penthouse beneath the rooftop where Melo’s doing donuts is … Michael Jordan www.ncrabbithole.com/p/charlotte-...
Lambeau Baggins3Level 100 10th prestige upstairs neighbor
Phoenixfire Design & Consulting1I wonder what kind of insurance discount we'll all get since the streets will be safer
Jim’s Farts1That kart better sprout wings, transformers-style…
BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL349Minnesota I don’t think you understand what a special player you’re getting
Matt Serwe10Man, y’all are gonna have so much fun teaching him how to do donuts in the snow
Scott Spratt9LaMelo Ball is going to be so happy when he learns about the Minneapolis Skyway System
Faceless Man 3He will enjoy having a snowmobile Anyone unfortunate to be near him at that time will be in grave danger
willow / joks {cigazze} 》AC3the way this post is worded i thought it was in memoriam and he was about to drive off the roof
a normal person (BOC's inferno is a career defining work)2i would also enjoy this
"Do you want LaMelo Ball on your team?" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,
Norm Charlatan60Wolves should sign LeBron James.
Joe Flynn2If it makes you feel better, I saw someone said the Hornets had the best 4-player net rating in the NBA last season with LaMelo, Knueppel, Bridges, and Miller.
Drew from Detroit1Pistons will gladly take Ant off your guys' hands, finally completing my dream backcourt I accidentally envisioned during 2018 2k18 Pistons tank simulations in dynasty mode
How to Talk to Your Children About the Naz Reid Trade
nice marmot3I texted my daughter earlier
Jake Schwitzer3but seriously. my 8 year old is going to be despondent.
therealnbw.bsky.social1My daughter is going to switch allegiance to the Wizards. Despite thinking that Trey’s hair is an atrocity.
DC1How many people in Swift County do you think know who Melo Ball is?
Clare Sorman1My kid freaked out and then we told him about LaMelo Ball and he was like okay I’m better now
here’s what i will say- from an objective, basketball quality standpoint, it is pretty insane to turn naz reid into lamelo ball
functional moron23i love naz reid and i hope he will continue to develop and have all the success in the world but we just upgraded several tiers of player quality at a position we desperately need
Jared2I feel like it will take about 5 games for everyone to get on board with this. It's going to rule.
Vanji2Naz is forever Minnesota but getting Lamelo for him and basically 1 first rounder and 3 seconds is a no brainer
metal5120.bsky.social2My other thought is that Naz might have some injury concerns that factored into the decision. I love Naz and it was rough late in the season when he was hurt.
Leonard Bonarek1Ball Edwards back court will be nuts. But they keep trading away the wrong center? I guess he doesn't have a lot of trade value given his bad hands and huge contract.
♿️Maestro Fluger (he/him)1This the correct take. I just don't like LaMelo as a person. Not nearly Miles Bridges and his ilk level dislike, but his wreckers driving and the circus with his dad is a ROUGH hang.
Michelobius17It's a vibes catastrophe but the basketball. Oh, the basketball.
functional moron12objectively an enormous down grade name-wise though
Telk422Love Naz Reid, but this feels like a brilliant trade if we want to compete at the highest level. Naz had stretches of looking really good when KAT was out, but has had too many incredibly frustrating bad games (often in the postseason or near it) that I'm ecstatic about this trade 🫣
The Timberwolves and Raptors have emerged as two of the teams with trade interest in Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball, league sources tell @jakelfischer.bsky.social and me. More to come …
garrett hohendorf3Glad Detroit isn’t in on this. Birmingham streets are already nuts after dark without his insane driving.
Bird1@thesteinline.bsky.social what is the Hornets motivation to trade him? Haven’t seen anyone mention yet why they would want to trade their best player after the teams best season in years. Can you enlighten us?
Darin Gantt8Robert Harrington's been mayor less than a week and the streets are already safer.
Double Aunt Andre 3000 AKA Jason Reefer4LaMelo and Ant is a level of unseriousness that the league isn’t ready to deal with.
Dustin Tanner4Why would we trade LaMelo right now? We just had our best season in a decade
Rodrigo4This would be the wolves most unserious season lmao
Big Lord Bunny4Him driving on the Minnesota streets with 20 inches of snow would be national crisis.
Uncle Space Ghost3It's going to be the Timberwolves. Canadian traffic law would destroy LaMelo's prime.
BL523LaMelo and Ant bringing the absolute worst out of each other>>>
AJ2My apologies to the drivers and pedestrians in Minneapolis.
Stanley, Old Friend, welcome home2One indoor professional sports franchise in the Carolinas wins championships, knows what it's doing and works to keep its fans excited and entertained. The other is the Charlotte Hornets.
🌼🏵🌈🐈⬛🌼2If LaMelo becomes a Raptor my mom is going to crash out fully
getting rid of Naz Reid to bring in LaMelo Ball is a vibe downgrade of the highest order
pierremcmanus.bsky.social2ant is gonna strangle him at mid court by thanksgiving
Murphy Murph2I’m sure LaMelo and icy roads won’t be a problem at all.
TheDefense1That's what I'm saying. Naz is one of the best small ball 5's in the league. How'd you look at your roster and figure "yeah, lets trade Naz", seriously?
dsteezy05.bsky.social1Naz Reid goaltended at Rupp in 2019. I will never forgive him, but thank him for creating the goaltend replay/review rule.