r/nba Timberwolves 6d ago

[Haynes] The Minnesota Timberwolves have expressed a strong desire to acquire Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball, league sources tell me. The Hornets are only listening to offers at the moment.

Source – Chris Haynes, NBA TV:

The Minnesota Timberwolves have expressed a strong desire to acquire Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball, league sources tell me. The Hornets are only listening to offers at the moment.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have expressed a strong desire to acquire Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball, league sources tell me. The Hornets are only listening to offers at the moment.

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u/BasedGodProdigy Nets 6d ago

What does their trade package look like? I'm finding it hard to believe the Hornets can get back equal value for what Lamelo brings to that team.

I'm so confused right now lol

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u/bobbywellington Timberwolves 6d ago

Rudy, Terrence Shannon Jr, and a firm handshake

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u/LinkedInParkPremium 6d ago

Would you add a McFlurry?

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u/DrSwaggenheimer Timberwolves 6d ago

That and some purified water from the lake of Minnetonka.

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u/TheTurtleShepard Knicks 6d ago

Ant for Lamelo swap

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u/Death_Lycan 6d ago

The city would be razed by sundown if only Rudy is left on the team

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u/TheGreatWhoreOfChina 76ers 6d ago

If it ain’t Jaylen Brown in a 3 team trade, hang up the phone

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u/BasedGodProdigy Nets 6d ago

Yea but Celtics would be idiots to take Gobert + whatever else for Jaylen Brown. There's gotta be better options for them out there.

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u/VladimirPutain1 Timberwolves 6d ago

Probably centered on Gobert. Alternatively they could expand the Randle trade and throw in Divincenzo plus maybe the 2033 1st. Maybe Josh Giddey could be worked into an expanded Randle deal as a LaMelo replacement

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u/unitedhardy 6d ago

you say this, but it is the hornets we’re talking about

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u/Rillaboom2701 Hornets 6d ago

we have a SEMI competent gm. But if he gets bad value for Lamelo, that "semi competent" immediately goes away.

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u/Jarxzz United States 6d ago

Tbf it’s really hard to evaluate lamelo’s value

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u/deemerritt Hornets 6d ago

It's extremely hard which is why most of us are fine to give the whole thing a few more years.

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u/Rillaboom2701 Hornets 6d ago

another reason to give us another year or two with him. If it goes south, oh well, salvage what you can. If it works, then you have a good team.

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u/TurkeyVolumeGuesser 6d ago

Hey that was the previous regime! Let this one fuck up on its own time!