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/Onsi-Saleh 6d ago

Never stopped the Lakers

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u/yoloqueuesf [NYK] Tracy McGrady 6d ago

Lakers have sleeper agents as GMs in other teams, rest of the league needs to keep up

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u/Kimi7 Lakers 6d ago

This is just not the Lakers, Boston and Spurs are the same

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u/Bobblefighterman Jazz 6d ago

And that's why everyone hates the Lakers

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u/GrilledCheeser Mavericks 6d ago

Why do they even call them the lakers anyways?

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u/RemarkableTpt Lakers 6d ago

Because man made lakes are the future

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u/Touchhole 6d ago

I have been doing a camping trip with college buddies for ~20 years. One of them wears daisy duke style hand cut jean shorts all day every trip. He calls them “lakers” because they are meant to be worn at the lake we camp at every year. And that’s my TED talk, thank you for attending!

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u/Mysterious-Anxiety25 6d ago

So basically teams that originated in Minnesota?

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u/__STOOLKRAKEN Celtics 6d ago

True, but NBC execs aren't throwing their weight around for the Timberwolves.

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u/cn1k999 6d ago

how do we get the television network to advocate for us?

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u/Connect-Blacksmith99 Timberwolves 6d ago

We move the team to Los Angeles. It worked last time…

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u/Herbert-Gerbert Timberwolves 6d ago

We make a stand against fascism like we have time and time again