Hornets LaMelo Ball TRADED to Timberwolves FOR Naz Reid & 1 FRP & 3 SRP

Hornets must really believe KK is the next Larry Bird to be okay with this. Sure LaMelo can flash as luxury or poor man's AI, but thats a tough trade

 

And if they also got Lonzo, it'd be two Balls and a Gradey

 

stays healthy lol He might have 1 more healthy year with him who knows I doubt it though

 

Who is the all star and 3rd team all NBa the efficiency merchant or Lamelo? At least efficiency merchant made the playoffs Lamelo led Hornets to playin loss.

Can you tell me how many games Lamelo played last year? How about the year before that? And the year before that? Dude has missed around half of all possible games his entire career and here you are talking about advanced metrics. Yeah those metrics really relevant when he rolls his ankle and needs to miss the rest of the season LMAO.

KD is near 2 decades older than Lamelo but is still healthier than him. I would bet on KD playing more games the next 3 yrs than Lamelo.

 

It is actually beyond laughable to use durability as an argument in favor of dickerson. Especially when he just had his healthiest season in a decade and still had to sit out the playoffs

I guess it doesnt matter either way since stone is set on wasting yet another season while kevin collects more “reputation” all star appearances and other worthless legacy awards in the background

 

I think people really underrate Lamelo because he's so unserious. He has so much talent that he can run an entire offense and be unstoppable at times when his shot is falling. I think he can be hidden defensively as well with a guy like McDaniels on the team. It's a Luka/Harden situation where you can throw him on forwards in the corner.

The really question mark is his health.

But, honestly, its seems like the Twolves would have been so much better off if they just kept KAT, especially if they were just gonna trade Naz Reid anyway. I don't see how they are in a significantly better financial situation.

 

It may seem like some of us are piling on LaMelo, it's not that it's not deserved.

First I'll say some positive stuff: basketball-wise, his on/off number is in favor of LaMelo. That nice stat about Hornets having one of the best starting 5 is true. With him gone, Hornets as a team (Branodon Miller & the nipple) will miss Lamelo's gravity. Coby White could give them some of that, but Coby is also cheaper, and one of the condition for Coby to re-sign was promise of minutes. This is no longer an issue with Lamelo gone.

Onto the 'risky stuff'. The bad driving thing is very real. Before the viral video of him driving into the opposite lane and crashing into the other lady with his hummer, he had other incidents. This was stuff reported by the local radio, team beat, where generally those guys are all pro-Lamelo, even they acknowledge it. Him driving recklessly around the Hornets arena, is confirmed by the locals, has been for YEARs. That customized hummer sticks out like a sore thumb, everyone knows it's his ride. It used to be more of a 'ha-ha', until that recent incident last year, where he almost killed that other driver. So yes we are allowed to clown on him.

The injury stuff, is bad luck, but also a bit of push and pull between him and the team's medical staff. There were stuff the Hornets team tried to do to reduce that injury. Their staff asking LaMelo to wear the ankle brace (same one that Curry wore), to help reduce the risk. He tried it some in summer league games and then decided against it. Then following that year, his injuries kept piling up. It's less about the specific medica advice itself, more that the dude beats to his own drum. Even if it's something that can help his career long term, he doesn't see the forest from the trees.

Same goes with the defense, bad shot selection. Charles Lee did better than previous coaches, but no doublt lot of effort and energy was spent to convince him to do so.

LaMelo is not a traditional diva per se. By most accounts his pesonality is quite chill. And most reporting says he likes the city of Charlotte. The words I would describe him is immature and reckless and being the 'man' over there, he had little reasons to change last half a decade. Hornets, being a small market team, puts up with it. Their owner (Jordan) changed. Their front office changed. Hornets gotten enough other good prospects that they don't have to put up with it anymore.

LaMelo means a lot to that fan base, so it won't be a popular decision. Hornets could also be worse next season. But the reasons are there. BMiller will be up for extension, with LaMelo gone, they have money freed up to pay him and some of the other young guys lined up.

 

The reckless driving thing is a point I'd forgotten about. If this dude ends up killing somebody with his stupid f**king tank I don't want to hear anybody making excuses for him. And I hope Minnesota will throw the book at him if that happens (but they probably won't, rich celebrities usually get special treatment).

 

The question we should all be asking is what's it's gonna take try pry Naz Reid out of Charlotte's hands?

I'm willing to drop a Tari SnT along with a future 1st and a couple seconds.

 

Underdiscussed aspect - in the past week the following players went West:

LaMelo Ball
Julian Peterson
Cam Boozer

The East added

Dybantsa
Randle
Reid

I like Dybantsa but the weak East thing ain't changing anytime soon if they send out LaMelo for role players and double down on Trae Young

 

insofar as availability---judging by LaMelo's hisotry in the NBA---not very high

his history of lack of availability, injury-prone,

Charlotte would rather build around a more dependable/available, and younger, sharp-shooting guard,
Kon Knueppel

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I think Charlotte is going to take a bigger step back than people think - Kon's a great movement shooter and LaMelo is a great faciliator for all his faults.

I understand they're playing the "sell high" angle but - the 2033 first round pick is almost outside the window of anything that's going to help the team you have now.

 

Whats more laughable is as a 38 yr old KD still played more games than Lamelo in the the last 5 yrs. You are right KD isnt an ironman. But he is still way more durable than Lamelo.

Kd collects more reputation and legacy awards? Ok bro what exactly has Lamelo achieved so far? Why you taking so many shots at KD for "legacy awards" when the guy you are platforming has done jack squat so far? KD won 2 rings2 FMVP and an MVP. Are those fake legacy awards? In contrast what has Lamelo done? Half a season of leading Hornets to best offense in the regular season? Thats way more significant than anything KD has done? Bro Lamelo couldnt even make the playoffs you understand that? At least KD led Rox to 52 wins and a playoff appearance. Even if he got injured at the end, at least he still got the team to the playoffs. How many wins Hornets got?

Whats laughable is you trying to act like what KD does is superfluous while Lamelo has done jackshit so far. I can understand you taking potshots at KD if you compare him to Steph, Lebron etc But freaking Lamelo??? Bruh

Leading the Hornets for half a season omg such a worthwhile accomplishment compared to worthless legacy awards. Gtfo

 

Dickerson fanboy lmao



You got it. Cheers to another 1st round exit and 3rd team all nba

 

100% agree with you, but the Hornets understand that building on a foundation that includes LaMelo is a fool's errand. Their team went on a nice run the second half of last season, but they had the good sense to realize their team is still in a developmental phase.

Bottom line: If LaMelo wasn't a part of their long term future, may as well dump him now off his best season.