Guy on a rookie max contract who’s only had 2 healthy seasons is the most obvious trade candidate ever especially since he just wrapped up 1 out of 2 said healthy seasons. The Pelicans could’ve done this with Zion too but they’re less serious than the Hornets.

I still don’t believe they will trade him

Makes me wonder if he quietly requested a trade

It’s been talked about a lot since last season.

didn’t even notice the 24 to 48 hours timeline there

I disagree there’s going to be a lot of adultery

Send da adults

might be the GOAT post game interview duo. The fine revenue will be absurd.

I highly doubt they’re going to be able to offer anything of value to make it worth it. It was reported last night that they basically didn’t want to trade anyone of actual value.

If Charlotte trades Lamelo for Rudy gobert they are the worst franchise in the nba

Hoping it’s raptors

I don’t see how wolves get this done, if Toronto has actual interest they can beat whatever horrible offer the wolves offer cause they own all their picks

They don’t have any pieces to get this done lol.

Are they sure they don’t want Tari+FVV+Picks?

Building without LaMelo

I don’t really believe in LaMelo as a cornerstone. I think it’s smart to capitalize on his value

The right thing. Sell high. He’s injury prone. Immature and doesn’t play defense

If you knew ball you’d know selling high on LaMelo rn is the smart move

we got a taste of almost playoffs and want to get back into the basement of the league

they still have Miller and Kon

They should have done this way earlier, he is not a max player or a number 1 option qoeth building around

Selling high. It’s the right thing to do

As a raptors fan I’m so conflicted right now. Yes I want Lamelo but why is their FO getting rid of him so aggressively.

After the shit that happened with rozier I wonder if this FO got something to hide about Lamelo that we don’t know and they want to get rid of him too before shit hits the fan.

We’ve been interested in Ball for a while (ever since he got drafted) but at this point, we’ve been put into every big star rumor for a while. I think this is just Charlotte trying to drive Minnesota to up their offer

I hope I’m wrong but similar to the Heat, we’ve been bamboozled too many times, just at a lesser extent lmao

Let’s see Charlotte try point Kon and see how that works out

They are 100% resigning White now

Charles Lee sent his regards

Read man, teams are pursuing Lamelo, but they haven’t reached the requirements for the Hornets to accept the offer.

Is not “Hornets are shopping Lamelo to teams”, is the other way around…

EDIT: According to Shams the Hornets were not looking to trade him but got so many “rich offers”. Turns out 1 pick and 3 swaps that are not going to convey (because wolves are going to ve better than the Hornets from 2028 to 2030) is a “rich offer”.

Unless the FO got a signal that Lamelo was going to leave, this might be the dumbest trade in franchise history.

Quickley will run point if they trade with the Raptors

How? They got rid of Kemba at the perfect time

Look on the bright side, we had 4 good months and 1 play-in win to make up for a decade in the wilderness.

Are you 5? He hasn’t even been traded yet, if Hornets trade him it’ll be for the right deal.

That would make sense coming from any team other than the one that employs miles bridges

Feels like they were rumored to be upgrading for a vet big, didn’t get one and now rebuilding with no Lamelo. They don’t have a similar pg as Coby White is not Lamelo.

Have you watched the playoff games of the top 6 teams? In what way LaMelo can play like that? His nilly willy style with no defense looks good in the regular season when playing with unserious tanking teams or really weak teams but in the playoffs, he will be laughed off the court.

Well lottery team is the floor, so adding at best doesn’t make much sense, but absolutely. Team is dogshit without him, so they better have a plan.

They were mostly lottery teams with him

As much as I like lamelo as a player, his decision making will drive high IQ players like Scottie and eventually CMB crazy.

He fits perfectly with the Raptors positionally and where they’re lacking.

He does not fit, like at all, with the culture they have built over the last decade.

How about he’s not a serious player and they want to become a serious team?

They’re gonna trade LaMelo for a bunch of 1st round picks and then trade for Ja Morant for a pack of gum and some half eaten Carolina BBQ.

You mean another 5 years of not making the playoffs?

I don’t want to trade him but let’s not act like they would be breaking up a dynasty or a contender.

Carolina Hurricanes just won the stanley cup 🤷🏻‍♂️

JB too busy learning mandarin you didn’t hear?

Lamelo would not be a good fit for the celtics

If they had planned all along to sell high on him why wait till after the draft though? Its just weird timing.

something had to have happened medically for them to be this out on him

This isn’t selling high, the Wolves and Raptors would be giving up nothing that would help us stay competitive

Giannis not staying in charlotte lmao cmon

Lavar finna tell Zion he’s a sidekick to his son again 💀💀

My guess would be because there are serious injury concerns or he has internally expressed potentially wanting to be moved. He’s still only 24 and showed some growth in his game last season with deferring and even defensively. I don’t think fielding offers necessarily suggests this but the language of these articles also does not really imply we’re telling teams he’s off-limits.

For all the flaws and hate LaMelo gets, it’s clear many people don’t really understand how good he is.

He’s an elite ball handler, self-creator and facilitator. Even in games where he’s building a brickhouse we were better more often than not with him on the floor because of the attention he draws and his ability to create offense sometimes out of seemingly nothing. It was night and day when others were running the offense and most of all he unlocked Kon in his first year in a way very few are capable of.

Until Coby came around we really lacked playmaking but even then Coby is better as a combo guard to slot at the 2 than a true PG. And I’d be surprised if they’re ready to hand over the keys to Anderson Jr. right off the bat when we have an opportunity to make the playoffs with a legit roster this year. I’m 99% sure we were tanking the first part of last season and we were 1 game away from getting back there for the first time in a long time.