Doberman11 | Bucks

123 | 4 hours ago

It’s Ewing Theory time!

TraderJake09 | Bucks

36 | 4 hours ago

This

If the Hornets are going to build a consistent winner, the top player probably can’t be LaMelo. Not sure they have that guy though

Could see the Hornets taking a swing at the next disgruntled superstar to want out elsewhere

Derpy_Mc_Burpy | Raptors

24 | 4 hours ago

Hmm. What other disgruntled PG is there who is also injury prone and getting paid 40 mil (to fit the TPE)… Hope they don’t have any problems off the court with guns.

TraderJake09 | Bucks

16 | 3 hours ago

I realize many would clown this, but if the Hornets can get Ja for cheap he’s a decent LaMelo replacement (in more ways than 1)

Handyman2116 | Hawks

8 | 3 hours ago

Maybe Miller can deliver Ja his guns when he needs em

Zoratth | Clippers

1 | 38 minutes ago

I know you are talking about Ja, but I feel like Fox would be a much better fit for the Hornets. I doubt they would want to take on his contract though.

Cookies_forsales

3 | 4 hours ago

They’re probably waiting for freaky Z since he’s a Carolina boy

d7h7n | Mavericks

5 | 4 hours ago

Brandon Miller is still on the team

Odd_Cheesecake7 | Hornets

85 | 4 hours ago

I’m so done with this team 😭

jalexjsmithj | Hornets

36 | 4 hours ago

Imagine punting on any relevance whatsoever.

larrylegend33goat | Timberwolves

9 | 3 hours ago

Naz Reid is real nice. On and off the court

jalexjsmithj | Hornets

38 | 3 hours ago

He’s a cute rotation piece, yall just got our entire engine.

Evening_Lynx_6273 | Hornets

28 | 3 hours ago

Cool! Can he play point guard and run our entire offense?

naive-dragon | LAL

6 | 3 hours ago

I dunno but he destroyed the Lakers in the playoffs two years ago, he must be good

AffectionateSpare677

4 | 3 hours ago

Ajay Mitchell destroyed the lakers in the playoffs so what

naive-dragon | LAL

7 | 3 hours ago

He must also be good

TheBigF128 | United States

1 | 2 hours ago

I feel like a lot of people have destroyed the lakers in the playoffs

TnTlandlord

2 | an hour ago

Alot of people must be good

Swampertman | Timberwolves

1 | 30 minutes ago

You can try?

But fr, if y’all start him hes probably a 20 PPG player. Hes really good.

GuaranteeFew8681

2 | 2 hours ago

im going to punch someone the next time someone tries to cushion this trade by saying NaZ rEiD iS sUpEr NiCe.

ffs.

Sammyd1108 | Hornets

7 | 3 hours ago

The owners will feel it when people stop showing up at least. I think they underestimated the amount of fans Melo brought it in by himself.

He’s like every kids favorite player.

imeanYOLOright | CHA

84 | 4 hours ago

we got to the dizzying heights of the play-in and decided we needed to come back down

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

53 | 4 hours ago

I really like all 4 of White, Miller, Knueppel and Reid, that’s A LOT of shooting, but that’s very little playmaking unless someone REALLY improves, that’s also very little ON BALL defense, like all 4 are between slightly below average and decent, so I guess at least there’s isn’t a liability but still

spookyghostface | Hornets

18 | 3 hours ago

To be fair, swapping Coby for Lamelo in that lineup does not improve the on-ball defense

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

5 | 3 hours ago

I think Coby has actually improved quite a bit on defense (to be clear, he was starting from SUCH a bad place but he had the benefit of playing with Lavine and Derozan who were much worse) but yes, like I don’t like him guarding either POA or on the wing. Kon is fine vs strong players, Reid is a fine switch defender, but there’s A LOT of improvement to be made, unless Kalkbrenner REALLY improves as a rim protector (he’s good IMO, but he’d have to basically be Gobert for it to work, Diabaté is fine but he’s small)

DaBiggestHeatFan | Heat

5 | 3 hours ago

Isn’t White a free agent?

SmokeOddessey | Lakers

4 | 3 hours ago

yeah but they’ll 100% bring him back now that they need a PG

SJCitizen | 76ers

3 | 4 hours ago

To be fair Kon is 20 and Miller is 23. It’s not unreasonable to think one of the two makes a leap in Year 2 and Year 4

Sammyd1108 | Hornets

3 | 3 hours ago

Don’t forget Moussa, who’s an amazing rebounder but can’t really defend other centers very well. This team construction makes no sense at all. I have zero faith in this FO at this point.

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

1 | 22 minutes ago

I think Diabaté can be a REALLY good switch defender, but yeah asking him to be the anchor is too much, epscially while the NBA is trending bigger nowadays

CoProgressOven

3 | 3 hours ago

If Ben Simmons was still Ben Simmons he would be great here injecting some playmaking and Defense

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

1 | 23 minutes ago

Yeah actually this would be the perfect fit for that kind of player or for a 2020 Rockets Westbrook

ReidM15 | Hornets

37 | 4 hours ago

Leave me alone

mauro_membrere | Kings

7 | 3 hours ago

Purple bro hugs

JoeyBlaze | Hornets

34 | 4 hours ago

We better sign Coby White now. We’re screwed without him.

BJ-Enthusiasts

48 | 4 hours ago

Anyone who is suggesting Kon or Coby can run the offense has never watched the hornets played a single second. They score but they can’t run an offense.

XxEpicMonkee | Lakers

16 | 4 hours ago

saw someone say kon showed flashes of running offense, that dude was a lamelo merchant all season. no clue what the hornets plan is

EstablishmentTop551 | 76ers

10 | 4 hours ago

My buddy says “he was a 1 in college” dawg you had Cooper Flagg in college on a 1 and done’s Duke team that deadass almost won the chip by just fucking around like you were the ‘21 Nets. What the fuck are these people smoking.

ross5th | Magic

14 | 3 hours ago

In 6 months we’re gonna be saying ‘Hornets have a ton of shooting, all they need is a really good playmaker to run the offense’

d7h7n | Mavericks

2 | 4 hours ago

I want to see tho

JoeyBlaze | Hornets

0 | 4 hours ago

Coby is capable of it I think, but nobody else on the team is. If they don’t sign him I have no idea what their plan is.

BJ-Enthusiasts

9 | 3 hours ago

No he really isn’t though. Ask any bulls fans if you want further confirmation.

BizzaroMatthews | Hornets

10 | 4 hours ago

Bryce Young at the PG spot. LFG

jalexjsmithj | Hornets

2 | 4 hours ago

Screwed with him. There is literally no hope in the short term.

New_Cauliflower7868

3 | 4 hours ago

But do you want to pay him 20-30M? I get he’s the only feasible option at this point and he played well last year - but he isn’t a star level player. He’s going to essentially be in the same spot he was in on the Bulls… and that wasn’t a favorable situation for him or the team. Definitely not worth that level of money.

gho_stxs | Cavaliers

22 | 4 hours ago

It’s going to be a while

mF-Jonezy | Hornets

35 | 4 hours ago

When the hornets never make the playoffs with Lamelo: “Lamelo will never be a serious winning player”

When the hornets trade Lamelo: “Hornets are not serious organization, they’ll never make the playoffs”

cav63 | Clippers

16 | 4 hours ago

Both can be true

Dreamlion_Inc | Wizards

18 | 4 hours ago

This past season changed ALOT of minds about Charlotte’s direction. We legit thought this upcoming season could be amazing

Now? Fucking yikes

504090 | Thunder

0 | 3 hours ago

I haven’t really seen that sentiment. Everyone had respect for the Hornets last season and even LaMelo got his due for the most part.

MindofShadow | Pacers

-1 | 3 hours ago

I thought I was taking crazy pills.

Lamelo hasn’t lead them to shit.

If anyting, I might be more pissed about the haul… pick swaps won’t mean much if the Wolves keep making deep playoff runs. Unless with the new lottery odds, stuff gets weird.

ProskXCX | Cavaliers

3 | 3 hours ago

They’ll make it next year.

crimsonconnect | Knicks

11 | 4 hours ago

Wolves Hornets NBA Finals next year gonna slap

palelei

11 | 4 hours ago

if they weren’t injured at the start of the season they’d have made the playoffs, but instead of running it back, they’re starting again from square one lol

stankyouvrymuch | Hornets

10 | 4 hours ago

Way to kick us when we’re down 😞

jake753

9 | 4 hours ago

Is the play in tournament not considered playoffs?

Edit: new to the NBA. Learned something new today.

HotelFoxtrot87 | Knicks

23 | 4 hours ago

The play-in is a black void where no records exist

thy_armageddon | Knicks

5 | 4 hours ago

Like the Shadow Realm

Specialist_Loan_6494

17 | 4 hours ago

No

spiritnou | Heat

9 | 4 hours ago

It’s considered play in

thy_armageddon | Knicks

8 | 4 hours ago

No, that’s why it’s called the play-in.

WarPuig | Celtics

1 | 4 hours ago

Why do they call it play in when you play of in the cold food of out hot eat the food

diegstah

5 | 4 hours ago

play in =\= play offs

QueefyTits | Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

More like a appetizer

Think-Tie5943

0 | 4 hours ago

Why would it be?

crimsonconnect | Knicks

-4 | 4 hours ago

Yeah it is

The regular season is over and youre still playing

How is that not the playoffs

skycystl | Cavaliers

9 | 4 hours ago

Play-in is part of the post season but it is not the playoffs. Post season contains of play-in and playoffs

crimsonconnect | Knicks

2 | 4 hours ago

Just semantics, how often are post season and playoffs used interchangeably

Catalepsy | China

1 | an hour ago

It’s not semantics, this is the case where there’s a distinction between the two

crimsonconnect | Knicks

1 | 17 minutes ago

A distinction without a difference you win you advance just like every other series

jake753

1 | 4 hours ago

That was my thought, but apparently it’s not.

mollifierDE | Mavericks

7 | 4 hours ago

What an absurdly reckless trade by Charlotte. This team was on an upwards trajectory, advanced stats LOVED Lamelo last season.

stankyouvrymuch | Hornets

6 | 4 hours ago

Thanks for reminding me

Dreamlion_Inc | Wizards

5 | 4 hours ago

Aaaaand there goes my second favorite team’s hopes

What the fuck Charlotte

Dove-a-DeeDoo

4 | 3 hours ago

Your two favorite teams being the WIZARDS AND THE HORNETS must be brutal man

Dreamlion_Inc | Wizards

3 | 3 hours ago

Eh. You get numb to it after a while

Also the Wizards are finally back in competing form so I can’t be too hurt

JessieGemstone999 | Hornets

1 | 36 minutes ago

If you have 2 teams you have 0 teams

Dreamlion_Inc | Wizards

1 | 28 minutes ago

Well that can’t be right

0 and 2 aren’t the same number

BBALL-STATLINE

3 | 4 hours ago

Missing the entire decade in the East/play-in era would take real commitment. If LaMelo Ball is actually gone, replacing the shot creation is the part that keeps you out way more than just replacing the raw production.

ChillnShill | Spurs

3 | 4 hours ago

I think people need to trust that clearly either something dramatic happened in a short period of time, or they’re trusting Kon to develop into a serious star and they’re giving the keys to the team to him and Brandon. Maybe they want to take a different approach at PG and you can’t do that trying to keep Melo.

Playful-Variation908 | Magic

4 | 4 hours ago

What a loss to orlando does to a mf

oneandonlyRedSpirit | Suns

3 | 4 hours ago

nobody on the hornets comes close to lamelo’s play making. i have zero clue why they’d do this unless they’re getting some playmaker back

oneandonlyRedSpirit | Suns

1 | 4 hours ago

just saw the trade right now wtf is going on

jefe_hook

2 | 4 hours ago

Who cares? They got Naz Reid!

FranklinHippo

2 | 4 hours ago

But with moves like this they’re bound to make the playoffs in the 2040s!

nicklovin508 | Celtics

2 | 4 hours ago

Well they did this with Lamelo… so I’m unsure why doing it without Lamelo sounds improbable lol

tinybathroomfaucet | Supersonics

2 | 2 hours ago

Supersonics erasure

thy_armageddon | Knicks

1 | 4 hours ago

Can’t believe Marco Rubio might be president before the Hornets make the playoffs.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

1 | 4 hours ago

Naz gonna break the curse

ShawnJohn_HHR

1 | 4 hours ago

Really?

Ok-Tree4365

1 | 4 hours ago

I would imagine they are working on something else for starting PG. Worst case scenario is White starting, which isn’t awful.

Rainy_J | Grizzlies

1 | 4 hours ago

Maybe they are hoping Memphis will give them Ja and a first round pick?

Highly_Regarded_AF | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

Are the hornets trying to flip Naz?

a_happy_future | Bucks

1 | 4 hours ago

Well, the likelihood the Bucks can make the play-in this year just went up

Rillaboom2701 | Hornets

1 | 4 hours ago

bouta watch christian andersen starting pg minutes can’t wait

Then_Landscape_3970

1 | 4 hours ago

Our entire offensive engine. Cannot wrap my head around why.

Our starting lineup had a +24.3 net rating, which would be by far the highest of all time.

With LaMelo off the floor and the other 4 guys on, our net rating was -7.3.

Just don’t understand.

Dangerous_Ad5039

1 | 4 hours ago

That play in game they won was electric tho

BusinessWarthog6 | Hornets

1 | 4 hours ago

Hell yeah, I fucking love it here

Urban_Introvert | Knicks

1 | 4 hours ago

I was so certain the Pelicans hasn’t made the playoffs too but I find out that it’s Zion that never made it in his career. He got hurt in the last minutes of the play ins in 2024. They got swept in rd 1 anyways but damn that sucks.

Brotato_Man | Timberwolves

1 | 3 hours ago

The Hornets probably weren’t winning anything with Lamelo as option number 1, but as option number 2 for the Wolves he raises their ceiling

PM_me_datSmile | Kings

1 | 3 hours ago

lol kings squeaking in just once in 16 years only to disappear again

Blake_a12

1 | 3 hours ago

I Kon took them to the Finals and took Rookie of the year from the best rookie since LeBron or Luka? What, he didn’t even make the playoffs? And was benched?

Old_General_6741 | Canada

1 | 3 hours ago

Oof. It will take time to make it to the playoffs.

Sammyd1108 | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

Honestly, I hope we don’t at this point. It’d be a guaranteed way to get everyone fired like they deserve to be.

gundam1983 | Kings

1 | 3 hours ago

Imagine not making the playoffs in nearly 10 years. I could never…

carmiachafsu | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

fucking garbage franchise. new ownership just lost a lot of fans hope and trust

palabear | Hornets

1 | an hour ago

I take heart that somewhere there is an 11 year that will take us to the promise land!

SquatchScrotum

1 | 34 minutes ago

Kangz East?

Mundane_Ostrich3281 | Knicks

0 | 4 hours ago

They have a pretty solid core now though. Kon, Miller, Naz, and Hannes. Kon has a lot more D-book to his game than Klay. Build around him was a good move

The Charlotte Hornets are the only NBA team that hasn’t made the playoffs during the 2020s