“Worse moves in NBA history”

😂 Lamelo hasn’t got them to the playoffs one time yet. Y’all gotta stop with these deep analytics and keep it simple. They didn’t win anything with him and he was hurt for most of his time in Charlotte. Tf kinda post is this

Up until now, Jeff Peterson has made nothing but solid trades that have helped our team. I’m holding out hope that he’s not done and we’ll be in a good position before long. Maybe I’m just a sicko.

i really think next year the hornets wouldve been a playoff team with lamelo, at least 7-8th they were gonna win a lot of games just off of being young with insane scoring prowess in a long season. now idk what they’re gonna do. people aren’t high on lamelo but that dude is a VERY high level offensive engine when he plays.

Lamelo Ball EPM last season: +5.1

• Seventh best behind Wembanyama, Jokic, Kawhi, SGA, Giannis, Doncic

When three different guys flip from positive to negative the second LaMelo Ball sits, that’s not a hot streak. That’s the offense.

The Point Moose era is upon us

No matter how many games he plays in the regular season if he’s healthy in the playoffs than it’s gonna be a slap in the face for the Hornets cuz heath is the only reason why I see the Hornets doing this.

It’s not a bad move. They’re just picking kon and miller over melo

It’s the hope that kills you

I don’t see the Lamelo/Ant pairing working all that well

jaylen brown you’re a hornet

> could go down as one of the worst moves in NBA history

Alright, settle the fuck down.

I feel sick to my stomach. Fuck this franchise, I am in tears.

Theyve made the playoffs 0 times with Lamelo. Is it really so crazy to sell high on Lamelo and build around Kon/Miller?

If Lamelo gets injured again next year (which historically will likely happen) the Hornets might have to attach draft picks to get off his contract. I know this because earlier in the season before the Hornets became good, there was talk that the Hornets would have to attach draft picks to get rid of Lamelo

I bet the Grizzlies wish they tried trading Ja Morant years earlier, now theyre stuck with him. Hornets chose not to make the same mistake

Why did Charlotte trade a away such a young star

LaMelo is not a winner. Stop it. How many times has he put up a one-legged heat check brick to the detriment of the game flow, etc.? He’s an electric stat stuffer but not someone you build a contending team around. He gets fans in seats.

I really don’t think the move will be looked on too badly. Maybe for the T-Wolves when both Lamelo and Ant are injured in the playoffs but not the Hornets.

Its not that bad lol they have the core they want and he wasnt part of it

Sold as high as they could on Lamelo after the one year he stayed healthy. Lamelo and Ant is going to be very unserious.

I guarantee you in timespan of under 2 years you all will call the hornets gm Nostradamus he sold a lamelo name ticking bomb to an even bigger ticking bomb named timber wolves.

I love there all in mentality but this team is getting significantly worse each year them having nuggets no doesn’t make them a contender they just there to embarras jokic.

Team was basically guaranteed to win 50 games next year. I get the risks with Lamelo but idk man you haven’t made the playoffs in a decade

Kon’s are crazy. 10% better from 3 but way worse TS%.

“Worst moves in NBA history”… they traded an oft injured, immature dude who has never made the playoffs.

I just don’t understand why they waited to do this? Surely they could have got more than one pick if it was before the draft?

brandon miller was playing with lebron’s brother lemalo

Then they lost in the play in games to Philly and Orlando that actually mattered lol

Will they buy low on Ja and get more picks or just start White?

Hornets hopefully embrace Naz Reid. He is a great guy

Ja Morant, you are a Charlotte Hornet

It’s hilarious because I’ve defended lamelo for so long while this sub has ridiculed him endlessly saying that he’s not a winning player blah blah, then all of a sudden we trade him and its the “worst move in nba history”

Maybe they’re looking to get Ja? I dont know wtf to think anymore

No stats can convince me LaMelo is a winning player. He’s a great passer in theory, but he wants to take a few of the worst shots you’ll ever see before he starts thinking about the open man. And he’s the anti-Brunson down the stretch, dude blows so many games with his individual play.

I think it’s more a function of having a good playmaker on the team. I suspect you could replace Lamelo with 20 other point guards and get a similar result. Hard to imagine the Hornets are done now. Sending Naz Reid and Miles Bridges to the Spurs for De’Aaron Fox jumps out at me.

None of yall actually watch charlotte games. Sure he looks good and puts up numbers, but he plays like the NBA is AAU and doesnt contribute to winning.

Nothing will be the worst as long as the Luka trade exists

They probably weren’t confident he’d be able to play 50+ games again

Sold high?

$40 million trade exception, I would like for the Hornets to fail but let’s see what happens

I think LaMelo is an All Star player when serious and healthy, but the problem is that he isn’t serious and he’s injury prone. Hornets finally got a talented player in Kon and decided to cut their losses now, focus to build around him before LaMelo gets injured again and loses value.

And Orlando ate their lunch.

All that doesn’t mean anything if you can’t get thru the 1st round

worse than luka trade? seems like they are just trading while lamelos value is high, but i dont think hes is on lukas level.

I think the tanking was so pervasive and long this past year that it’s hard to take any of the team metrics too seriously, especially after the calendar turned.

I do not comprehend this move at all. Their pieces all worked super work together and were playing excellent ball.

Now they’ve blown it up to be in the tank race in that 5-10 worst team in the league race

Ball has only been healthy ²⁄₆ seasons in the NBA.

The other 4 seasons he has averaged 39 games played.

I think this sub overestimates his value around the league.

Why did idiot 4 year old me have to like the colours and logo of this dumbass team and sign up for a lifetime of misery

hate this trade, yeah you were never gonna contend for a title and Lamelo is injured as fuck but he gave you an identity

We don’t even know what his real worth is, we haven’t even seen him in the playoffs 😂

Not saying he couldn’t be great, but it’s a completely different beast and players like him have struggled in the post season before

Lamelo was rarely healthy and they didn’t make the playoffs once in his six years with the team. He had solid stats but let’s be real.

I think obviously if you promised the Hornets that LaMelo would be healthy and not do any especially dumb shit the next 3 years they are never making this trade but you just can’t. A year ago many considered him a negative asset and it wouldn’t be super surprising if that was the case a year from now. Hes just super unreliable

I bet Charlotte makes a move for Brown. They cant be done dealing after this Ball deal.

I like the move. Ball is just too unpredictable off court (driving stuff, he could legitimately kill or injury somebody the way he drives) and has injury issues. They got a strong pick in the trade they can used to get a star like Brown.

My guess is they go after Brown and try to build a team around Kon and Brown.

It all comes down to health. Wolves took a risk that he would stay healthy.

Why Kon shooting that much better with Melo off and (still) that much worse net rating without him

I have to assume something was going on behind the scenes, this is wild.

And yes, I say that as a Lakers fan that just received Luka in a lopsided trade.

Truly an insane post OP. You’ve lost your fucking mind thinking this will go down in the top 500 of worst moves in nba history. 

Yo I didn’t realize this sub thought so highly of Ball lol. He’s never even been to the playoffs as the leader, what is this nonsense.

Thats a massive haul. The one good pick is total BS those other 3 pick swaps are all unprotected. With the flatten lottery odds, and with how often players get injured now days that’s 4 swings of the bat to hit home runs. Also Reid is a excellent player who has trade value they could flip him for more draft capital

Hornets fans would have been elated last offseason or at any time before their late season run had this trade been made…

I do wonder what they’ll do at PG now. Is Coby staying to come off the bench?

Play in team. They not gonna have enough players who can create their own shot

At least Charlotte sold high!

I swear miller and kon will be so mid without lamelo. Doing this and not getting another elite pg is insane. People acting like lamelo isn’t good are ignorant as fuck

As a spurs fan that wanted melo before we traded for fox…. im actually hurt by this for the hornets fans.
I honestly feel like this is worse than the Luka trade but i don’t remember if any draft picks were involved in that trade
imo he was a reason almost every team in the league should have been competing next season
Every team got better but now it seems the hornets took a step back
They should have done this trade before the draft and got a piece from this draft class
But wtf 😭 all those picks when the Timberwolves have been to conf. Finals twice with ant and now he got Ball starting with him and Donte moved to the bench with ayo ? Those picks will be worthless
this is a salary dump imo and they really wanted to get rid of ball which makes no sense to me

Did you watch the playoffs?

I think this trade tells you that they didn’t believe in LaMelo as their franchise player and the leader of their organization.

One of the worst moves in NBA history. Talk about hyperbole.

The Hornets are well aware. They traded him because he’s absolutely insane.

Hard to top Luka trade no matter how you spin it.