The Hornets releases a behind the scenes video on the decision to trade LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges: “If we trade LaMelo, we’re probably trading Miles”
Why did they make this look like a movie?
“We like to make our incompetence look as professional as possible to prevent losing credibility.”
I’m not happy about the trade, but we got a pretty good haul for Melo considering his injury history.
Not really. Naz Reid, a 1st, and fake swaps is a terrible return for a franchise player. He was way more valuable to your team than the front office is giving him credit for. Hornets will find this out next season. Can set a reminder and clown me if I’m wrong,
It’s the type of move front offices makes to be the smartest guys in the league, which is how they come off in this video.
I mean if he gets injured again next year we can basically never trade him for positive value ever again. Its a bet against his health which is a solid bet given hes played 3 healthy seasons out of 6.
Wait a sec… is LaMelo a franchise player? He’s talented for sure, but he’s also injured a lot, immature in many respects, and while a very good offensive player, he’s an awful defender.
Oh yeah, and he hasn’t won a damn thing, which I guess you can attribute somewhat to his injuries and being on tanking teams, but I don’t think there’s any real proof at this point to show that LaMelo is a franchise player. He’s a good offensive engine when healthy, but that’s as far as I’ll go.
No. He is not. Super talented but unreliable in many ways.
he is a franchise player… just not for a contender. Which I guess is the Hornet’s FO’s point
and why he’d be great as a 2nd-4th most important player with the Wolves (depending on how you view McDaniels/Gobert)
It depends on how you label franchise player. He’s a franchise player in the same way that KAT on the Wolves was a franchise player imo. Or Sengun on the Rockets or maybe Deni on the Blazers. He’s a tier below franchise players like Jaylen Brown, Tyrese Maxey, Scottie Barnes and a couple tiers below franchise players like Wemby, Jokic, SGA
Healthy Lamelo ball is comfortably the most talented player the Hornets have had since Charlotte got the franchise back in 04. He is a franchise talent when healthy, the only other player who does what he does is Haliburton. 6-8 elite shooters who make your entire offense shoot more efficiently do not grow on trees.
Being the most talented player doesn’t make you a franchise player. It gives you every opportunity to be the franchise player, but there’s a whole lot more that goes into it than just talent, and I think it’s more than fair to question whether LaMelo has all the other tools needed to be that guy.
The only seasons we have been above .500 in the last decade were the 2 healthy lamelo seasons after his rookie year. His only issue on the court is availability. He makes everyone around him better in a way that is very hard to find.
You have to be a smart decision maker to be a viable leader of a playoff team
he was for the hornets. But they didn’t really have a lot going for them.
for a franchise player.
We don’t have to discuss “a franchise player” in the abstract when we know who the specific player is. That just results in people talking past each other and debating what qualifies as a “franchise player.” Wemby and Lamelo could both be called “Franchise players”, but they obviously have wildly different values. We can just discuss the value of Lamelo instead of an abstract concept.
Despite being only 24, the Hornets had to load manage Lamelo just to get through the season semi-healthy. He’s a massive injury risk, a knucklehead off the court (see: driving record), and I’m personally highly skeptical that he is built for the methodical, physical, high IQ grind of the playoffs.
The last sentence to me is the key. In our best seasons with Lamelo it did feel like the moment teams ratcheted up the physicality he had no answers. Granted he wasnt alone in that, we had skinny young rosters with no real bulk, but there is a reason we were in a nailbiter with the Heat who were missing their best player.
He probably is best as a second star next to someone, and im excited to see what he can do in Minnesota.
Melo isn’t a franchise player
Naz Reid is
Lamelo is single handily a top 5 offense. The Hornets will find this out next season.
IF healthy.
He had zero value like a year ago and was seen as an albatross. We polished up the turd and sold for as much as we could. Better than nothing.
What’s interesting to me is Naz Reid is durable - 77, 80, 81 games - but like you said, it’s a franchise level player for a 6th man of the year candidate. He only started 3 games last year and 17 before that. Time will tell if he can make the leap as a full-time starter.
LaMelo is not in the universe of a franchise player. He’s a good player. He’s fun. He can’t stay reliably stay on the court and has no history of performing well in big moments or games and often plays like he’s oblivious to what’s going on around him.
Next year will probably be worse for us most Hornets fans expect that, the success or failure of this trade won’t really flesh itself out for 2-3 years
I really hope you’re wrong man for sure. RemindMe! -7 months
Half our fanbase has somehow fallen for Jeff Peterson’s “vision” and you’re not going to get these people to see otherwise until we’ve gone 32-50 next season
He’s played 50 or less games in 4⁄6 seasons and missed 38% of the total regular season games in his career, you can’t be off the floor that much and be a franchise player.
I mean is LaMelo a franchise player. The dude gets dogwalked in the play in every year. Jalen Suggs literally embarrassed him this past year in the playoffs in. There were possessions where he couldn’t even get the ball cleanly past half court to run the offense. And Naz Reid is a really good starting big man. They were playing undersized a lot and having a true PF who can space the floor will be useful. I think the drop off from LaMelo to Coby White will be bad but once they find there real PG of the future to go along with Kon and Miller they’ll be fine.
Lamelo isn’t a franchise player
Lamelo is good but I wouldn’t call him a franchise player that you don’t trade. He’s a lower end all star level guy. He also had negative trade value just a season ago.
Hornets didn’t make this trade for next season. They made it for long term flexibility in their roster construction.
Even with Lamelo, the Hornets would be unlikely to have done better this season with how much better the East got.
Used one of those fake swaps to get a really valuable first from Phoenix. Naz’s value could go up just by virtue of being a useful big. We see how guards are valued atm isn’t very high.
Trae Young and Ja Morant were “franchise players” at one point and look what they got moved for this cycle
I love how a nets fan is trying to tell hornets fans what was a good or bad deal and then calling lamelo a franchise player when he’s not. This was the highest value lamelo was going to have. They got a decent haul for him and not only that, they don’t have to extend him at a high number that lamelo wants but doesn’t deserve. Naz Reid is a dog who imo had the most success of anyone in the western conference when guarding Wemby.
it’s the type of Reddit nba comment that someone makes so that they can be seen as one of the smartest people in this subreddit which is how he comes across in this comment.
I love LaMelo but this is crazy revisionist. Before the trade deadline people were talking about LaMelo trades in the same breath as Ja and Trae trades, with similar if not slightly better returns. That was like 8 months ago and now you are saying Naz Reid and an unprotected 1st wasn’t enough of a return. If you had mentioned that return in December on Reddit you’d have been downvoted to hell.
got a first, a backup 5 who will be forced to a power forward, and 3 pick swaps that are already swapped with elite teams lol. It was a horrible package that shows the team wants to lose
This might be pedantic but Naz Reid is a true 4 these days. The last couple years he’s been more of a 3 than a 5, even
Yeah but Naz Reid
The trade was actually pretty good for the Hornets imo. They have a lot more flexibility to construct their roster and build something better. Lamelo is great but he’s also injury prone. The return is pretty nice
I’ve been saying to trade him for two years. Just sucks it happens after his healthy season, but makes sense it happens after his healthy season because his price is as high as it can go.
Yeah, it was a blast watching him and the Hornets last season but running it back would have probably been a waste of a year. People just looking at the trade as Lamelo for Naz (ignoring draft compensation and contract situation) are forgetting that Lamelo was untradeable just a season ago. And not untradeable like the Hornets refuse to move him, but untradeable because no one wanted him and his contract.
Everything depends on how Kon and Miller develop but I think the Hornets will be better than people think. Not a playoff team and maybe not play-in either because of how much stronger the East got, but they’ll be competitive. It wouldn’t shock me if it turns into something like a Hawks post Trae Young trade situation where their current roster is really solid. Flexibility in roster construction is pretty damn important in this current CBA. I think we’ll see more guys who got big contracts before the CBA getting moved and guys due for a big extension getting traded before extension talks start.
Also, I think Lee is a great coach. I’d be a bit surprised if the Hornets were truly awful next season.
We have lots of depth at every position which is super nice. If Miller or Kon take a big leap we could be really good. Miller is missing yet another offseason though after shoulder surgery and probably wont be back until November. I believe in point Kon though
Maybe this is copium but yall just see poverty franchise trades well liked player and immediately cry incompetence. Our FO has been extremely competent since they took over. Take a look at the Hornets draft assets and bench and compare it to the Lakers whenever you get a chance.
Cant really compare team trying to win for past few years with team in rebuild mode for like a decade draft assets.
Hate that I have to defend the Lakers but really not an apples to apples comparison.
Oh yes the whole trying to win thing is something we would never understand. The Lakers operate completely differently, what with such cerebral win-now moves like checks notes spending your last draft assets to overpay a white big man. Hornets wouldn’t know anything about this.
I would hope a team that never makes the playoffs is able to keep their draft assets?
Incompetence with a lakers flair is rich
If they had a Mavs flair I’d agree with you
Lakers would be in shambles if Nico didn’t come bearing gifts.
I mean they’re arguably in shambles still lol
You aren’t wrong, that roster construction is questionable.
“We want to be a great team, which one of these can help us do that” is the cringiest and most useless “made for sound bite” clips I’ve seen in a while lol. The question added absolutely no value to the discussion.
Nah man as someone who works in a big corporate setting, these are exactly the types of meaningless platitudes that are thrown out every 5 seconds in every meeting lol
That’s immediately where my mind went to (as a corporate slave myself) lol
If we optimize our trajectory for the long term, our team can aggregate value in a way that brings efficiency to our target strategies.
So you just want to trade LeMelo?
Correct.
This triggered me
Hornets fans better hope that was just for the sound bite.
This is a clip from their behind the scenes series they do. ITs honestly good production value for what it is and i enjoy it as a fan. They couldnt really release a video and not address the lamelo stuff.
Insane thing to hate on lol.
Wow this team makes high quality behind the scenes content for fans to watch. That SUCKS!!!
Gotta make the memes prepped for when Jeff gets Nico’d in January
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All they need to say is “we’re worried about whether he will be healthy or not” and it makes sense. Saying they’re better with Naz instead of Melo sounds stupid and I love Naz.
If they say that, the same Lamelo stans who are still pissing their pants about the trade would call them “classless” or some shit like that.
Why. If they are trying to build a culture around character, discipline and team first this is a great move. Lamelo is a cartoon.
It was impossible to be a serious franchise with those two guys leading the locker room. Knuppel probably would have been requesting a trade in a year or two lol
People who are or have been close to LaMelo all speak highly of his character, discipline, and mindset with putting the team first.
People who have been watching him since he got to the league know that:
ETA: LaMelo is an all-nba level talent, but I just don’t know that he can live up to that role because of injury concerns and especially with the expectations of joining a contender-level team like the wolves. He won’t have the leeway to fuck around like he has before and is no longer the main star of his franchise. I will always enjoy watching him play and I want nothing but success for the kid (except against the Hornets).
You can also just use your own eyeballs
Why listen to what his former coaches, teammates and media members have to say when you can listen to him talk!
And yet, he doesn’t play winning basketball and is a clown off the court.
Yea Lamelo is pretty immature but i think people extrapolate that too far. Lamelos main weaknesses are physicality and availability. All of his coaches have loved him though and so have all of his teammates.
Yall have fun dealing with these media narratives now though its your problem.
I honestly don’t think we care, he’s not the leader of the team anymore
Yall should be elated if he is healthy. I think you have a real shot at the finals now in a way you didnt before.
I agree, I think it’ll take a year to mesh though. Going to be kinda erratic this year I think
What you’re saying is contrary to what professionals say
Yup. Naz is a great bench player at best. Melo elevated their offense to one of the best in the league lol
That being said Naz Reid.
Naz ain’t a bench player on 95% of teams in the NBA, the fuck you mean at best?
He’s a 6th man in every ideal world of a contender. He’s skilled enough to be a starter but there are too many situations other teams can punish him in. Hes undersized and not a super active defender so certain teams can really exploit him. It’s better to have a more traditional center and give Naz extended run time when it calls for it.
I’ve watched every single game for the last 4 or 5 seasons. I promise you he’s a bench center
You’ve watched every single game for 5 seasons yet you call him a center?
Naz is a quality starting 4 and a defensively problematic backup 5. I do think Timberwolves fans are more familiar with his deficiencies than the rest of the league but I think he’s an ideal shooting 4 who is absolutely terrible at POA defense but makes up for it with good weak side rim protection and decent rebounding for a 4. He’ll be great as a playoff level rotation piece for many years to come if teams play him at the 4. At the 5 he is simply not effective.
The only reason he worked at 4 is because he had Rudy Gobert behind him. Won’t work anywhere else.
Yup. You don’t know ball clearly, he’s definitely not good enough to play PF
Naz is a great bench player at minimum since he’s a perennial 6moty candidate.
Naz Reid.
I understand why they wouldnt release any footage disparaging Lamelo though.
True true
They allowed the release of this video, its all PR spin and upkeep. Ya, bs ans Corprate speak, in an attempt to validate the decision further.
They are trying to play both players off each other bc its easier to sell the trade that way to the public and the sports media.
If its just melos injury, all they say is hes injuired and can’t play. But if you say, “well naz doesnt get injuried as frequently, and he more consistent, well we can build around that better”.
Its them presenting their desired “debate” bait and trying to drive their narrative.
Saying the decision was based on a players health is publicly tricky and leaves the “weight” of the decision on said, single player. So the decision will be based on if they play, choose to play, blah, etc.
It leaves nothing for others and the tv analysts to talk about other than if Melo is healthy or not. If he plays good, its a bad decision. If he doesnt play due to injury, its a good decison to trade, bc “we calculated all along”.
If you position the argument as player VS player, you can pit everything against their respective selfs, both on court and off court.
TV analyst, your skip Bayless and Stephen a Smith, etc, now can frame the “debate”, as well look at what naz can do that melo can’t. Or “well naz doesnt have this issue off court”.
Without Naz or bringing in another comparison player, the discussion is limited to the one player, and in this case his injury.
Basically, its easier to spin/ explain the trade if you can play it off as player VS player, instead of well player 1 is injury prone.
Still can’t believe Bridges still has a career
I mean I can believe it, money trumps everything, just thought the league would at least pretend to give a fuck
Sports teams in general don’t care at all about character/personality or legal issues if you’re good enough.
Yea cause most sports fans dgaf either
Or voters… Lol
The world doesn’t gaf lol. It’s not a sports thing.
I agree. I think most people don’t really think about things that don’t affect them personally or aren’t in their immediate sphere.
Unless dude loves a dude, of course. Then oh my goodness!
He did miss the entire 2023 season while he was a free agent and was preparing to get a new deal. He probably cost himself $20–30 million or more and missed an entire season.
I don’t know what the appropriate punishment for domestic violence should be, the NBA’s punishment for it is relatively light. But he definitely didn’t get off scot-free and all this is before you even get to the 30 game suspension from the NBA.
Talent trumps trouble.
more trump talents trouble, amiright?
The funny thing is, yes he’s a good player, but any team could do without him.
This was always the key to me and why i think the trade is a gigantic win. Miles worked at the 4 when he was a 99th percentile athlete, but he hasnt had the same bounce since his suspension for whatever reason. Now he is just an undersized 4 who can get to the rim at will but isnt crazy efficient, offers a little bit of playmaking, spotty shooting, and little defense.
That trade was an absolute coup
Same with Deshaun Watson.
Why were they filming?
They saw what happened to Nico lol
They film behind the scenes content of all kinds of stuff. Its pretty fun as a fan to watch.
The NBA is an entertainment business. Behind the scenes content is entertaining.
Why would you even do some shit like this? Just put out a press release like a normal franchise.
They do these throughout the year regularly. Always after the draft in the offseason. They didnt do it just for the trade. The vast majority of what they released was about the rookies.
Okay but why would an entertainment business put out inside content that fans find entertaining and interesting…? /s
Yes. I think the trade was probably the right move. But this little documentary is just weird.
It’s a small section in an episode of a docuseries that we’ve been doing for years. I’m confused as to why people would even dislike it? A lot of those funny clips of LaMelo come straight from it.
This sub (who trashed melo for 6 years straight btw) disliked the trade so they’ve decided that everything the Hornets do now is incompetent and stupid.
Yeah, it pretty cool to see how stuff works and a franchise being open like that
Why would they release this
Setting expectations for a disappointing season
It’s a part of a docu series we do year round. Be weird to not address the trade but most of the episode is about our rookies and new additions.
Addressing it and releasing a behind the scenes documentary about it is 2 different things. A simple statement “we appreciate Lamelos time here but we feel confident with the deal we made”
We didn’t release a behind the scenes documentary because of the trade, we were always going to have a behind the scenes documentary of our offseason. I do wish more teams did something like this tho, it’d be nice to see some of the behind the scenes of big nba moments, like LeBron to Philly for example.
This is a 5 minute clip from a 30 minute episode about our offseason. It was cut up by people on twitter and posted to reddit. They didnt release a documentary about just the trade.
They shouldn’t have added this to the doc at all but to each their own
Because they do this every single season. They’ve done bts footage of basically every major trade they’ve done since they took over.
They are going to suck again
Well yes, that’s the whole plan of Jeff. If you always suck, you never have expectations. Easy to “win” rebuild trades
Am I tripping or did the one dude (vp?) just keep saying slightly different versions of the same quote over and over? Really weird editing there.
They want to be a sustainably good team! Not just one trip to the playoffs or play-in. But something the fans of Charlotte can be proud of long-term!
I mean the jordan era hornets were constantly trying to improve every offseason and never acquired any additional firsts despite missing the playoffs every year. You can say the same for the Kings as well. They went all in for a team that capped as a first round exit.
I dont understand why a Jazz fan would have problems with it considering you guys traded away a 50 win team for a bunch of picks.
Sorry, forgot the /s tag. :D I don’t have an issue with the team making trades, just thought it was odd they included three versions of a similar quote in this video.
Swapping LaMelo for Naz Reid sure is gonna be worth it
What was the GM thinking
Probably the same thing I was after watching LaMelo’s decision making in the play-ins.
Melo sucks
What do you have against Carmelo?
I agree with the sentiment but he’s one of the best offensive playmakers in the league like him or not
This is the NBA version of the Giants talking about letting Saquon Barkley go in free agency lmao
Coming back to this thread around December
I totally get it and to be honest, it seems that the Hornets fans that are hurt really are the younger fans who’ve never seen the good old days when we were a good franchise. LaMelo is a great talent but you can’t build a winner with a player that’s so injury prone. It’s the reason why the magic didn’t win anything with Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady. It’s why the Nets didn’t win with KD, Kyrie and Harden. Also, that play-in showed who this team was. There’s a ceiling that still is just a lower end seed but nothing more and your best player can’t be LaMelo…sorry
Signed,
40 year old Hornets fan
Or you could just get better players so LaMelo isn’t your best player. The Timberwolves are fielding LaMelo as their third best player.
Stop drafting busts and being passive in trades while blaming LaMelo for not being able to win playoff games with Terry Rozier and Gordon Hayward or a rookie as his best teammate
Ah yes the ol “why don’t we just get good” approach - followed swiftly by the “wait no not like that.”
Bro im 32 and have seen us make the playoffs 3 times. Lamelo is the most talented guy we have had in my lifetime. Dismissing the concerns of hornets fans is quite silly. I understand why they made the trade but its obviously risky.
Why are people shitting on this? This is the kind of behind the scenes content I wanna see. I wish we had something similar to hard knocks.
This subreddit doesn’t like basketball unless Wemby or Bron are involved
Because redditors (who hated LaMelo until this year) dislike the trade so much that everything the Hornets do now is incompetent garbage. Its just hive mentality lol
Big old FUCK Miles Bridges
Thought this was a youtube skit lmao
This is one of those things that is typically released 5-10 years later when it has been a PROVEN success and is the “oh man, how did they get there, how did they decide to do such a wild trade to put themselves in this situation.”
At this point it just feels like self protection
Except we do this every season, it’d be weird to not address the trade.
addressing it is great! And they should be able to stand behind their decision and give reasoning to make a drastic, culture altering decision.
Shooting a movie-esque trailer of ‘how we built this awesome team that required sacrifice and genius moves’ before the the idea is proven is a very different thing.
I don’t see how we could do an offseason episode without having it in there. Personally I felt it was fine.
This is very odd lol
The culture and vibes of this FO are RANCID bro you could not pay me enough to willingly release this video, it makes them all seem like Silicon Valley douches putting their fantasy team together
Its going to be hilarious when Charlotte ends up being better without LaMelo and then Minnesota is fighting for a play in because LaMelo is in fact a bad player
Too bad the numbers don’t bear that out at all
u/RemindMeBot 5 months
Lamelo and Miles were menaces to the community. You fuckers brought them there and now it’s a struggle to get rid of them
None of the team management is even there from the lamelo and miles drafts, even owners different lol
And yet here’s video evidence of them struggling to get rid of em. Get em the fuck out of the community
The narrative around our team (if there ever is one at all) is -> acquire popular player -> “Hornets should trade player to large market Team A B or C! Their talents are wasted in Charlotte (may or may not be true)” -> Hornets don’t trade popular player and are clowned for popular player being flawed or not good enough -> Hornets attempt to improve - immediately villainized (just go read the play in threads - regardless of Lamelo grabbing Bam) -> Hornets trade popular player for decent return “Wow how could they do something so incompetent”.
I don’t care if the trade was good or bad or if we win or lose tbh - it’s all pretty much the same to me, but the comments from all yall clip watchers about the Hornets talking like you know something about the team having not previously cared or watched a single game (which until a week ago were a chore to watch) - are rich.
This was a great move. Hornets got some good picks and swaps for a player that was rarely healthy and didn’t play winning basketball.
Those picks could look REALLY good if Ant forces his way out of Minnesota in a few years.
This is exactly the kind of superficial take which led to this disastrously stupid trade.
Huh? 4 Firsts for LaMello is crazy good
I don’t know why this needed to be made.
This feels like the kind of thing that can only embarrass you and bring back all the bad feelings fans already have about trading LaMelo.
I’ve only heard good things from the media about the trade, but nobody has really explained why it was so good or why I should be excited about a first-round pick eight years from now.
I had already made my peace with the trade and was looking forward to the season. All this video did was piss me off about it again and make me question your motives.
“Build a sustainable winner” =/= build a contender/title winner.
Possibly semantics, but I hope other fans hear that FOs are operating from a stance of “let’s be good” and not “let’s see how we can go all in to win a title”. Even seeing this with OKC cutting cost despite having 3 in prime stars and missing the finals after winning one.
I see/have a lot of convos that believe FOs operate with the latter mindset when we know better.
I feel like that’s the opposite of what Jeff said in the episode. He specifically said he didn’t want a team that was only good for three years, he wants a team that will have sustained success and will hopefully win a championship.
Yea no
LaMelo Ball after the season he just had should fetch you more than Naz Reid lmao
LaMelo’s trade value was negative until this year. They minutes restricted him to 72 games played and clearly dont believe its sustainable. They say in the video that they’ve polled the league to maximize value. I wouldnt have traded him but Naz, a first, 4 swaps, and 4 seconds is probably the best they couldve gotten without risking killing his value with another injury this year.
“We love LaMelo and he is a winning player but we got to build a winning basketball team for the future”. What?
Yikes, man. Love our FO but this not it
NBA about to realize how average LaMelo actually is when he’s on a contending team
they should relegate them
Honestly, the Hornets franchise is just a money grab from the fans
Make a play in game and the hornets think they are elite and start making movies lmao
Ewwww 🤢 what is the nba turning into ? Surprised they didn’t have a betting advertisement in this
Naz reid is a culture guy . But injury bug/wear is looking for him .
Boy oh boy did they say a whole lot of nothing here
They traded a star and quality role player for peanuts 🥜
I appreciate them speaking on the situation and sharing the footage.
That was actually kind of sick. Love seeing the behind the scenes. In a world where we see a lightning fast concise shams tweet shake the league, it’s cool seeing what led to it.
What a stupid move man
Three of the top seven 4-man lineups in the NBA last season were all CHA with LaMelo https://imgur.com/a/rJiNO07
How many of these guys will be around to make that 2033 unprotected First round pick? Letting a talent like that go and hoping to tank requires luck (right draft class and right position) and competence in picking the right guy at said positions. Injury concerns are real but this trade is a gamble for the future and a signal for a rebuild. It’s clear that’s the sentiment in this video as they’re hoping their fans have the patience to see this through.
All of this cinematic quality for a 20 win season
The thing is point guards usually take awhile to develop in the league. Even if they drafted a great one now, it easily can take 4 to 5 years until they’re truly good. Will the hornets have the same squad in 5 years? Maybe, but probably not. I also doubt Coby white will be their long term PG going forward
Not everything needs to be on social media…
This is the NBA version of a tiktok mom oversharing. At least it’s from a franchise with a long history of success though.
Naz Reid isn’t better, but he does contribute to winning more than Lamelo. I know it sounds crazy, but nobody watches Hornets games.
Including you apparently
I wish the Hornets the best. A trade can be a win-win. But damn if I still think we absolutely fleeced in this trade. Naz is either going to have to be much better than he ever was with us, or Melo is going to have to get hurt for this trade to be great value for the Hornets.
These guys are morons. Punt the results down the line but still get paid. Typical bureaucrats. Performative with out any results. Long term, there will be no results. Guaranteed.
I hate being a fan of this team sometimes
They are allergic to success and back to rebuilding. Lol.
Based ownership getting rid of the low iq dumbass
This dumbfuck thinks Naz Reid is an equal player to Lamelo
Factoring in availability, he is.
Naz Reid is a good defender since fucking when lol
love naz but let’s not pretend he’s more than a neutral defender at best.
Neutral at best is being incredibly generous, he’s a horrific defender.
Naz is a bum on defense, the Timberwolves had the worst defense in the league when he was in and Gobert was out
Name checks out
I see we’ve found one of the Lamelo stans. Kind of crashing out in this thread bro
go back to r/CharlotteHornets if you wanna suck off the current GM
I should probably edit my comment from kind of crashing out to *full blown* crashing out