{"id":725298,"date":"2026-06-25T14:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/725298\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:36:08","slug":"hornets-trade-lamelo-ball-to-timberwolves-for-naz-reid-report-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/725298\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets trade LaMelo Ball to Timberwolves for Naz Reid: Report \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another NBA All-Star<\/a> is on the move.<\/p>\n

Days after the Miami Heat acquired Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>, there’s been another blockbuster trade. The Charlotte Hornets reportedly will send LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid and a haul of draft picks and swaps.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Shams Charania<\/a> first reported the deal Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

The draft picks going back to Charlotte include Minnesota’s 2033 unprotected first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps (2028, 2029, 2030) and three second-round picks (2029, 2032, 2033), Charania said.<\/p>\n

Ball, who turns 25 in August, spent his first six seasons with the Hornets after being drafted third overall in 2020. He averaged 20.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 7.3 assists over 303 regular-season games<\/a>, winning Rookie of the Year in 2021 and being named an All-Star in 2022.<\/p>\n

Now, Ball will join the No. 1 overall pick from the 2020 draft — Anthony Edwards — to form an explosive backcourt. The Timberwolves are coming off their fifth straight postseason appearance, which ended with a second-round loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Ball has never played in a playoff game in his career.<\/p>\n

Since coming up short yet again in the playoffs, Minnesota already made several roster moves. Days ago, they agreed to send starting forward Julius Randle<\/a> (another former All-Star) to the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> in a deal that was largely just about clearing cap space. They also reportedly agreed to re-sign guard Ayo Dosunmu to a massive contract<\/a> after adding him in a mid-season trade.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHere are five things to know about Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

For the Hornets, this deal comes after their best season in a decade. They went 44-38 but lost in the Play-In as they still seek their first playoff appearance since 2016.<\/p>\n

Reid, who turns 27 in August, will add some much-needed size and experience to Charlotte’s young roster. The seven-year veteran<\/a> was the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2024, with 48 games of playoff experience.<\/p>\n

The real haul for the Hornets, though, could be the treasure chest of draft picks they just acquired. While the Timberwolves are projected to be a strong team next season, the picks are spaced out over the next seven years. Charlotte could eventually add some high-end talent, or use these assets in other future trades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another NBA All-Star is on the move. Days after the Miami Heat acquired Giannis Antetokounmpo, there’s been another…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-725298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}