LaMelo Is Headed to Minnesota! | Real Ones
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Spiving Ruins Emergency Edition. You know how we do. We're supposed to record tomorrow. Now we're recording today because Minnesota Timberwolves decided to trade for LaMelo Ball. Yeah, you heard that right. Yes, I did. That was for effect. The Minnesota Timberwolves traded for LaMelo Ball. Why did they do that? We're going to get into the why and all of those things with myself and Howard Beck.
Why was LaMelo Ball traded to Minnesota?
And then we're going to talk about just the hubris of NBA pre-agency, the Austin Reeves deal. Where's Jalen Brown going to go? All the other things that have permeated throughout the league over the last week since we last recorded. Yeah, really, really fun episode. We're trying to figure this out. I'm still just perplexed at Minnesota. They're just decision-making skills over the last five years. Where's Ant going to go? It's going to happen. I feel for all my partners on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. All right. Enough of the intro. Cliff, Victoria, play the theme music. What's poppin'? Real ones. Logan Murdoch here. Howdy motherfuckin' back there. We planned to pot on Friday morning, but the Minnesota Timberwolves had other plans for us.
The Minnesota Timberwolves just traded for LaMelo Ball, and I will get to the trade package, but I can only describe it as something you do when you are drunk at 2 in the morning playing 2K and just say, fuck it. With that being said, these are the terms of the deal. The Hornets will send LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to Minnesota in exchange for Nas Reed, an unprotected first-round pick in 2033, three first-round pick swaps in 2028, 2029, and 2030, and three second-round picks in 2029, 2032, and 2033. Um, now this has also been like a fire set, a part of a fire sale and reinvention that the Timberwolves have been doing. They just basically dumped, um, Julius Randall to Brooklyn for some scraps. And now they are reshaping their roster around Anthony Edwards and all world talent and Lamella ball and all world rollercoaster.
Um, throughout his career. I know how I feel about the deal, Howard. The deal looks crazy on its face, and I think it's going to look even crazier when the season starts. There's so many ways we can go here, but first off, let's just think, what is your first thoughts on the deal? Is it about what I think, or are you a little bit more optimistic for it?
My first thought is that this is the worst possible day for us not to have the president of the LaMelo Ball fan club, Raja Bell, on this show.
Where are you, Raja? We need you right now. He's on the road to Atlanta right now. He's on the road to Atlanta.
There will be no one here to defend LaMelo's honor if it's necessary. It may not be necessary. We'll see where this goes. I have no idea where this is going because we're just doing this on the fly. I've had very little time to process this in my own head. I mean, my first reaction was simply, obviously, holy shit. But I think we all could see, at least by the reports last night, there were like strong rumblings. And it was not just one media outlet. It was several. But even in hearing that LaMelo Ball was potentially available, that teams were pursuing him, My first thought was simply, you know, why now? And it's one of the questions that we're going to have to get answered in the hours and days and weeks to come.
Because the Charlotte Hornets, I thought about it from Charlotte's side first. They just had their best season in a very long time. And that core group of LaMelo with Concanipple, a very close runner-up for Rookie of the Year, Brandon Miller, they've got a really nice core there. They've got a good thing going. Charles Lee's got these guys playing defense. And they're finally kind of ready to break through. They created an identity. And this signals to me, and the Hornets will surely push back on these kinds of interpretations, but this sort of signals to me that the Hornets didn't actually believe fully in what they had there and or had salary cap apron type concerns as they try to pay all these guys, right?
Um... You mentioned it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–0:32
2
Why was LaMelo Ball traded to Minnesota?
0:32–6:48
3
What were the terms of the LaMelo Ball trade deal?
6:48–10:50
4
What does this trade mean for the Minnesota Timberwolves?
10:50–20:32
5
How does LaMelo Ball's addition impact the Timberwolves' roster?
20:32–25:05
6
What are the implications of Austin Reaves' max contract extension?
25:05–29:03
7
Is the Lakers' decision to extend Austin Reaves justified?
29:03–34:01
8
What is the current situation with Jaylen Brown's future?
34:01–58:19
Speakers
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