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One of the hottest names in the NBA<\/a> is on the move to a contender.<\/p>\n

The Charlotte Hornets<\/a> reportedly traded LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday, teaming the third overall pick of the 2020 NBA Draft with the first overall pick that year in Anthony Edwards.<\/p>\n

Ball, the 2020-21 Rookie of the Year, has become one of the best guards in the league, averaging 20.8 points and 7.3 assists per game, although injuries have hampered him. He played in just 105 games from the start of the 2022-23 season through the 2024-25 campaign.<\/p>\n

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The Hornets have not been able to break their playoff drought, which has been in place since the 2015-16 season, and opted to trade Ball and Josh Green to Minnesota for Naz Reid, an unprotected 2033 first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps and three second-round picks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The T-Wolves have made the playoffs for five straight seasons, including appearances in the Western Conference Finals in 2024 and 2025, so it makes sense to bring in Ball to help out Edwards, who dropped a career-high 28.8 points per game this past season.<\/p>\n

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And perhaps because of Ball’s durability concerns, Charlotte added to an already rich collection of draft assets that includes six first-round picks and eight second-rounders over the next three offseasons. They just selected Hannes Steinbach and Christian Anderson with the 14th and 18th selections earlier this week and took former Duke star Kon Knueppel with the fourth selection last year.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Ball signed a five-year, $260 million contract extension and said he felt the team was on the path to success.<\/p>\n

“I think it\u2019s just a great position and I think we are all going the right way now,” he said at the time.<\/p>\n

That evidently was not the case, but on a personal note, Ball is now back on that path.<\/p>\n

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