Best of NBA News Part 1: Lamelo Ball TRADED to teamup with Anthony Edwards + Austin Reaves STAYS a Laker, What's Next for Bron? + Jalyen Brown continues his BEEF

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
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We got a big trade last night. The Charlotte Hornets traded Lamelo Ball and Josh Green to the Timberwolves for Naz Reed and a series of draft picks. The Hornets will receive a 20-33 unprotected first round pick, three second round picks, 20-29, 20-32, 20-33. Charlotte also get first round pick swaps in 28, 29 and 30 The Timberwolves now have number one and number three picks from the 2020 draft. Joe, did Minnesota just become a dangerous backcourt in the Western Conference after pairing Mello and Ant-Man together in Minnesota?

**Joe Thomas** (0:52)
Man, I don't know how dangerous they're going to be uncing Ocho, but they damn sure going to be fun to watch.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:57)
They going to be exciting, huh?

**Joe Thomas** (0:59)
Oh man, they going to be fun to watch.

**Chad Johnson** (1:01)
I would jiggery to say that, Joe. They might not be the most dangerous, but they going to be entertaining as hell.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:07)
Oh man, because you got to understand both of those guys probably ranked top five, top ten in signature shoes. That's out right now.
Lamelo with Puma, Ant-Man with Adidas, and just the aura that they both carry. I think they going to make each other better, bro.
I think it's definitely going to help. If y'all notice, we always talk about copycat league, whether it's the NFL, whether it's the NBA.
You see what Minnesota got going on. They trying to surround Rudy with all these tweeners who can do a little bit of everything, kind of like how San Antonio, obviously, Rudy ain't no damn wimpy, but they playing. They, I kind of see it. Same way with New York. New York got cat at the five, but then you got OG heart, bridges. And then you got all these tweener guys around them. So I can kind of see that's what Minnesota's going, because they got rid of their beef. I think, yeah, Joe, I think the thing is, is that they need more scoring. They need consistent scoring. They need somebody that can absorb some of these double teams from Ant-Man. Ant-Man was facing constant double teams. And so to try to lighten the load on him, he has a guy that can stretch the floor. They haven't had this type of guy in a very, very long time. He can shoot the three. He is good at one leg shooting three as we have in the NBA. He can put the ball on the floor. He got a nice flow game. He can finish. Now, look, he ain't much on the defensive end, but he's gonna put so much pressure. He and Ant-Man are gonna put so much pressure on you on the offensive end. And he says, this is what we need. This is a scoring league, league, excuse me, league. You're not fitting to hold somebody to 80, 90 points consistently. You might have a game, maybe two games, where you keep a team under 100, but you better be able to score on the other end. Because if you count ago, your defense, 90 and a night out, Joe, like this was the 90s, the 80s, the whole teams under 90 points, that issue ain't happening in today's game anymore.

**Joe Thomas** (3:00)
Nah, nah, nah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:02)
I see Lamelo, Unc, and Ocho, he gonna make the game a lot easier for Ant-Man. You know what I mean? Because Lamelo is a past first point guard who can score. He's with it too.

**Joe Thomas** (3:12)
You know what I'm saying?

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:14)
So it's gonna be nice. Well, he probably gonna have 16 assists, 12 points. And there's gonna be other nights he may have 27 points and eight, nine assists. You know what I'm saying? Like he's one of those guys who gonna be able to fill out the game, but he knows he gonna always have to get Ant-Man going. So I think his high IQ for the game is so underrated. I'm glad he's been put in this position to where he can kind of showcase what he can do on a playoff caliber team, you know, who's trying to, you know, ultimately win a championship. Now I know they wanna do anything they can, bro, to please Ant-Man and try to keep him around. I think this is a step in the right direction. Now, although I don't think they done, because you gotta have some size.

**Joe Thomas** (3:55)