Alright. It's happened. Let's all congregate here and talk about our favourite LaMelo moments and pay our respects to the end of the LaMelo era.

According to the Charlotte Observer, the media outlet that knows the Hornets best, there won't be any other major moves like a Jaylen Brown trade besides the Miles Bridges trade. If they stay quiet as reported, this will be the Hornets' roster for next season.

As everyone knows, the Hornets still have a $41M TE left from the LaMelo trade. On top of that, Tre Mann has a team option for next season, so he’s basically an $8M expiring contract trade chip. If Coby White and Christian Anderson Jr. struggle to hold it down as primary ball-handlers, the team might look to use these assets to make a mid-season upgrade.

If Brandon Miller and Kon Knueppel sign 5-year extensions after their rookie contracts, Brandon’s deal will wrap up in 2032, and Kon’s in 2034. The front office’s obsession with stockpiling 2033 picks is probably closely tied to that exact timeline.

Wolves fan here. I know that when one of your favorite players gets traded you often put a microscope on who you get back, and Naz will forever be tied to the Lamelo trade for yall. We saw this with Randle and Donte constantly becuase we got them back for KAT.

Naz is (was 😭) most wolves fans favorite player. There are literally thousands of Minnesotans with “Naz Reid” tattoos on their body, so much so that the local wolves brewery is giving away $1 beers to anyone with a Naz tat. The words “Naz Reid” are a greeting used by any two people in wolves gear that pass eachother on the street. Naz Reid towels sold out in 5 mins when they put them on sale for $100

He was undrafted and became 6MOTY. You will learn he is fun af to watch, a 6’10 guy with PG handles and finishing that can shoot 3’s. There are flaws to his game, and I think most wolves fans understand why we moved him, and he’s not a superstar or someone that can carry a top 5 offense like Lamelo, but please take care of our boy ❤️

No freaking way Duren only got two games? Didn't he start all of this?!

Ive seen a lot of people hating on these, personally I've actually really liked them and with the yellow bee logo I think it looks fantastic.

ROY

Love/hate thing with the recents trades. I’m from sc but moved to nc for college and while there I fell in love with the team. I still think we should try to make the play-in/ play offs bc the the new rules best lottery chances are 9-14 so despite last year being our best season in recent memory, we still could be in the same place standing wise. I wonder what they’re gonna do with all these picks tho

People where extremely upset when we traded Mark Williams for nothing but it signalled the FO had no faith in his ability to stay healthy and I think we're seeing it again with Lamelo

Odds shifted from -2000 to -220 after coopers 50 point game

Source: Yossi Gozlan Cap Specialist - https://x.com/i/status/2071305453418721743

PG: Coby White/Christian Anderson/Sion James

SG: Kon Knueppel/Grayson Allen/Royce O'Neale

SF: Brandon Miller/Grant Williams/Liam McNeeley

PF: Naz Reid/Hannes Steinbach/Tidjane Salaun

C: Moussa Diabate/Ryan Kalkbrenner

14 spots if we let go of Tre Mann (TO) and Pat Connaughton.

16 spots with Tre Mann and Pat Connaughton.

NOTE: Royce played small ball 4 in PHX last year.

We have 3 picks in the 2027 Draft (DAL top 2 protected, MIA lotto protected, CHA pick).

We are in a good spot to continue to be a salary dump team! We may not compete for the playoffs, but we are going to take on more bad contracts for picks and kick the can down the road.

Looks like Jeff wants to compete in 2028 and onwards.

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Who knows...If the Warriors are bad this season, this could actually happen in 2027–28.

By season tip off this is going to be a much better team than the one we watched embarrass us - once again - before making the playoffs. The deal was specifically structured to create that $40.7 million dollar trade exception (the largest in NBA history, so you can best believe they intend to use it. This morning we FINALLY brought in our rim protection and toughness in the paint(not to mention another 3pt weapon), while vastly improving our defense and dependability. We we went from “good but” to “a frightening amount” of tradable draft capital that we will use to make this team better and keep it there for decades, and now have the resources and cap space to bring in an elite veteran to provide some necessary maturity to our very talented, but very young, starting lineup - it just could be a couple more days until we know who that guy is.

I felt the exact same way as most I’m reading here when I first read the trade details. But once you push through the emotional reaction that comes from parting with one of the main guys who - in just the past 6 months - got you excited about this team again. Because dude, the next 15-20 years of Hornets basketball is looking very sweet. As good an outlook as any organizations.

JP has proved himself a damn good GM in his short time in Charlotte, and he’s earned my trust for sure. So I’m just gonna watch Jeff cook. And I think he just did it again.

A report from the New York Times revealed Gordon is one of many nuggets who could be shipped off this offseason to make space for some more cash now and in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwxzK05rWo0

Amen

35.86(20.4%)

38.73(21.0%)

41.60(21.4%)

44.47(21.8%)

47.34(22.1%)

Brandon

44.00(25.0%)

41.20(22.3%)

37.68(19.4%)

41.20(20.2%)

44.72(20.9%)

I hadn't heard anything about Brandon's contract being structured this way, with his salary dipping in the middle, but Bobby Marks is a respected salary cap expert, so I assume he knows something we don't. Anyway, if this information is accurate, Brandon's contract will actually be cheaper than Amen's by the time Kon's extension kicks in.

Which the lamelo trade and miles rumored to be traded it seems like the Hornets are pushing to build a completely different culture than what we had before. Denver needs to shed some salary to resign Peyton Watson, his contract is rumored to be in the 25-30 million a year range. Cam seems to fit the exact culture Jeff is trying to build, competitive, high iq, good defender, lots of hustle. I feel like using part of the trade exception for a guy like cam would be a no brainer coming off the bench.

My wishlist is very short this offseason.

(1)

**Nicolas Claxton**

He plays D and can switch. He runs the rim. He passes. He never gets injured. He doesn’t need the ball to make an impact, his contract is on a descending scale, he is on the trade block, he won’t cost much in a trade, **AND** Jeff Peterson helped draft him when he was an executive in Brooklyn.

**Brooklyn Receives**

> Josh Green or Grant Williams (pick one), 2027 MIA FRP or 2027 DAL FRP (pick one), Tre Mann

**Charlotte Receives**

> Nicolas Claxton

(2)

**Yaxel Lendeborg**

He has a high-motor, he’s a two-way connector with elite rebounding and defensive instincts. He’s been evaluated as a high-level, NBA-ready rotation player who you can plug in on day 1, and he pairs high-feel passing with emerging floor spacing.

**Milwaukee Receives**

> 2026 14th overall pick, and 2026 18th overall pick

**Charlotte Receives**

> 2026 10th overall pick, to draft Yaxel Lendeborg

Not only is my wishlist short, it’s also realistic.

If the Warriors fail to get Giannis or another big star before next season I could totally see Steph starting to look home and see how nice it would be to play with those young hungry guys. Especially if he thinks they’ll have a chance to be contenders with him.

I can dream.

Let’s give him a second chance