According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, confirmed by both organizations, the Charlotte Hornets have traded LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid and multiple first-round draft picks.

Officially, Minnesota is trading away a 2033 first-rounder, three first-round pick swaps in 2028, 2029, 2030, and three second-round picks in 2029, 2032, 2033. In addition to acquiring the 24-year-old, Josh Green is being sent to the Timberwolves.

A couple days after trading Julius Randle to the Brooklyn Nets, this opened up space for them to move forward and make a splash this offseason to acquire the star guard.

Ball has three seasons remaining on his five-year, $203.9 million contract.

Naz Reid Wins Sixth Man Of The Year

The race for this year’s Sixth Man of the Year Award was very tight; in fact, it was two votes tight. In the end, fans around the NBA saw Minnesota Timberwolves’ Naz Reid win the award for the first-time in his career.

This year’s race was between Reid, Malik Monk, and Bobby Portis Jr.; however, it was truly between Monk and Reid. To understand how close this award race was, both players tied for second-place and third-place voting, but it was a two-vote difference for first-place to name Reid as 6MOTY.

Reid averaged 13.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in a career-high 81 games. He had a total 843 bench points for Minnesota this season, which is second-most in franchise history.

Another historic fun fact would be Reid being the third undrafted player to win this award. The other two players were John Starks and Darrell Armstrong.