June 25 (UPI) — The Minnesota Timberwolves agreed to trade Naz Reid and several draft picks to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for LaMelo Ball and Josh Green, a league source told UPI on Thursday.
The Hornets will receive a 2033 unprotected first-round pick and second-round picks in 2029, 2032 and 2033. The Hornets and Timberwolves also agreed to swap three first-round picks in 2028, 2029 and 2030.
Ball, 24, averaged 20.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game through 72 appearances last season. The No. 3 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft averaged a career-high 25.2 points, 7.4 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game over 47 starts in 2024-25. Ball, a 2021-22 All-Star, logged 20.8 points, 7.3 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game over his first six seasons.
He is under contract through 2028-29, with respective salaries of $40.7 million, $43.5 million and $46.3 million over the next three seasons.
Green, 25, averaged 4.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game over 58 appearances last season off the Hornets bench. The No. 18 overall pick by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2020 NBA Draft logged 7.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game over 68 appearances, including 67 starts, in 2024-25.
Green, who joined the Hornets in a 2024 trade, is under contract through next season, with a $14.6 million salary in 2026-27.
Reid, 26, averaged 13.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists over 77 appearances last season for the Timberwolves. The 2023-24 Sixth Man of the Year averaged 11.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game over 483 appearances through his first seven seasons. He joined the Timberwolves in 2019 as an undrafted free agent.
Reid is under contract through 2028-29, with a player option in 2029-30.
