Sources: Hornets trade Ball, Green to Timberwolves for Reid, picks - ESPN

The Charlotte Hornets are trading star guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid and a series of draft picks, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Thursday.

In addition to Reid, the Hornets will receive a 2033 unprotected first-round pick and three second-round picks (2029, 2032, 2033). Charlotte also gets first-round pick swaps in 2028, 2029 and 2030.

The Hornets fielded aggressive offers in recent days from multiple teams pursuing Ball. The Timberwolves, Toronto Raptors and Portland Trail Blazers were among the teams going after the point guard, sources told ESPN.

Ball had been happy in Charlotte, and both parties were in a good place after the Hornets enjoyed a massive turnaround last season and fell one play-in win short of making the playoffs and ending a postseason drought that dates to 2016.

Ball — who has three years left on his contract and is eligible to sign a two-year, $119.2 million extension July 6 — helped the Hornets win 44 games last season after having 19 victories the season before.

He averaged 20.1 points, 7.1 assists and 4.8 rebounds and shot 36.8% from 3 in 72 regular-season games, his most played since he logged 75 in his second season in 2021-22. Unfortunately for Ball, much of his Hornets career was slowed by injuries as he played a total of 105 games from 2022-23 to 2024-25.

Reid, 26, averaged 13.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game last season and is a career 37.1% 3-point shooter. He was the 2024 Sixth Man of the Year.

Timberwolves president of basketball operations Tim Connelly has for years been searching for a co-star to team with All-Star guard Anthony Edwards, trying to land the likes of Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokounmpo in recent months. But the