{"id":431905,"date":"2025-11-24T10:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/431905\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:58:12","slug":"lamelo-ball-trade-idea-would-net-hornets-a-175-million-star-in-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/431905\/","title":{"rendered":"LaMelo Ball trade idea would net Hornets a $175 million star in return"},"content":{"rendered":"

LaMelo Ball trade idea would net Hornets a $175 million star in return <\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following a 113-110 defeat to the Atlanta Hawks<\/a> on Sunday night, the Charlotte Hornets<\/a> fell to 4-13 on the young 2025\/26 NBA season. The loss marked Charlotte’s sixth in a row, and the Hornets are closer to the last-place Washington Wizards<\/a> in the standings than they are to the Boston Celtics<\/a>, who occupy the #10 seed entering Monday.<\/p>\n

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Not only are the Hornets struggling on the court, but Charlotte is trying to managing controversy off it.<\/p>\n

A report from Yahoo Sports’ Kelly Iko last week made the explosive claim that the Hornets’ star guard LaMelo Ball is seeking a trade out of Charlotte — and the franchise is ready to accommodate him. Ball and the team have since refuted<\/a> the report — but as with most things on the internet, speculation about the talented but oft-injured guard is poised to continue for some time to come.<\/p>\n

Ball-Anthony Davis trade idea presented<\/p>\n

In refuting Yahoo’s report, Ball criticized the “headlines” generated within the sports media ecosystem and said he had to speak out to set the record straight.<\/p>\n

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“I really don\u2019t like commenting back on stuff, but when it gets too big you got to say something,” Ball said<\/a>. “It was so much that it was making headlines in Bleacher Report and this and that, so I didn’t want it to keep going on.”<\/p>\n

Well, it just so happens that Andrew Bailey at\u00a0Bleacher Report<\/a>\u00a0has a few trade ideas for Ball — who missed Sunday’s game managing his right ankle injury — should his stance soften over staying in Charlotte.<\/p>\n

Bailey has made a stunning proposal that the Hornets should deal Ball to the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> in a trade that would bring Anthony Davis to Charlotte. The Mavericks also would land veteran\u00a0Grant Williams, rookie Liam McNeeley, a top-5 protected first-round pick in 2028 and a lottery-protected first-round pick in 2030.<\/p>\n

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Trade rumors continue to swirl around Davis in Dallas, where the Mavericks’ competitive timeline now seems built around 18-year-old Cooper Flagg. Davis, a 10-time All-Star and one of his generation’s most feared defenders, has one season left on his contract<\/a>\u00a0before he can exercise a player option entering the 2027\/28 NBA season.<\/p>\n

Ball joining the Mavericks would bring a proven ball-handler to Dallas that would free Flagg from those responsibilities. However, Ball’s injury history — and the $130 million-plus<\/a> he is owed over the next three seasons — shrinks his market significantly.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Mavs still have Kyrie Irving on their roster, rendering Ball unnecessary for the time being.<\/p>\n

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