Tim MacMahon: “It was almost unanimously that the Charlotte Hornets were the biggest winner. There is a lot of respect for Tim Connelly. People call him a riverboat gambler. I had some people say I didn’t like the Rudy Gobert deal, and that worked out great for the Timberwolves. So, with those caveats, the almost consensus opinion of the people I talked to around the league was LaMelo Ball had next to no value a year ago. Jeff Peterson, the Charlotte Hornets general manager, cleaned him up and as soon as he had value, pounced on the opportunity to move him.”
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