LaMelephant: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#2)

JMAC3 · Post #521 » by **JMAC3** » Tue May 7, 2024 9:56 pm

Right but if you trade him are you going to find a player that is better?
Or are we going to be playing Markelle Fultz for 2 years and be watching LaMelo pour it on someone in the playoffs?

JMAC3 · Post #522 » by **JMAC3** » Tue May 7, 2024 10:04 pm

JMAC3 wrote:Right but if you trade him are you going to find a player that is better?
Or are we going to be playing Markelle Fultz for 2 years and be watching LaMelo pour it on someone in the playoffs?

I am sure the Lakers would send us a few future firsts and Dlo for him, but are we willing to just get nothing out of that trade until 2029? And even if those picks conveyed and were good say top 10, the chances that they even are good as LaMelo is small. And even if the pick turned into a good player, there is no guarantee said player would be healthy either...

or would you rather just get some picks in the 20s from a contender now and move on with an average pg like Fred Van Vleet for the next few years and just try to be a playin squad?

or the Spurs sent us the Atlanta firsts they own along with another future pick. Do you think that would turn out better than LaMelo/Wemby pairing.

Hard to envision a way we move Melo and end up better IMO. He is one of our top 2-3 picks at worst in the last 20 years. Acting like we are going to draft someone and just nail it and replace him is probably not super likely.

Post #523 » by **fatlever** » Tue May 7, 2024 10:38 pm

JMAC3 wrote:Right but if you trade him are you going to find a player that is better?
Or are we going to be playing Markelle Fultz for 2 years and be watching LaMelo pour it on someone in the playoffs?

who is seriously suggesting we trade him? it's a very rare take, even among those of us who are frustrated or having doubts.
why would we trade him when his value is rock bottom?
melo won't be traded unless he pulls a diva move and forces his way out... at least not for another 2 years.

JMAC3 · Post #524 » by **JMAC3** » Wed May 8, 2024 1:38 pm

fatlever wrote:
JMAC3 wrote:Right but if you trade him are you going to find a player that is better?
Or are we going to be playing Markelle Fultz for 2 years and be watching LaMelo pour it on someone in the playoffs?

who is seriously suggesting we trade him? it's a very rare take, even among those of us who are frustrated or having doubts.
why would we trade him when his value is rock bottom?
melo won't be traded unless he pulls a diva move and forces his way out... at least not for another 2 years.

I would say I have seen 3-4 posters be very open to the idea, I have seen a lot of fans on twitter suggest it, it has become an accepted view to at least consider trading him in several of my group chats...

I think most of it comes from seeing Edwards, Haliburton succeeding and not actually realizing how hard it is to find those players. Someone could offer 4 firsts for Haliburton and they are turning it down because they know it is hard to find a replacement. Same with Paolo, Maxey etc... so if you believe in Melo talent then you have to keep him regardless of injury imo.

Like in theory sure.. let's trade LaMelo and then draft someone just as good and have all the picks would be fine, but we know there is like a 30% chance of drafting an allstar with a top 10 pick. Number drops down a good bit if you exclude the #1 pick, so you are really just trying to get lucky.

Rich4114 · Post #525 » by **Rich4114** » Wed May 8, 2024 2:22 pm

fatlever wrote:
JMAC3 wrote:Right but if you trade him are you going to find a player that is better?
Or are we going to be playing Markelle Fultz for 2 years and be watching LaMelo pour it on someone in the playoffs?

who is seriously suggesting we trade him? it's a very rare take, even among those of us who are frustrated or having doubts.
why would we trade him when his value is rock bottom?
melo won't be traded unless he pulls a diva move and forces his way out... at least not for another 2 years.

There are some noisy voices on X that regularly suggest this which in no way represent the masses. They're just the loudest and if we listened to them, we'd be locked into Terry Rozier at point guard for the next decade, Clifford as our perpetual head coach and 2 mid first draft picks for LaMelo. It's not even worth debating since like 5% of fans would actually want to do that. It would also be an enormous set back for the franchise and if you are doing that, might as well gut the roster and start over again.

wilson115 · Post #526 » by **wilson115** » Wed May 8, 2024 11:44 pm

(sigh) Just hoping the injury curse goes away next year.

Read on Twitter

JustBuzzin · Post #527 » by **JustBuzzin** » Fri May 17, 2024 11:13 pm

Not sure if Cleveland would take Melo with his injury history, but I would trade him for Garland straight up if they were interested.

Not because I'm a big fan of Garland, moreso because I'm done with the uncertainty with Melo and his health. I just want a healthy reliable body at this point.

amcoolio · Post #528 » by **amcoolio** » Sat May 18, 2024 1:27 am

If you do that trade you hope Garland has a Brunson gear in him. I still err on the side of playing Ball another season and hoping he sat out becuase the team infrastructure was bad. Ball can definitely get to Steph Curry's level if he works hard enough

Liver_Pooty · Post #529 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Sat May 18, 2024 1:32 am

amcoolio wrote:If you do that trade you hope Garland has a Brunson gear in him. I still err on the side of playing Ball another season and hoping he sat out becuase the team infrastructure was bad. Ball can definitely get to Steph Curry's level if he works hard enough

I absolutely adore Lamelo but damn. That's a high bar my man. Lol.

GoBobs · Post #530 » by **GoBobs** » Sat May 18, 2024 1:37 am

No way do I trade him. What if the Warriors traded Steph after he had those ankle problems?

For the most part Ankles are not a big deal. Knees are a big deal.

amcoolio · Post #531 » by **amcoolio** » Sat May 18, 2024 2:49 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
amcoolio wrote:If you do that trade you hope Garland has a Brunson gear in him. I still err on the side of playing Ball another season and hoping he sat out becuase the team infrastructure was bad. Ball can definitely get to Steph Curry's level if he works hard enough

I absolutely adore Lamelo but damn. That's a high bar my man. Lol.

LaMelo is ahead of Curry at the same age and is 5 inches taller. Curry was put into the perfect environment though, oddly enough right after an ownership change. He definitely takes the game way more seriously than LaMelo, but LaMelo has all the talent if he applied himself

Post #532 » by **fatlever** » Sat May 18, 2024 4:29 am

baby swap, steph for melo
steph grows up in the ball household
melo grows up in the curry household
how different would each be as players?

Rich4114 · Post #533 » by **Rich4114** » Tue May 21, 2024 12:15 pm

fatlever wrote:baby swap, steph for melo
steph grows up in the ball household
melo grows up in the curry household
how different would each be as players?

That's a fascinating scenario.

JustBuzzin · Post #534 » by **JustBuzzin** » Tue May 21, 2024 10:08 pm

Bad news

This kid is still immature. He's being sued for driving over a little boy's foot smh.

Will post the link later.

EmpireFalls · Post #535 » by **EmpireFalls** » Tue May 21, 2024 10:09 pm

Lawsuit filed against our guy, for running over a kid’s foot when leaving the arena apparently.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/family-says-hornets-star-lamelo-ball-drove-over-her-sons-foot-sues-player-team/NNDHLNYVTJHCBE53VOEEYIMBKE/

JustBuzzin · Post #536 » by **JustBuzzin** » Tue May 21, 2024 10:49 pm

EmpireFalls wrote:Lawsuit filed against our guy, for running over a kid’s foot when leaving the arena apparently.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/family-says-hornets-star-lamelo-ball-drove-over-her-sons-foot-sues-player-team/NNDHLNYVTJHCBE53VOEEYIMBKE/

I swear there is a video of him on social media leaving the arena and he's driving like a mad man. Either way there should be cameras if he did it at the arena.

Leadership is something he still lacks. Kid is a rockstar off the court.

Post #537 » by **JDR720** » Tue May 21, 2024 11:51 pm

Read on Twitter

LaMelo needs to have his license revoked.

Post #538 » by **JDR720** » Tue May 21, 2024 11:52 pm

Drivin' Dirty: The LaMelo Ball Thread 2

KembaWalker · Post #539 » by **KembaWalker** » Tue May 21, 2024 11:58 pm

too cheap to afford a couple security guards around the Spectrum exit when the players are leaving? fans shouldnt be able to get that close to players cars on Spectrum property

Post #540 » by **JDR720** » Wed May 22, 2024 12:01 am

KembaWalker wrote:too cheap to afford a couple security guards around the Spectrum exit when the players are leaving? fans shouldnt be able to get that close to players cars on Spectrum property

Maybe.

But LaMelo has a history of being a terrible/dumb driver. Especially when he's leaving the arena. So he shouldn't be cut slack for running over somebody's foot. He should pay attention for once.