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Shoutout to Jaylen Brown. He complained so much about being a second option that he became a fourth option instead 😭😭😭
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Jonathan Hilton
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@WalkerMehl Liam is the only one that looks like an NBA player at the moment
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Once you fully debunk the “technical justification,” the argument against Balogun’s reinstatement collapses to an irrational cling to normalcy:
“This has never happened before, therefore it is unfair.”
I can understand the gut reaction, but this is just as fundamentally illogical as the technical justification.
If we concede the red card was undeserved, why is it a bad thing for FIFA to adapt and correct a wrong? Is it preferable to deliberately allow an unjustified suspension to be carried out?
And why is it fundamentally unfair for this to be the first time they do it anyways? There is “legal” precedent; FIFA has the documented ability to review disciplinary measures and suspensions. Just because this scenario happened to play out at this stage of the tournament doesn’t change the fact that the red card was totally undeserved.
If there were another immediate example in this tournament of an egregiously incorrect card being applied that was NOT corrected by FIFA, then there would be an issue. But as it stands, there is simply no rational argument for why this should not be the first.
Of course, when you boil it down, the argument is not really about either the technical justification or the normalcy, but more that it’s just the USA that is the beneficiary. And I’m sorry to say, but if that is driving your sentiment, you need to get over yourself.
The facts of the matter are clear: this was an unjustified red card that should have been corrected, regardless of the team it was applied to. FIFA absolutely made the right decision, and the game and tournament is better for it.
Mark Valorian@markvalorian
A critical element that the "rulebook purists" arguing Balogun deserved a red card are conveniently overlooking: BALOGUN was the one who was challenged from behind. The Bosnian player played *through* Balogun from behind and placed himself in the path of Balogun's natural step. When he begins taking that step, Balogun has no idea the Bosnian player would even be in front of him. In that sense, you can't really even consider his move a "challenge." It was simply a step that incidentally landed in the same place the opponent's foot did. In fact, the reason Balogun's step came down so hard is *because* the Bosnian player challenged into him and knocked him off balance. This is not "reckless" or "excessive force" by any stretch of the imagination. The red card was *obviously* unjustified from the outset. The only thing FIFA got wrong here is not immediately suspending the red card after the match.
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The hornets are a top tier playmaker away from being very interesting
Sam Quinn@SamQuinnCBS
The Hornets have all of their own first-round picks. They also have Mavs 2027, Heat 2027, worst of Jazz/Cavs/Wolves 2029, swap rights with the Wolves in 2028, 2029 and 2030, and Wolves 2033. Plus, their own picks look a bit better the next few years. Loaded with assets.
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It’s crazy how much worse the average fan thinks lamelo is than reality and how much the opposite is true for naz
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Different ownership, same inability to read the room
Charlotte Hornets@hornets
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The Hornets have been fighting to climb back up the NBA totem pole for like a decade, they have a historic run over the second half of the season, barely miss the playoffs behind a hyper promising offensive young core, and then trade the engine of that offense ASAP
Idk man
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Trade Grades for the LaMelo Ball Trade
Timberwolves - A+++++++
Minnesota FINALLY gets an elite playmaking guard to pair with the Rudy Gobert timeline. One of the best passers in the league and a player who immediately serves as a great table-setter for Rudy's long rolls, Ant can play off the catch a bit more and Minnesota is WAY better than they were with Julius Randle. The defensive infrastructure can more than protect LaMelo. McDaniels will continue to defend ball handlers and LaMelo's positional size allows him to hide on wings
Hornets - D
The Hornets FINALLY had a good season and they stripped away the driving force of it. Little disclaimer here, high slips and ghosts to get Kon the ball in advantage won't work quite as well with a 6'0" point guard instead of a 6'7" guard
Unbelievable to me here. There's a good chance Minnesota conveys zero actual swaps in this deal because Minnesota is just simply better than Charlotte.
I like Naz for the Hornets which saves this from being an F, but man. Why.
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
BREAKING: The Charlotte Hornets are trading star guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps (2028, 2029, 2030) and three second-round picks (2029, 2032, 2033), sources tell ESPN.
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This is a slap in the face man. Unbelievable. Way to undo literally all of the good will you've built up with this fan base.
You're telling me you got a SINGLE first-round pick for the guy who got All-NBA votes this year.
Sure.
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
BREAKING: The Charlotte Hornets are trading star guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps (2028, 2029, 2030) and three second-round picks (2029, 2032, 2033), sources tell ESPN.
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The Hornets keeping LaMelo for all these years than trading him when they finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel is exactly why bad teams stay bad
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This is so bad. I hate this team man.
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
BREAKING: The Charlotte Hornets are trading star guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps (2028, 2029, 2030) and three second-round picks (2029, 2032, 2033), sources tell ESPN.
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Jeff Peterson is choosing to blow up his franchise only to build around this. I am not exaggerating at all here, this is Nico Harrison level franchise suicide.
A Kon-Miller team is untenable without LaMelo’s playmaking brilliance. It doesn’t work. Hornets will have no future.
Walker Mehl@WalkerMehl
“They’re pivoting. The Hornets are looking at an opportunity to pivot. They *had* been about LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges. They want their future to be about Kon Knueppel and Brandon Miller”…. Okay so we’re not sleeping tonight.
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