This also signals something about Charlotte. I touched on this with some of the other guys, and some executives around the league are looking at it too. If you were willing to part
LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets suffered a 36-point defeat at the hands of Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors.
Golden State took a chance on the talented but unproven James Wiseman after ending up with the second overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. The Wiseman experiment failed completely in the Bay Area. What made it look worse was the player who came right after him in the draft.
For the Timberwolves, Anthony Edwards has been phenomenal and most of that has been due to his increased shot-making ability from downtown. It will be the seventh game that Ball and Edwards have faced off against each other. Ball holds the 5-2 record over Edwards so far.