Since Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports! reported last week that LaMelo Ball had grown "increasingly frustrated" with the Charlotte Hornets and was open to a trade, there has been a lot of chatter about what a trade could look like. NBA insider Marc Stein said on the "ALL NBA Podcast" on Sunday that most of the chatter is "emanating from rival front offices at this point," and that as of right now, the Hornets don't want to trade LaMelo.
Stein added that Charlotte "insists" that it isn't gauging Ball's trade value, and that it would be difficult for the team to trade him because of his injury history.