LaMelo Ball's first Wolves minutes, Anthony Edwards beside him, on GD's Highlights

A short preseason cut of LaMelo in Minnesota colors came close to half a million views in a day, and the comments are already naming the backcourt.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 458,072 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (45,307).

LaMelo Wolves Debut 🔥

GD's Highlights, an NBA clips channel, put LaMelo Ball's Timberwolves debut into a short simply titled "LaMelo Wolves Debut 🔥". It drew close to half a million views in its first day, about ten times what a new short on the channel usually manages.

The interest is easy to see. LaMelo spent his first NBA seasons in Charlotte, and the tags place this outing in the preseason, with "lamelo ball trade" and "lamelo ball and anthony edwards" among them. That second pairing is what viewers came for. The comment section, almost three times busier than a usual first day, keeps returning to the two guards together: is this a great duo, a scary backcourt, a team worth tuning in for? The most liked comment says LaMelo hit a shot from the logo within seconds of his debut. One viewer reminds everyone that the rest of the roster can play too, and a Spurs supporter drops in to say he plans to watch.

The channel did not stop at one cut. A longer compilation of LaMelo and Edwards moments, billed as "REVENGE Season!", went up the same day, alongside shorts on Bronny James's defense for the Lakers and on LeBron James with what the title calls his new team. The quick Wolves clip drew far more viewers than any of them.

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The numbers

Here is how a single preseason short compares with the channel's usual first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

45,307

this video

458,072

subscribers

7,880,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

11,011,582,540

views per day

2,256,351

typical day: 2,053,913

the video

views

485,683

likes

19,222

comments

207

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

ESPN

14,600,000

GD's Highlights

7,880,000

MLB

7,440,000

NBC Sports

5,410,000

Bleacher Report

5,060,000

Overtime

3,950,000

As of October 7, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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