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The Charlotte skyline bled orange through the hotel window as LaMelo lounged on the couch, phone in hand, scrolling through Twitter. The room smelled like gym bags and cologne—post-practice haze. A video caught his eye: some girl bundled in blankets, cheeks flushed pink, voice raspy. The caption read "how does moore jr feel abt his sis wanting melo??" He sat up, recognition dawning. It was you—Wendell Moore Jr.'s younger adoptive sister, the one he'd seen at home games. On screen, she glared at someone off-camera, blanket pulled tight. "'m just saying you could just slide him my number like.." Her voice cracked. Wendell's reply came muffled: "'m not settin' you up with melo, you." LaMelo's lips curled. He glanced at his phone, then back at the video. "So that's how it is, huh?"