Trae Young

[Justwar]

Great in college like jimmer but not the nba

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[shakes0]

Man, I think you guys are missing the boat on Young. To me he looks like the closest thing we've seen to Steph Curry since Steph Curry. If he slips out of the lottery its going to be a mistake.

[clyde21]

Man, I think you guys are missing the boat on Young. To me he looks like the closest thing we've seen to Steph Curry since Steph Curry. If he slips out of the lottery its going to be a mistake.

6'0" with a 6'1" wingspan, though. Steph's a lot longer/bigger.

[CptCrunch]

I personally don't try to draft prospects hoping they end up as Steph Curries.(I don't actually draft, but you get what I mean)

[The-Power]

6'0" with a 6'1" wingspan, though. Steph's a lot longer/bigger.

He was measured with a 6'2 ½" and 6'4" wingspan in 2016, along with being measured 6'2'' in shoes. Source: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Trae-Young-83172/

[clyde21]

6'0" with a 6'1" wingspan, though. Steph's a lot longer/bigger.

He was measured with a 6'2 ½" and 6'4" wingspan in 2016, along with being measured 6'2'' in shoes. Source: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Trae-Young-83172/

These guys have something else:

Measured at 6'0, 158 lbs, with a 6'1 wingspan at the 2014 Nike Elite 100

http://www.nbadraft.net/players/trae-young

But that's from '14 so yours is probably more accurate.

[No-Man]

Man, I think you guys are missing the boat on Young. To me he looks like the closest thing we've seen to Steph Curry since Steph Curry. If he slips out of the lottery its going to be a mistake.

6'0" with a 6'1" wingspan, though. Steph's a lot longer/bigger.

Young is 6'2 in shoes with a 6'4 wingspan

he is small but he isnt that tiny.

[shakes0]

How big is Curry? 6'2 1/2 with a 6'4 wingspan doesn't sound that bad to me.

[blazeyo]

He is 6'2 for sure. He is taller than Sexton and Duval(?????looks different) here

And he looks half a inch shorter than Kyrie

He is just slim and lacks girth right now.

[No-Man]

How big is Curry? 6'2 1/2 with a 6'4 wingspan doesn't sound that bad to me.

Curry has a much better frame though, and Curry is a generational shooter, Trae is good but he isnt that, at least not yet

[blazeyo]

How big is Curry? 6'2 1/2 with a 6'4 wingspan doesn't sound that bad to me.

Curry is 6'3 1/4 with 6'3 1/2 wingspan.

[Slartibartfast]

Looks worryingly like Shane Larkin in terms of frame/quickness/PNR game. Does look to have a little better size, range and vision though.

[No-Man]

Looks worryingly like Shane Larkin in terms of frame/quickness/PNR game. Does look to have a little better size, range and vision though.

Larkin had worse vision but better burst and esp bounce off one foot, Trae's burst is okay and has all the moves and the handle to trick people into stuff so he can get separation, but he isn't finishing at the rim.

Also like you mentioned, much better shooter so that helps also.

[doordoor123]

Looks worryingly like Shane Larkin in terms of frame/quickness/PNR game. Does look to have a little better size, range and vision though.

Larkin had worse vision but better burst and esp bounce off one foot, Trae's burst is okay and has all the moves and the handle to trick people into stuff so he can get separation, but he isn't finishing at the rim.

Also like you mentioned, much better shooter so that helps also.

Larkin didn’t have as good a handle as well.

[Marcus]

He is 6'2 for sure. He is taller than Sexton and Duval(?????looks different) here

And he looks half a inch shorter than Kyrie

He is just slim and lacks girth right now.

In that first pic he's angled closer to the lens and that's 100% Quade Green in the middle.

[Patsfan1081]

I know in recruiting circles trae apparently was so ball stopping that numerous really good players didn't want to play with him.

That's a red flag then, for me. He can clearly pass the rock, but he'll need to learn to do so with a lower usage rate. If he can learn to play within the flow of an offense I think he can have NBA starting material, but if he's really that bad that pushes him down big time.

That doesn't surprise me after watching the Oregon game, he made some very nice passes however his shot selection looked pretty poor. He didn't seem like he did that good of a job protecting the ball when attacking the basket either, which makes me wonder how that part of his game will translate to the pros. He just seemed a little predictable and got blocked a handful of times.

[PhilBlackson]

He is 6'2 for sure. He is taller than Sexton and Duval(?????looks different) here

And he looks half a inch shorter than Kyrie

He is just slim and lacks girth right now.

In that first pic he's angled closer to the lens and that's 100% Quade Green in the middle.

I legit laughed when you said that's Duval but looks different here , no offense but that was funny.

[King Ken]

I've never been big on Freshman PG's in the draft who aren't freak athletes. The learning curve is so steep. I think he needs another year in Norman.

[King Ken]

I got caught in with Trey Burke a few years ago just too many smaller PGs who don't translate to NBA.

Burke's freshman year: 14.8ppg, 3.5rpg, 4.6apg(2.9tpg), 0.9spg, 43.3 fg%, 34.7 3%, 36.1mpg
Young's freshman year: 24.5ppg, 4.3rpg, 9.0apg(3.5tpg), 2.3spg, 46.9 fg%, 39.4 3%, 29.8mpg

If he stays another year, he's a late lotto pick who could become a star NBA player.

[Rafly]

I dont think he is a good but not great athlete. Can stroke it from deep but ive seen him miss some shots at the rim that a better athlete likely makes.