Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar

[D21]

They're just realizing what we already knew.

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Except one thing : 0 TO in the last three quarters is not exactly what we were used to watch this regular season

[Jamaaliver]

Trae dealing with post-season adversity right now.

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[Galloisdaman]

Bad shooting nights happen so the 1-12 is understandable but the team really needs to be more careful with the ball. They can't afford to just give it away for easy breakaway layups the other way.

Hoping the team gets Cap back for Friday. Could have Gallo, Bogs, Ony, and Wright as a second unit.

[HMFFL]

Our front office must find more help sooner than later. I'm not suggesting we must find another star talent this off-season but it needs to occur within the next couple of seasons or else I won't believe Trae will be content staying in Atlanta.



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[Jamaaliver]

TY saying the right things...

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[Geaux_Hawks]

Our front office must find more help sooner than later. I'm not suggesting we must find another star talent this off-season but it needs to occur within the next couple of seasons or else I won't believe Trae will be content staying in Atlanta.



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I think he'll want to stay, and be a Hawk for life. I personally believe Trae wants to be known as the guy that brought a championship to Atlanta. He doesn't want to team up with 2 other stars somewhere else. He wants those stars in Atlanta. The city has grown on him, and at such an early stage in his career, he's probably become a top 2 Hawk in a lot of peoples eyes in the fan base.

We do need another star though. Would be such a waste of a great career if we didn't bring another player similar to or better than Trae.Many may not like it, but an in-shape Zion would be about as good of an aqcuisition as any out there that's available in within reach for us trade wise. That duo with a lot of good defenders around them would be lethal.

[Jamaaliver]

Everybody taking shots at Trae at this point. This is what happens when you embrace being the villain and then lose badly.

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Meh the guy in the middle just seems to not recognize that we have some very inconsistent players, and the Heat took advantage of that. You look at game 3, the sheer fact that Bogi was making them pay for sending over extra help, is what allowed Trae to get going late in the game. Delon Wright having a fairly decent game and being on the floor was just another thing to consider for the Heat defense.

Trae didn't even have a big game, but he was able to make shots when we needed him and eventually hit the game winning floater. But that's the problem with this team. Everyone relies on Trae to create the open shot for them because they either can't or struggle to do it on their own. Huerter picking up his dribble and looking to pass the ball to someone else is not due to Trae being ball dominant. Collins or Hunter fumbling the ball is not due to Trae asking them for the ball. It's times where our own players force Trae to bail them out because they couldn't make something happen on our own. It can't be just Trae Young doing it all on offense.

[Jamaaliver]

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Young has been my biggest scouting miss to date. It's not that I didn't think he'd be a productive NBA player, but I surely didn't see him ranking sixth in the NBA in scoring and second in assists on a playoff team at just 23 years old, one year removed from an Eastern Conference semifinal run.

Even after lighting college basketball on fire with deep 3s and one-handed dimes, Young had no shortage of skeptics. And it is still valid to question if Young can be the centerpiece of a championship-caliber team, especially when you look at the level of defensive versatility necessary to make a deep playoff run -- see Boston Celtics. The Miami Heat threw the kitchen sink at Young, limiting him to 15.4 points, 6.0 assists and 6.0 turnovers through 5 games, as he looked worn down from the length, physicality and aggression. The Hawks also ranked 26th in defensive rating this season. But even with those pre-draft questions still slightly lingering in some corners of the NBA, Young is clearly far better than I anticipated, as his supreme skill level, never-ending confidence and ability to spray the ball all over the floor to open teammates should have him in the All-Star conversation every season despite lacking the size and length scouts traditionally look for in a modern lead guard.

While I still tend to favor two-way players with positional length in my projections, I've learned from Young that some offensive talents are worth the swing, especially when they have a few unique traits.

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[jayu70]

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[jayu70]

Congrats Trae!

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[D21]

Good for Trae!
For ATL? not really, except that at least, we will be sure that starting next season, he's not playing to earn more, but for winning games only
Not saying that it's what happened, but sometimes, it looked like that

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I'll Venmo $1 to the first Hawk fan that tells him to play defense and learn off ball movement...

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Predicting the NBA's Top 10 Stars Over the Next 5 Seasons

6. Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks



If you had to pick someone to contend with Doncic and Jokic for the title of best offensive player over the next five seasons, Trae Young would be your first thought. Well, actually, your first thought would probably be: Wait, there's a title for best offensive player over a five-year span? That's weird. But after that: Young.

Young's long-range shooting off the dribble strains defenses to their breaking points, and he capitalizes on all the space he forces opponents to cover by utilizing some of the best passing vision in the league. When Young gets inside the arc, and particularly when he penetrates into the lane, he's among the NBA's most dangerous lob and drop-off passers.

He put together what might as well have been an instructional video for alley-oop creativity and accuracy in the 2021 playoffs.

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Young led the NBA in total points and assists in his age-23 season last year, and Jokic was the only player to top him O-LEBRON and Offensive EPM. Among players who logged at least 2,400 minutes, only Jokic and Tatum had greater on-off impacts on their teams' offensive ratings.

Young's not exactly an offensive safety net for the Atlanta Hawks because that term implies more of a high floor than a high ceiling. He's not out there making sure Atlanta can merely get by on offense. His presence, all by itself, assures the Hawks will perform at or near league-best levels on that end. Put a passable defense and a modicum of secondary creation around him, and the ingredients for a perennial contender are all present.

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[jayu70]

Trae really put a psychological beat down on these suckas!

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