Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar

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ESPN still underrating the little guy?

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Trae Young had a birthday September 19th. I believe he enjoyed it at the beach from the social media pictures I saw.

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Quite the achievement for the player and the franchise...

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Ranking the best players for 2022-23, from 25 to 11



No. 16: Trae Young

2021 NBArank: No. 17

One game to watch: Dec. 7 at New York. Trae loves the Garden. The Garden? Well, the fans there feel a certain way about Trae. Any time Young plays at MSG, it's going to be must-see TV. Young only played there once last season, missing a Christmas Day game because of health and safety protocols, but he dropped 45 in a 117-111 Atlanta victory.

One huge question for 2022-23: How much will Dejounte Murray's presence help Young? Murray gives the Hawks one of the best secondary ball handlers in the league and will ease some of the burden on Young for a team that is looking to bounce back after a disappointing 2021-22 season. Young's efficiency took a jump last season and could take another one this season alongside Murray.

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Quite the achievement for the player and the franchise...

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That truly is impressive.

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Interesting company. Young Trae will now be tasked with doing more amid fewer touches.

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Interesting company. Young Trae will now be tasked with doing more amid fewer touches.

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It's just time for Trae to win and be consistent. I expect to see a career year

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That truly is impressive.

Trae winning over opposing fans the whole world over.

This is potentially huge for the player and the franchise.

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25-under-25: #4 Trae Young



Trae Young enters the season with something to prove and everything to gain. After Atlanta’s run to the conference finals two years ago, last year was an unexpected step backward. For the first half of the season, the Hawks were a sub-.500 malaise; then they went on a tear, winning nearly two-thirds of their games the rest of the year. Their disappointing first-round exit against Miami was the final flat note on their 2022. So what about 2023?

Young’s $173 million contract extension kicks in this season, raising the stakes on the franchise finding him a Pippen or McHale of his own. They hope they have found that player in Dejounte Murray. The former Spur is a terrific defender and can score and set up others, a luxury Young’s lived without in the NBA...

Last year Young’s stated goal was to improve his midrange game. The result? He and Kevin Durant were the only two of the 10 players with the most midrange attempts to make more than half. A similar leap this year by Young off the ball would add diversity to an offense about as helio-centric as any outside of Dallas. In last year’s playoffs vs. Miami, the Heat were able to disrupt Atlanta by having a sort of floating point-of-attack zone hanging over every move Young made. Can’t do that when there’s another All-Star guard in Atlanta’s backcourt.

Trae Young is an incredible player, one who’s already secured a special place in Atlanta Hawks history: two years ago the team that can never take down the big baddie dominated New York, sent Philadelphia spinning into an existential crisis and nearly knocked off Giannis Antetokounpo’s eventual champion Bucks. As long as Young is hitting halfcourt logo backbreakers and diming teammates, Atlanta can beat anybody. If Young is half the player off-ball that he is off the dribble, they may sooner than later beat everybody.

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He keeps adding to his game!

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Trae Young has done a great job marketing himself to this point. He's building his personal brand but we need a winning tradition to be established.



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Biggest Surprises from B/R's Top 100 NBA Player Rankings

Trae Young Below Ja Morant



Ja Morant is riding high after an All-NBA selection and a seventh-place finish in 2021-22 MVP voting, but Atlanta Hawks fans can't be ready to concede his placement (10th) above Trae Young (12th).

Young led the NBA in both total points and total assists last season. Atlanta's net rating (net points per 100 possessions) was 5.7 points better when he was on the floor. The Memphis Grizzlies' was 3.2 points worse with Ja.

Trae also topped Morant in points, assists and threes per game. His three-point percentage (38.2) was comfortably better than Morant's (34.4 percent) as well. And Young finished 11th in estimated plus-minus, a catch-all metric from Dunks and Threes. Morant was tied for 30th.

Ja earned a lot of praise last season. This surprise is less about him than it is Young, whose impact as an offensive engine may suddenly be underrated.

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This is solid company to be in...

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