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Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar

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Re: Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar 

Post#601 » by Jamaaliver » Tue Jan 6, 2026 1:56 pm

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Jamaaliver wrote:Feels like a lifetime ago.

Makes me wonder if Lloyd Pierce's offense was the one most able to maximize Trae's effectiveness.

Or if the league just caught up to him.



Most of us at the time felt he had another level to unlock. Sadly, he only regressed.



To this day, I believe that was the time to be aggressive and make a move for a another star player to play beside TY.
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Re: Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar 

Post#602 » by dms269 » Tue Jan 6, 2026 2:14 pm

It took us way too long to find a defensive guard to play alongside Trae. We are still missing that dominant big to help Trae with pick-and-rolls. This team did terrible at finding pieces to fit alongside Trae. It is like we had an incomplete puzzle and instead of finding the correct pieces we tried and shoved Monopoly pieces in it hoping it looked the same.
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Re: Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar 

Post#603 » by King Ken » Tue Jan 6, 2026 2:48 pm

dms269 wrote:It took us way too long to find a defensive guard to play alongside Trae. We are still missing that dominant big to help Trae with pick-and-rolls. This team did terrible at finding pieces to fit alongside Trae. It is like we had an incomplete puzzle and instead of finding the correct pieces we tried and shoved Monopoly pieces in it hoping it looked the same.

No point of wasting time talking about what ifs. Its over now. I don't mind cutting him like Milwaukee did Dame
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Re: Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar 

Post#604 » by HMFFL » Tue Jan 6, 2026 3:06 pm

Jamaaliver wrote:
King Ken wrote:
Jamaaliver wrote:Feels like a lifetime ago.

Makes me wonder if Lloyd Pierce's offense was the one most able to maximize Trae's effectiveness.

Or if the league just caught up to him.



Most of us at the time felt he had another level to unlock. Sadly, he only regressed.



To this day, I believe that was the time to be aggressive and make a move for a another star player to play beside TY.


It was our moment to trade Trae since he had value but instead our front office blindly tried building around him.
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Re: Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar 

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Post#607 » by HMFFL » Sat Jan 10, 2026 6:05 pm

Trae is open to sign longterm with Washington.

I hope he secures the money bag. Amazing husband, father, and man!
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Post#608 » by HMFFL » Sat Jan 10, 2026 6:25 pm

Trae Young believes in trade to Washington Wizards: ‘The city can revive me as much as I can revive it’

In Andscape exclusive, the four-time NBA All-Star talks contract extension, leaving Atlanta, the young Wizards roster and more

https://andscape.com/features/trae-young-believes-in-trade-to-washington-wizards-the-city-can-revive-me-as-much-as-i-can-revive-it/
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Re: Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar 

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Re: Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar 

Post#610 » by HMFFL » Sat Jan 10, 2026 8:35 pm

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Raptor fans seem to not want Immanuel Quickley and he has three years left at $32.5m per season. I can understand why we would avoid the $100m owed to him.
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Re: Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar 

Post#611 » by Jamaaliver » Wed Feb 4, 2026 1:00 am

All done in a Hawks jersey...

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Re: Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar 

Post#612 » by HMFFL » Wed Feb 4, 2026 10:07 am

Jamaaliver wrote:All done in a Hawks jersey...

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He did have that going for him. During the final minute of a game when we needed a big shot he would show up. The ice chills and goosebumps would happen. I'm always team Trae even if I didn't want him here.

I wish him nothing but the best.
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Post#613 » by HMFFL » Fri Feb 13, 2026 5:27 pm

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