The Atlanta Hawks are listing point guard Trae Young as questionable to face the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday.
Young is dealing with a hamstring injury:
Trae Young (left hamstring pain) is questionable on the Hawks injury report.
Also:
De’Andre Hunter (right index finger sprain) is questionable.
Alex Len (low back pain) is doubtful.
Bruno Fernando (personal reasons) and Jabari Parker (right shoulder impingement) are out.— Sarah K. Spencer (@sarah_k_spence) January 13, 2020
The Hawks have the worst record in the NBA. They are just 8-32.
Young is averaging 28.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 8.4 assists in 36 games for the Hawks while shooting 44.2 percent from the field, 36.7 percent from beyond the arc and 84.6 percent from the free-throw line.
With only eight wins. the Hawks need to get Young more talent around him. They are one of the teams that has shown interest in acquiring Andre Drummond from the Detroit Pistons.
Young has been invited to participate in the 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge during All-Star Weekend. The Hawks would certainly love to have Young represent the franchise in Chicago during All-Star Weekend in what has been a dreadful season.
Young is in first place among Eastern Conference guards in All-Star voting despite the Hawks’ terrible record. Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce has “zero doubts” Young will be an All-Star this season:
“He’s an All-Star,” Lloyd Pierce said, via Sarah K. Spencer of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “And I’ll tell you firsthand, as a coach who votes, it’s hard to vote for teams with our record, it really is. It’s hard to vote against a guy with his numbers. And I don’t want to knock the East, but I can’t imagine there’s any other players (that are) playing better basketball than Trae Young.
“We would love to be in a position where our record helps him, more than anything, because Trae being at the All-Star event helps our organization, helps our team. We’re excited, we’re proud, we want him to be there.
“I have no doubts. I have zero doubts that he’s going to be there. And we need to do everything we can to improve our team, and he understands that, and I think he’s bought into that even more so as we’ve struggled and he’s had success. It’s not enough, and he’s recognized that, so he’s trying to do more to empower other guys. But even doing so, he’s still putting up the numbers he’s putting up.”
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