Trae Young is only in his third season in the NBA after a sensational one-and-done season at Oklahoma. While Young averaged a blistering 29.6 points per game last season, he has been off to a rather frustrating start through the first 15 games.

Young's averaged thus far is at 25.3 points per, which isn't bad at all. However, the talented point guard has been a bit off for the Atlanta Hawks this season.

His field goal percentage is the lowest it's been in his career and his three-point percentage has dipped since last season.

Young is well-known for his deep threes and his ability to pass the ball. While his numbers are down from last season, it shouldn't stay that way.

Clint Capela is having a terrific season and Bogdan Bogdanovic was taking some shots away from Young before he went down with an injury.

John Collins, Kevin Huerter, De'Andre Hunter, and Cam Reddish are all younger players who are making improvements, so Young just needs to settle in and do what he does best- shoot the ball and facilitate.

For Trae Young, he just needs to be the player he was last year. His averages are down across the board, and he's had his fair share of bad shooting games this year.

He went 1-11 against Utah and 7-23 against Portland, as well as a 5-19 performance against Charlotte. Is that sustainable? Certainly not.

Trae Young answered back with a 38-point performance against Detroit and an incredible 14-22 shooting clip for 43 against Minnesota on January 22, so it seems that Young is getting back to his old ways.

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He hit a dagger deep ball against the Pistons in overtime to bring back memories of the Trae Young everybody grew to love.

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His three-point clip is at 34 percent, the lowest since his rookie year. He is also taking fewer threes per game than last season, and that could be due to the improvement of the other Hawks players.

The good news? Atlanta is 8-8 and seems like a team that could make the play-in tournament at the very least.

This Hawks team was heralded as one of the sleeper teams after the offseason they had, especially with this excellent young core.

The layoff was hard for everybody, and there have been a lot of players who got off to weird starts due to the length of the pause- especially those teams who weren't in the bubble.

While his numbers are lower than last year, it's only a matter of time before Trae Young erupts on a nightly basis, and when he does the league better watch out.