Subscribe
Follow Us
Trae Young has become one of the bright spots for the Atlanta Hawks this season. While their record isn't super bad (4-7), it isn't on par with Young's performance thus far as he is averaging 27.3 points and 9.1 assists per game.
With that said, Young is certainly etching his name to be considered as one of the NBA's shining stars.
While Young has been prodigious on offense, it's his defense that apparently he's most proud of in terms of where he was last season to this one. Speaking with Sam Amick of The Athletic, Young detailed why he believed his game is growing on the defensive end.
“My game can grow definitely more on the defensive end, and I don’t think that’s necessarily anything you can teach. I think it’s more effort, and intensity,” young shared.
“This season, I’ve taken big steps in focusing a lot more on the defensive end. I’ve always been really good offensively, but just defensively it’s an effort and it’s a thing that throughout my earlier levels I didn’t necessarily have to do as much. It was just more offensively and stuff like that. Now that I’m in the league, it’s something I’ve focused a lot on. That’s my main focus. If I want to get better, that’s the main area where I want to get better at.”
If you look at the top guards in the league, there aren't many great two-way players. You could consider Chris Paul, but he isn't regarded as elite due to age.
While Young could be compared to James Harden and Stephen Curry on the offensive end, it looks like he wants to set himself apart by focusing on the defensive aspect of basketball.
