Atlanta Hawks second-year point guard Trae Young has made a name for himself around the league not only for the number of 3-point shots he attempts (an average of nine per game this season), but for how far from the basket many of those looks are.

ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski sat down with Young on a recent episode of The Woj Pod to dive into how Young got comfortable firing from that range:

“I always had that scorer's mentality and that shooter's mentality,” Young said. “I always had a point guard that could dribble and I would just be spotted up on the wing or in the corner and just [be] ready to shoot. As guys got taller and older, I just kept moving my range further and further back.”

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Young has become the point guard in his own right, now tasked with feeding other shooters, as well as himself, on a nightly basis. Success in the win column has not yet come in droves for Atlanta, who acquired Young during the night of the 2018 NBA Draft, but the organization knows it has its primary cornerstone moving forward.

After shooting just 32.4 percent from deep last season, Young has adapted his game this year. He is tied for fourth in the league in scoring per contest at 27.8 points, while also ranking tied for seventh in made triples per game (3.3).

All those years of shooting over older and taller defenders has paid off, turning Trae Young into a dynamic shooter at the highest level in the world.