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In their second years in the NBA, Luka Doncic is a legitimate MVP candidate and Trae Young is lighting up the league with 28.7 points per game. This is not the same reality for Marvin Bagley III. Despite both players rising to a higher level from the 2018 NBA Draft, Kings power forward Marvin Bagley […]

According to ESPN Stats & Info, Hawks point guard Trae Young has passed LeBron James for the most 30-point, 10-assist games in a career before turning 22. James had three and a half seasons under his belt before he turned 22 while Young is in the middle of just his second season. Young, who now […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson thinks Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young may be watching highlights of Houston Rockets superstar James Harden at night. Entering Wednesday, Harden leads the league in free-throw attempts at 298. Young is sixth on the list with 146, a high number for a second-year player. Kenny Atkinson on Trae […]

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young has been compared to draftmate Luka Doncic since the two were swapped as part of the opening stretch of the 2018 NBA Draft. The Dallas Mavericks acquired the third overall pick, which they used to select the eventual Rookie of the Year. The two went head-to-head for the award, and […]

A whole lot of people doubted Trae Young at the time of the draft. He’s too small. He’s too slow. He’s not athletic enough. He won’t be able to hit those bombs against pro competition. Well, here we are, just over a year into his NBA tenure, and the Atlanta Hawks guard has developed into […]

Saturday night was not a fun occasion for the Atlanta Hawks. Not only did they lose to the Houston Rockets by 47 points, but they also watched James Harden go for 60 points in just three quarters. Hawks point guard Trae Young understands just how embarrassing the loss was, and he is not going to […]

The Atlanta Hawks were absolutely blown out of the Toyota Center by the Houston Rockets, losing by 47 points on a night where James Harden dropped 60 points in three quarters. Despite the embarrassing 158-111 loss, the Hawks still found a consolation prize in Trae Young’s personal accomplishment tonight. Per NBA on ESPN, Young officially […]

Prior to being picked by the Dallas Mavericks (and eventually traded to the Atlanta Hawks) in the 2018 NBA draft, some pundits wondered if Trae Young’s scoring prowess will translate to the pros. The 21-year-old guard has certainly put those doubts to rest in just his second year, as he tied his career-best 49 points […]

Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young is already known as an outstanding 3-point shooter. However, prior to his second season of NBA service, the former Oklahoma Sooner studied Lou Williams and Kyrie Irving in an attempt to improve his mid-range game. According to Paolo Uggetti of The Ringer, Young spent four weeks with his trainer, […]

The Atlanta Hawks have gotten out to a 4-13 start to kick off the 2019-20 season, with a handful of their losses coming in tight games down the stretch. Second-year point guard Trae Young is both the team’s leading scorer and assist man, but he’s also accepting a lot of the blame for his team’s […]

Despite the Atlanta Hawks’ early-season struggles, sophomore point guard Trae Young continues to impress. He’s putting up 25.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 8.7 assists per game. He had another impressive outing, finishing with 37 points, five rebounds, and eight assists against the Minnesota Timberwolves. He also had this stellar play against Treveon Graham. Trae 😩😩😩 […]

Fans who come to the Atlanta Hawks games expect to see some ridiculous gameplay from Trae Young. After all, he has become the team’s shining hope with his incredible passes and deep range. Young  showcased his ridiculous range once again, as he sunk a deep 3-point shot from the logo in their game against the […]

LOS ANGELES – The Atlanta Hawks had gotten off to a 4-7 start to their season before two resounding losses in L.A. this past weekend. The bright in the two blowout losses to the Clippers and Lakers, and on the year, is second-year sensation Trae Young. In the team’s first 12 games, Young is averaging […]

Atlanta Hawks rising star Trae Young had another explosion on Sunday night, as he casually dropped 31 points against the Los Angeles Lakers. Prior to the contest, Lakers head coach Frank Vogel did appear to provide a bit of a foreshadowing of things to come when he described how difficult he expects things are going […]

Trae Young hugged Kobe Bryant prior to his matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers, quickly taking him back to memory lane as he shared a picture with him years ago as part of his involvement in The Academy, a Nike predecessor to Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy. The Atlanta Hawks point man noted he’s just as […]

LOS ANGELES – After another solid defensive performance from the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James and company remain atop the Western Conference standings with an 11-2 record and the rest of the league fearing the purple and gold. The visiting Atlanta Hawks didn’t stand much of a chance against these legitimate title contenders. At one […]

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Lakers continue to make easy work of opponents with the now having won their 11th game of this young season. Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks came to town on Sunday night but didn’t stand much of a chance against LeBron James and company falling to this championship-caliber team […]

“Showtime” is alive and kicking in LA, as Danny Green and LeBron James hooked up with an amazing play reminiscent of the legendary Los Angeles Lakers’ team of the ‘80s. With less than two-minutes off the clock in the in Lakers’ hosting of the Atlanta Hawks at Staples Center on Monday, the home team got […]

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 […]

The Atlanta Hawks haven’t made the playoffs since 2017, a streak second-year point guard Trae Young wants to snap this season. Young, who is putting up stellar numbers to being the season, says the Hawks can “sneak into the playoffs” in the wide-open Eastern Conference. “To be honest, in the East – besides maybe the […]

If you ever run into Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young and ask him who is the best player of all time, he’s going to say Steve Nash. Young says Nash is his favorite player and that he tries to model his game after the Hall of Famer. Via Sam Amick of The Athletic: It […]

When Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young was coming out of college, a lot of pundits said he wasn’t going to have success in the NBA and that the Hawks would regret trading Luka Doncic to get him. Fast forward to today, and Young is already one of the best point guards in the NBA. […]

Another Atlanta Hawks game, another Trae Young nutmeg. The second-year point guard for the Hawks played against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night, and this time, it was Ricky Rubio who fell victim to Young’s trickery. Trae Young, nutmeg specialist extraordinaire 🤯#TrueToAtlanta pic.twitter.com/2h2pms1goD — NBA TV (@NBATV) November 15, 2019 As you can see, this […]

The Phoenix Suns will be tasked during their matchup with the Atlanta Hawks with doing something that no team has managed to accomplish. That task? Finding a way to slow down Trae Young. When asked about how the Suns can defend Young, head coach Monty Williams did not sound too confident. He told Chris Kirschner […]

After a 47-point night against the Los Angeles Clippers, James Harden clearly approved of Trae Young’s tweet, one using the same caption that Harden had used earlier in an Instagram post. The Houston Rockets star quote tweeted with the caption “Tweet on repeat,” giving his nod of approval: 🔂 (Tweet on repeat) https://t.co/DyZsrrm7iQ — James […]

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young silenced his haters with a brimming 42-point performance against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, and he made sure to rub it in their faces after the game with an epic caption from his Twitter account: YOUR APOLOGY NEEDS TO BE AS LOUD AS THE DISRESPECT WAS… pic.twitter.com/EQszirVp1X — Trae Young […]

Trae Young continued his scorching start to the 2019-20 season by leading the Atlanta Hawks to an impressive 125-121 road victory over the Denver Nuggets. Young torched the Nuggets for 42 points on 13-of-21 shooting and eight three-pointers. Nuggets head coach Michael Malone had no choice but to tip his hat the sophomore sensation, and […]

Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young has forged himself beside LeBron James and Michael Jordan as the only three players with multiple 40-point, 10-assist games before turning 22-years-old. Trae Young had his second career 40-point, 10-assist game tonight. The only other players in NBA history with multiple such games before turning 22 are LeBron James and […]

Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks continues to saunter his way into the record books at a young age, and he achieved a feat not done in the NBA since LeBron James did it two seasons ago. Trae Young is the first NBA player this season with three straight games of 30-or-more points and 10-or-more […]

Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks is one of the most exciting and entertaining young players in the NBA, and he produces highlights with relative ease on (seemingly) every play he makes. One such play occurred on Tuesday night against the Denver Nuggets, as he completely bamboozled Will Barton by nutmegging him, hitting a tough […]

Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young has tied Michael Jordan for the most 35-point, 10-assist game in their first 90 games in the NBA since 1983. Per Basketball-Reference, Young and Jordan both have four games with at least 35 points and 10 assists. Most 35 points, 10 assist games in their first 90, since 1983:Michael Jordan […]

Jabari Parker certainly owes Atlanta Hawks teammate Trae Young an apology after messing up what could have been one of the best assists of the season. With 8:25 remaining in the third quarter of the Hawks’ home game against the Sacramento Kings on Friday, Young threw a perfect no-look, behind the back feed to Parker […]

Atlanta Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce was not a happy man following his team’s ugly defeat at the hands of the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night. Following Chicago’s 113-93 pummeling of Pierce’s Hawks, the coach was left in utter disbelief at the amount of questions being thrown at him pertaining to what he already declared […]

Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young almost got hit by a chair during a timeout on Wednesday. The Hawks were getting blown out by the Bulls and one of the assistant coaches on the Hawks wasn’t happy at all. That’s when he slapped a chair in frustration: Trae almost caught a stray 😰pic.twitter.com/Uenuve6Bho — Ball […]

Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks came out scorching to start the 2019-20 season, but then he suffered an ankle injury that looked quite serious. However, Young’s “Wolverine-like” blood allowed him to recover quickly and return to action on Tuesday night against the San Antonio Spurs. Young looked a little rusty early, but he came […]

San Antonio Spurs center LaMarcus Aldridge might need to ice those ankles after he got crossed twice by the Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young. Young, who missed one game after suffering what appeared to be a serious ankle injury last week, looked like he didn’t miss a beat as he put the Spurs’ big on skates […]

Atlanta Hawks power forward John Collins was issued a 25-game suspension by the NBA for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. The third-year big man was off to a fast start and seemed to be in a position to help the developing Hawks make the leap. Now, his teammate Trae Young speaks out on surprising […]

Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins just received a 25-game suspension for violating the NBA’s anti-drug policy, which leaves the returning Trae Young with even more pressure to carry the load. Collins’ suspension was based on a positive test for Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide-2. His term will begin Tuesday night when the Hawks take on the […]

Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young has been officially listed as questionable in their game on Tuesday against the San Antonio Spurs. Initially, reports reveal that Young was expected to return to the lineup on Tuesday. Trae Young (ankle) is officially listed as questionable for Tuesday’s game against the Spurs. — Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) November 4, […]