Trae Young trade rumors: Picking the five best destinations if Hawks decide to deal star point guard
We need to make two things about Trae Young clear from the start: The Atlanta Hawks star guard is almost certainly not getting traded this season. The closest thing we have to a precedent for a 24-year-old All-NBA guard getting traded in the middle of the season is Jason Kidd in 1996. Kidd had not made the playoffs yet or earned All-NBA honors by that point in his career. Young is a 2021 All-NBA selection who came two wins short of the Finals. Players this young and this good just don't get traded in-season. They almost never get traded, period, but when they do, it almost always comes in the offseason. The Hawks almost certainly shouldn't trade him this season. There are just so many paths to internal improvement here. At the very least, Young's 3-point shooting is going to improve from 30.7 percent to something like the 35 percent he's shot for his career. Atlanta's offense is anachronistic. ...