Trae Young: Max Contract Superstar

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Trae Young: Steve Nash with a Green Light

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Young and Nash represent two of the greatest passers of their generations, both packed into smaller, defensively-limited frames and topped with a clean shooting stroke.

Naturally, it should come as no surprise who Young studied growing up.

"Steve Nash is my favorite player of all time,'' Young said in 2018. "With his size and my size, we're very similar. He's very cerebral, he can score from all three levels, he knows how to get his teammates involved and he's a winner. I feel like a lot of his characteristics are similar to mine."

It's hard to argue with Young's synopsis here.

While it took Nash nine years to reach a double-digit assist average over a season, Young just reached this milestone in his fifth season. He holds a narrow lead over Nash in career assist average (9.3 to 8.5), although the Hall-of-Fame floor general ended his career with five assist titles while Young is still hunting for his first.

Young also has far more of a green light than Nash ever had, as even Nash's career high in scoring (18.8 points per game in 2005-06) is lower than Young's worst season (19.1 points as a rookie in 2018-19). Young has been the offensive focal point of his Hawks teams, while Nash had other All-Stars like Dirk Nowitzki, Amar'e Stoudemire, Shawn Marion and Kobe Bryant to defer to.

Both are/were prolific three-point shooters, with Young getting the edge in range and Nash the advantage in accuracy.

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jayu70 · Post #273 » by **jayu70** » Wed Sep 20, 2023 2:35 pm

Keeping Atlanta ties.

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MrTribbiani · Post #274 » by **MrTribbiani** » Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:41 pm

Jamaaliver wrote:
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Beat me to it!!!

TY has been busy this summer on his image rehab tour.

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Why would Trae need to rehab his image?

jayu70 · Post #275 » by **jayu70** » Wed Sep 20, 2023 10:37 pm

MrTribbiani wrote:
Jamaaliver wrote:
jayu70 wrote:
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Beat me to it!!!

TY has been busy this summer on his image rehab tour.

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Why would Trae need to rehab his image?

Good question. It really baffles me!
Lots of people want to blame him for Nate's firing - I wanted Nate fired 3 games into the season.
He has his flaws yes (playing off ball and defense) - but those are development areas with the right coach.

Post #276 » by **Jamaaliver** » Thu Sep 21, 2023 12:25 am

MrTribbiani wrote:Why would Trae need to rehab his image?

Last season he was among the top scorers and assists men in the league. Yet he was:

Left off of the All Star Team by coaches and players.
Left off of All-NBA by media members.
Left off of Team USA's FIBA Squad by one of the owners of the Atlanta Hawks.
Voted as one of the most overrated players in the NBA by other NBA Players.
Blamed for each of the last two coaches being fired in Atlanta.

The kid faced serious adversity last season and was dismissed by fans, media, coaches and opposing players. Hopefully a fresh start this season puts all that to rest.

Yungsta404 · Post #277 » by **Yungsta404** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:41 am

Jamaaliver wrote:
MrTribbiani wrote:Why would Trae need to rehab his image?

Last season he was among the top scorers and assists men in the league. Yet he was:

Left off of the All Star Team by coaches and players.
Left off of All-NBA by media members.
Left off of Team USA's FIBA Squad by one of the owners of the Atlanta Hawks.
Voted as one of the most overrated players in the NBA by other NBA Players.
Blamed for each of the last two coaches being fired in Atlanta.

The kid faced serious adversity last season and was dismissed by fans, media, coaches and opposing players. Hopefully a fresh start this season puts all that to rest.

I don't think he got zero recognition because of a image problem its because he had his worst season since he was a rookie and for long stretches the hawks looked like a lottery team and significantly under performed with the the talent they had on the roster.

Post #278 » by **Jamaaliver** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:12 pm

Yungsta404 wrote:I don't think he got zero recognition because of a image problem its because he had his worst season since he was a rookie and for long stretches the hawks looked like a lottery team and significantly under performed with the the talent they had on the roster.

Probably a bit of both to be honest.

But that whole public spat with Nate in December didn't win him any support with opposing coaches or players.

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Analyst delivers scathing report on Atlanta Hawks star

‘Nobody likes’ Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young, says analyst

“I’ve spoken to a few people around the league,” said Morten Jensen on ‘The NBA Podcast’, “and the sense that I’m getting – or what I’m also being told outright – is that nobody likes him. Like, even external players outside of the Hawks are not interested in playing with him. There is basically this sense that Trae is what you call a ‘selfish unselfish’ passer.”

Jensen’s co-host Bryan Toporek compared the situation to NFL quarterbacks Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals and Russell Wilson of the Denver Broncos who have both been in the news for ruffling the feathers of current and/or former teammates.
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MrTribbiani · Post #279 » by **MrTribbiani** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:21 pm

Jamaaliver wrote:
MrTribbiani wrote:Why would Trae need to rehab his image?

Last season he was among the top scorers and assists men in the league. Yet he was:

Left off of the All Star Team by coaches and players.
Left off of All-NBA by media members.
Left off of Team USA's FIBA Squad by one of the owners of the Atlanta Hawks.
Voted as one of the most overrated players in the NBA by other NBA Players.
Blamed for each of the last two coaches being fired in Atlanta.

The kid faced serious adversity last season and was dismissed by fans, media, coaches and opposing players. Hopefully a fresh start this season puts all that to rest.

It's not his fault that some players think he is overrated or that certain NBA reporters are not fans of him. He should continue playing at a high level and ignoring the detractors.

MrTribbiani · Post #280 » by **MrTribbiani** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:25 pm

Yungsta404 wrote:
Jamaaliver wrote:
MrTribbiani wrote:Why would Trae need to rehab his image?

Last season he was among the top scorers and assists men in the league. Yet he was:

Left off of the All Star Team by coaches and players.
Left off of All-NBA by media members.
Left off of Team USA's FIBA Squad by one of the owners of the Atlanta Hawks.
Voted as one of the most overrated players in the NBA by other NBA Players.
Blamed for each of the last two coaches being fired in Atlanta.

The kid faced serious adversity last season and was dismissed by fans, media, coaches and opposing players. Hopefully a fresh start this season puts all that to rest.

I don't think he got zero recognition because of a image problem its because he had his worst season since he was a rookie and for long stretches the hawks looked like a lottery team and significantly under performed with the the talent they had on the roster.

The Hawks did not significantly underperform last year IMO. The overall roster was and is still not that talented. I personally thought that the team was gonna finish somewhere between the 7-9th seed last year (and I believe that will be the case this season unless other teams in the East struggle due to key players being injured for an extended period of time).