Latest update from Chris Haynes, via Bleacher Report, in which the American reporter asks the following question following speaking with several executives in recent days. What if Trae Young requests his transfer soon, if the situation does not improve in Atlanta?
Rumors are rife, a few weeks before the trade deadline.
And at the Hawks, we are not likely to get bored until February 9! Indeed, with mixed results (16 wins, 16 losses), a busy infirmary and locker room problems that are already surfacing, let’s say that the sun is not shining in the Georgia region.
At the center of the questions? Trae Young, who recently swept a disagreement with Nate McMillanand does not show overflowing enthusiasm.
After wonderful 2021 Playoffs and a royal rating on the basketball planet, the Hawks point guard fell from his throne and chained the blunders at the same rate as his team. Misplaced statements, contested leadership, uncomfortable teammates and coaching staff between two chairs, yes it is clear that the relationship between Trae Young and Atlanta can be questioned.
It is in this sense that Chris Haynes made his last report, sprinkled with future hypotheses…
Executives from rival franchises, who were present at the G-League Winter Showcase, agree on the following thought: Trae Young, the star point guard of the Atlanta Hawks, might be the next player in possession of a max extension to ask his transfer if his team does not take a step forward at the time of the Playoffs.
Locked contractually, Trae Young is at the Hawks until 2026.
So there is no rush, and nothing to panic on the side of Atlanta. However, the situation is somewhat similar to what we can see on the side of… Dallas, where recent reports have highlighted the fact that management has very little time to convince Luka Doncic that the chances of winning are the best in its one and only franchise. Decidedly, Luka and Trae do not leave each other.
If numerically, Trae Young can bend his chest and say that he brings his share of the job (28 points and 10 assists on average), humanly the questions begin to accumulate.
Trae, real team leader? Trae, unifier or divider?
Young will be the first to say that any band goes through ups and downs, which is true on paper. But the more we tilt our head towards Atlanta, the more the nostrils begin to be tickled by murmurs of great movements. All this knowing that Travis Schlenk, who drafted Trae Young in 2018, has just given way to Landry Fields at the controls of the Hawks.
It’s no wonder then that rumors are starting to swirl around Trae Young. The leader is not very happy, not two months go by without something coming out of the locker room, and the Hawks are skating in the East. So, simple tremor or future earthquake in the Atlanta franchise?
Source : Chris Haynes – Bleacher Report
