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Trae Young is one of the most interesting prospects ofNBAil number 11 of the Atlanta Hawks he is in fact only 24 years old and has already been selected for three consecutive seasons as All–star. Trae born to LubbockTexas, son of Candice and Rayford Youngformer basketball player at Texas Tech and at high levels of basketball european. Due to his father’s basketball career, Young grew up in Pampa, Texas with his mother and paternal grandparents along with his younger brother, Tim, and his two younger sisters, Caitlyn and Camryn. Nicknamed Ice Traewas enlisted by Dallas Mavericks nel draft NBA 2018 with the fifth choice, and subsequently ceded to Atlanta Hawksalong with a future pick in the first round, for Luka’s draft rights Doncic.
Trae Young, a career as a predestined
Trae Young he approaches basketball above all thanks to his father who, when he is present at home, always takes him to the pitch and teaches him the culture of work. The two train together for hours and Trae he particularly focuses on shooting with dad Rayford who repeatedly passes him the balls that come down from the retina. Young attends the Norman North High School in his hometown: Norman, Oklahoma. In his second year he averaged 25 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds per game helping Norman North win the 2015 area championship and was named Sophomore of the Year dell’Oklahoma and in the following years he managed to grow even more, reaching the last year of high school to touch frightening figures, reaching an average of 42.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, shooting at a rate of 48.9 %.
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In 2017 it is therefore time to make the leap in quality and he wins a scholarship at the University of Oklahoma in which he will wear the vest of the Sooners. In his new experience the music does not change, Trae continues to enchant and churn out performances of more than 40 points, so much so that it has won the attention of many franchises NBA and the compliments of Lebron James e Steph Curry for his season with Oklahoma. Young concludes his regular season as a freshman leading the country in many statistics: assists (271), points (848), points per game (27.4), assists per game (8.7) and assists percentage (48.6% ). The 848 points scored allowed him to break the Conference record for the most points scored by a freshman, previously held by Kevin Durant and Michael Beasley. After the Oklahoma defeat in the men’s basketball tournament NCAA 2018 , Young announced his intention to forfeit his last three seasons of collegiate eligibility and declare himself eligible for the draft NBA 2018.
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NNA, Trae Young: the Rookie season
On June 21, 2018, Trae Young realizes his dream and is selected with the fifth absolute choice by Dallas Mavericks nel draft NBA 2018, but is sold to the Atlanta Hawksalong with a protected future pick in the first round, in exchange for rights to the overall third pick Luka Doncic. On 1 July 2018, Young officially signs with Hawks. On October 21, in the third game of the season in Atlanta, Young scored a game of 35 points and 11 assists in a 133-111 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. On November 19, Young plays another memorable game with 17 assists, 25 points and three rebounds in a 127-119 defeat to Los Angeles Clippers.
The most significant date of his first season NBA it is almost certainly that of March 1, achieving a record of 49 points along with 16 assists in a crazy game that ends in a quadruple loss of 168-161 in extra time against the Chicago Bulls. He joined in Doncic in a unanimous selection for the NBA All-Rookie First Team 2019 and finished the season in second place in the standings Rookie of the year behind it Doncic.
NBA, Trae Young: the first All Star selection for The Villain
After a first season of acclimatization full of satisfactions, Trae Young is ready to leap in quality to try to reach the play-offs with his team Atlanta Hawks. On 24 October 2019 in the debut match of the new regular seasonil playmaker scored 38 points in the 117-110 victory against the Detroit Pistons . November 29 is another important date for Ice Trae which equals his record for one-game baskets: 49 points, including 21 in the fourth quarter, in a 105-104 overtime defeat against Indiana Pacers . In January 2020 Trae he is already confirmed as one of the most incisive players in the league and this is confirmed by the selection NBA All-Star as owner in the defense sector.
On January 26, galvanized byAll star game, Young recorded 45 points and 14 assists in a 152-133 win against the Washington Wizardsalso in memory of the tragic death of Kobe Bryantso Young wore the number 8 in the first 8 seconds of the game against the team from the American capital. On February 9 a new strong rivalry between Trae is born Young eh New York Knicks who will name him with the nickname of The Villainso called because it has often been defined as too short, too light and too slow to be a real player NBA, Trae he used these labels to motivate himself to embrace his antagonistic nature, made up of revenge and eliminations served cold.
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Right at Madison Square Garden of the New York Knicks this nickname was born in the February match in which Young recorded 48 points and 13 assists in 47 minutes in a double 140-135 overtime win over the New York Knicks. The season in Atlanta, however, does not go as planned and the Hawks they even arrive penultimate in Eastern Conference with a measly run of 20 wins and 47 losses. Nevertheless Young manages to take away another satisfaction in a season that is anything but simple, on 20 February in fact he sets his new record of 50 points in a 129-124 victory against the Miami Heat scoring 8 out of 15 three-pointers.
NBA, Trae Young: the climb to the Conference finals
The season 2020-21 it is certainly the best from the basketball point of view of Trae Youngin fact in regular season the Atlanta Hawks they are placed in fifth place to the East and access the play-offit will be the first time for The Villain and fate has it that the first appearance in the hot phase of the season NBA both right at Madison Square Garden, in front of those fans who hate him as much as they fear him. Race 1 is the emblem of which player is Trae Young, a guy who is often targeted, but who uses criticism to improve himself and prove who he really is. To the Garden, Young puts 32, seasoned with 7 rebounds and 10 assists, crowning it all with a floater winning with 0.9 seconds left to bring the Hawks to a 107-105 win in race 1 of the first round.
In New York, in addition to winning an important game, The Villain he also wrote a little page of history, joining LeBron James , Chris Paul e Derrick Rose as the only players in league history to record 30 points and 10 assists on their playoff debut. The rest of the series is a breeze and Trae dominates, winning 4 – 1. Gli Hawks continue the dream against Philadelphiaone of the favorites to the title, writing a fantastic series that will end 4 – 3 precisely for the number 11. Young is again the protagonist: in the win for 109-106 on Philadelphia 76ers in Game 5 of the Conference semifinals, Young scores 39 points, 7 assists and 3 steals, bringing the Hawks to a 26-point comeback win. Also in race 7 Young is decisive and accumulates 21 points to lead the Hawks over i Sixers en route to their first appearance in the finals of the Eastern Conference dal 2015.
In race 1 of the finals of Conference, Young shows what he’s made of and is unstoppable, he sets 48, a career record for ai play–offplus 11 assists and seven rebounds in a 116-113 victory over Milwaukee Bucks. Unfortunately the stellar season of Ice Trae it will not end as many hoped: Young gets hurt and misses matches 4 and 5 due to a bone bruise on his right foot. A bruised Trae returns to game 6, but the Hawks they lose 118–107, ending their season against Milwaukeewho will become champions NBA against the Phoenix Suns.
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NBA, Trae Young: improving for the ring in Atlanta
On August 3, 2021, Young accepts a maximum extension of five years with Hawks for a value up to 37 million dollars per season. The dream of The Villain is to bring back to Atlanta the ring that has been missing since 1958, but to do so it will take a lot of work and sacrifice. On a personal level, the renewal of the contract particularly charges the playmakerwhich ends there regular season with a historic season: Trae Young he wins the ranking both of points scored, with 2155, and assists made with 737 winning passes. From the team point of view, on the other hand, after the extension of the contract, things are not going very well: the Hawks they are positioned noni to the east and, thanks to the victory against Charlotte in the first round, i play–off in a dry play-in match against the Clevevland Cavaliers of 15 April.
Young it’s lavish and Atlanta beats Cleveland by logging in play–offil number 11 he recorded 38 points and 9 assists, including 32 of his points in the second half, showing everyone why he is called Ice Trae: a boy who in the decisive moment is cold and concentrated, enough to drag his team, making very little mistakes in crucial moments. The first round of the play-off however it is a rout, Trae is constantly overshadowed by the Miami defense and Atlanta will lose 4 – 1. Now Trae Young he is ready for a new season and, as his father taught him, with hard work he will try to improve himself more and more, with the mission to bring the ring back to where they believed in him.
