BY GEORGE DICKIE
Increasingly around the NBA, there has been a familiar
refrain: How do you solve Trae Young?
Indeed, in their fourth year point guard, the Atlanta Hawks
have a player who can hurt the opposition in a number of ways.
Put two players on him and that leaves the Hawks with a one-
man advantage closer to the basket, where he can kick it to the
likes of John Collins, Clint Capela or Danilo Gallinari for an
easy two points. Clog the lane and he'll rain three-pointers from
beyond the arc.
The Hawks may be struggling around .500 but make no
mistake – they're talented and dangerous. Especially with Young
running the offense.
At this writing, the 23-year-old former Oklahoma Sooner is
third in the league in scoring and assists, with per-game averages
of 27.8 and 9.3, respectively. He's also averaging about four
rebounds per game and has shooting percentages of 46 percent
from the field and 38 percent from three-point range.
It's a performance that's earned Young his second All-Star
Game appearance and first as a starter.
Now if only he and his talented
teammates – which also include Kevin
Huerter, De'Andre Hunter and Bogdan
Bogdanovic – can get things going
in the last two months of the regular
season, the youthful Atlantans could
make things interesting in the East
come the playoffs.
Young and the Hawks can be seen
in action Tuesday, March 1, when they
invade TD Garden to face the Boston
Celtics in a game airing on TNT.
Trae Young a
bonafi de force in Atlanta
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