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01/07 21:00 CST Hawks agree to trade high-scoring guard Trae Young to Wizards,
AP source says
Hawks agree to trade high-scoring guard Trae Young to Wizards, AP source says
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
Trae Young's tenure in Atlanta is over, with the Hawks agreeing to trade the
high-scoring and frequently criticized guard to the Washington Wizards for a
package including veteran CJ McCollum, a person with knowledge of the move said
Wednesday night.
Corey Kispert is also headed from Washington to Atlanta, said the person, who
spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade had
not received the required league approval.
NBA reporter Marc Stein was first to disclose that the sides were closing in on
a deal, and ESPN first reported that the agreement was in place.
The Wizards held McCollum and Kispert out of their loss at Philadelphia on
Wednesday night. Young was on the bench in street clothes for the Hawks' win
over visiting New Orleans.
Young is 10th in points, 12th in points per game, first in assists and first in
assists per game since entering the NBA as the No. 5 pick in the 2018 draft.
He is one of five players to rank in the top 10 in both points and assists
since he entered the league; the others are Denver's Nikola Jokic, the Los
Angeles Lakers' Luka Doncic, the Los Angeles Clippers' James Harden and
Phoenix's Devin Booker.
Jokic has won a championship and is a three-time MVP. Doncic is considered an
MVP candidate, Harden is a member of the 75th anniversary team, and Booker is a
two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Young doesn't get the level of respect those players have earned. He's a
four-time All-Star --- two of those nods coming through voting, two of them
coming when Commissioner Adam Silver added him to the roster as an injury
replacement.
But the Hawks, this season anyway, have been better without Young. Atlanta was
2-8 this season when Young played; the Hawks are 16-13 without him.
Over his career, the Hawks won 49% of their games when Young wasn't in the
lineup --- as opposed to 45% when he played.
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