01-06-2026, 05:08 AM
(01-06-2026, 03:40 AM)omahen Wrote: Some additional information. It looks like the Young stuff is not so much about Hawks being desperate to move him (he only has 1 year left and even that is a player option) as is about Young looking for another opportunity where he could get a bigger extension. Hawks are not willing to pay him max (or close to it) as they are pivoting to build around Johnson as their main guy. Trae wants to maximize his opportunity to increase his value in his contract year to get as high extension as possible either this or next summer.
There are also some new reports that Washington is prepared to pay expiring and a pick for him.
Based on that I think it is not reasonable to expect that Atlanta will be adding draft assets just to dump him. He has his flaws, but his trade value is not that low.
So we can flip Trae to Washington. Great.
The domino is almost done... All the Pieces are setted.
Risacher+Trae+ 1FRP...