<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/sneakers/hawks-trae-young-on-why-jordan-brand-partnership-is-perfect-fit');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Trae Young on why Jordan Brand partnership is ‘perfect fit’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Hawks-Trae-Young-on-why-Jordan-Brand-partnership-was-perfect-fit.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Trae Young on why Jordan Brand partnership is ‘perfect fit’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-27T14:45:40-07:00">June 27th, 2:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-27T14:46:30-07:00">June 27th, 2:46pm</time><address><a>Dominik Zawartko</a>Dominik Zawartko is a Michigan State graduate with a degree in Political Science and English. Having previously worked in the nonprofit and legal sectors, he decided to pursue his true love of writing with ClutchPoints. Dominik's hobbies include painting, cooking food, training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and always having a laugh. His main focus areas are UFC coverage and all things sneakers.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Following the 2024 NBA season, Atlanta Hawks’ franchise star Trae Young went through a rather <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/trae-young-spotted-in-new-sneaker-brand-as-adidas-deal-expires">calm split from sponsor Adidas</a> just prior to the unveiling of his fourth signature sneaker with the brand. The following and most recent season, Trae Young favored the Air Jordan 39 sneakers on the court, signaling a partnership with the Jumpman. At the latest Jordan Brand unveiling event, Trae Young told reporters why his latest move to join them was the “perfect fit.”</p><p><i><b>Check our <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers">Sneakers news</a> for more upcoming releases and breaking content!</b></i></p><p>The entire Jordan Brand family gathered recently to celebrate the unveiling of the latest Air Jordan 40, Michael Jordan’s 40th signature sneaker in what could be the most recognizable footwear brand on the planet. Trae Young was in attendance rocking a “23” jersey and speaking to reporters about what the partnership means to him.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trae Young told us why Jordan Brand is a perfect fit for him at the Air Jordan 40 launch event 🥶🧊 <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheTraeYoung</a> <a href="https://t.co/CEQmUfzl0r">pic.twitter.com/CEQmUfzl0r</a></p><p>— Sole Retriever (@SoleRetriever) <a href="https://twitter.com/SoleRetriever/status/1937972555165426130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><br>“It wasn’t just one thing, there were a lot of factors. For me, being home in Oklahoma with OU being a Jordan Brand school, I think it just made a lot of sense for me and my brand,” Young told <a href="https://x.com/SoleRetriever">Sole Retriever</a> at the Air Jordan 40 event.</p></figure><p>“I think it’s going to work both ways, it doesn’t just help <i>me </i>being with Jordan. I feel like me being a part of this brand is going to help both ways and that’s what makes a great partnership.”</p><p>Trae Young signed to Adidas in 2018 prior to the NBA Draft and in 2020, restructured his deal to include a signature sneaker line. After the debut of three signature shoes, Adidas pulled his fourth iteration after contract disputes and issues on both sides. The two split ways in 2024 and <a href="https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/11/24/trae-young-jordan-brand/#:~:text=Hawks%20G%20Trae%20Young%20has,partnership%20with%20Adidas%20this%20summer.">Jordan Brand was quick to add</a> Trae Young to their rising crop of talent across the league.</p><p>Whether or not Young will receive his own sneaker line with Jordan Brand is yet to be determined. However, he certainly leads the charge and fits in well with other sponsored names like <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/jordan-tatum-3-3-stars-dropping-soon">Jayson Tatum</a>, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/jordan-luka-4-quai-54-official-look">Luka Doncic</a>, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/jordan-zion-3-releasing-in-new-galaxy-edition">Zion Williamson</a>. With endless possibilities and a great style of basketball to match, we’re sure Trae Young and Jordan Brand will find a way to make both sides happy with this partnership.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Trae Young on why Jordan Brand partnership is ‘perfect fit’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-asa-newell-tremendous-message-trae-young');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Asa Newell sends ‘tremendous’ message about Trae Young');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Pelicans-Bill-Simmons-calls-draft-trade-Hawks-dumbest-decade.jpg"><figcaption>© Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Hawks’ Asa Newell sends ‘tremendous’ message about Trae Young</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-27T12:21:43-07:00">June 27th, 12:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-27T14:25:22-07:00">June 27th, 2:25pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Atlanta Hawks’ first-round draft pick, Asa Newell, held his press conference with local media after being drafted by the team. There are a lot of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-why-asa-newell-will-instantly-impact-winning-atlanta">things for Newell to be excited about</a> as he comes to a young team that is looking to compete in the Eastern Conference for years to come, and they have the talent to do so.</p><p>One player on the Hawks who will help elevate Newell’s game is Trae Young, who was present at the rookie’s press conference. Newell was asked about Young, and he mentioned that he <a href="https://x.com/_MalikATL/status/1938624925952319788" rel="noopener">had already spoken</a> to the star point guard.</p><p>“He was the first person to call me,” Newell said.</p><p>Last season, Young had the responsibility of leading the young guys on the team, and he did a good job on and off the court. He’ll have somebody else this time around to help, and Newell knows the qualities that Young can bring to the court, which can get him easy looks.</p><p>“I feel like Trae is an extremely talented point guard,” Newell said. “He can knock down shots and is a tremendous passer. I feel like I can catch a lot of lobs from him.”</p><p>With Newell’s skillset, there’s a good chance that he catches a lot of lobs from Young in the future, especially with his athletic ability.</p><h2><b>Hawks excited for the growth of Asa Newell</b></h2><p>Outside of what Newell can bring to the court with his skills, it’s his mentality and it’s who he is as a person that also made them fall in love with him as a prospect.</p><p>“His growth and development is a process where we don’t like to rush anything,” general manager Onsi Saleh said. “I trust Quin, and he’s going to lead the development of this group. We got a player that is a hard worker. He’s a winning player; he makes winning plays. You can see the freak athlete, and he does all these different things, but the court, he’s a winner.</p><p>“That’s what we’re trying to do here. Bring in guys that want to win; they compete, and we’re so fortunate to get him.”</p><p>Newell will be another addition to the Hawks’ frontcourt, which has had some improvements over the past week. The day before the Hawks drafted Newell, they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-news-atlanta-acquiring-kristaps-porzingis-3-team-trade-celtics-nets">traded for Kristaps Porzingis</a>, who can stretch the floor and be a strong rim protector.</p><p>So far, the Hawks have started their offseason well, and they will continue to add more talent as free agency approaches.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Asa Newell sends ‘tremendous’ message about Trae Young

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-rumors-russell-westbrook-pg-options-turning-down-trae-young-trade-pursuit');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings rumors: Russell Westbrook among PG options after turning down Trae Young trade pursuit');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Nuggets-guard-Russell-Westbrook.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kings rumors: Russell Westbrook among PG options after turning down Trae Young trade pursuit</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-26T05:46:15-07:00">June 26th, 5:46am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-26T05:46:15-07:00">June 26th, 5:46am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints, who also covers the NBA and MLB. He received his Masters in Business Administration Bachelor's degree in Sports Management from Nichols College. Previously, ran his own website, and had bylines at FanSided, Basketball Network, Athlon Sports, and The Sporting News. In addition to his work at ClutchPoints, Owen is also a Breaking News Writer at Heavy and a Content Producer for More Views Media.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The first round of the 2025 NBA Draft is in the books, and while there ultimately weren’t a ton of trades made across the league, there are still quite a few rumors floating around. One team that could be quite busy over the next week or so is the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/thunder-news-okc-trades-no-24-pick-kings-winning-nba-title">Sacramento Kings</a>, and it sounds like Russell Westbrook is emerging as a potential target for them ahead of free agency.</p><p>Despite having a solid collection of talent at their disposal, the Kings have not been able to put all the pieces of the puzzle together in recent seasons. Earlier this offseason, the team reportedly considered making a push to acquire Trae Young in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks, but they <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6452468/2025/06/26/sacramento-kings-offseason-nba-draft-2025/" rel="noopener">ultimately passed on that opportunity</a> for a handful of reasons.</p><p>“There was a push among some power-brokers for Sacramento to go after Atlanta’s Trae Young, but league sources say the Kings didn’t have interest because of his style of play (offense-first) and cost (he’s extension-eligible this summer but is slated to earn $45.9 million next season and has a player option worth $48.9 million in 2026-27),” Sam Amick of The Athletic reported.</p><h2><b>Kings targeting Russell Westbrook in free agency</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Russell-Westbrook-in-action.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>With the Hawks picking up Kristaps Porzingis in a three-team trade with the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets, it looks like Young is staying put anyways, although the Kings don’t seem too upset about that. Instead, they have turned their attention to free agency. After it was revealed they had <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-rumors-dennis-schroder-emerges-as-key-sacramento-pg-free-agency-target">interest in Dennis Schroder</a> earlier this week, Westbrook and Tyus Jones have also emerged as targets for Sacramento at the point guard position.</p><p>“League and team sources say the Kings indeed have serious interest in veteran Dennis Schröder. That is, of course, if he doesn’t get something done with the Detroit Pistons first (league sources say he’s been in talks on that front this week). Fellow free agents Tyus Jones and Russell Westbrook are also known to be options that the Kings are considering,” Amick wrote.</p><p>Westbrook isn’t the same MVP-caliber player he once was, but he still averaged 13.3 points, 6.1 assists, and 4.9 rebounds per game for the Denver Nuggets last season. After declining his $3.4 million player option, he could capitalize on hitting the open market, with teams like the Kings looking for someone who can conduct their offense. Schroder appears to be Sacramento’s primary target, but if they miss out on him, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Westbrook land with the Kings in free agency.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings rumors: Russell Westbrook among PG options after turning down Trae Young trade pursuit

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/rumor-hawks-trae-young-trade-rumblings-put-to-bed');   ga('set', 'title', 'RUMOR: Hawks’ Trae Young trade rumblings put to bed');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Hawks-star-Trae-Young-drives-down-the-court.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>RUMOR: Hawks’ Trae Young trade rumblings put to bed</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-16T13:10:48-07:00">June 16th, 1:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-16T13:11:15-07:00">June 16th, 1:11pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There are two indisputable statements the Atlanta Hawks must sort out this offseason: Trae Young is a stellar offensive talent, and this franchise has not advanced past the opening round of the NBA playoffs since the 2020-21 campaign. Is it possible this marriage has plateaued? Many have wondered if management would attempt to alter the team’s identity and trajectory by making <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-zach-lowe-drops-take-trae-young-future-atlanta">a major shake-up</a>.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/2025-nba-draft-big-board-4-0-ace-bailey-vj-edgecombe-questions-latest-intel" rel="noopener">Atlanta’s actions indicate otherwise</a>, however. New general manager Onsi Saleh does not appear to be engaged in Young trade talks at this time, as he instead focuses on the No. 13 and No. 22 selections the Hawks have at their disposal going into <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-rumors-what-atlanta-seeks-in-draft-amid-trade-buzz-expected-free-agent-loss">the 2025 NBA Draft</a>.</p><p>“While some have suggested Atlanta should leverage these selections and try to move into the top 10, the Hawks appear to be comfortable adding two more young talents to build the future of their roster,” ClutchPoints NBA insider Brett Siegel reports. “Despite changes in their front office, the Hawks have not held serious Trae Young trade discussions, sources said.”</p><h2><b>Can Young lead the Hawks back into relevance?</b></h2><p>When taking into account the current squad, which contains rising talents like Jalen Johnson, Zaccharie Risacher and Dyson Daniels, one can see why the organization would want to keep Young. If Atlanta is indeed retaining the face of the franchise through this offseason, then head coach Quin Snyder must figure out how to maximize the team’s collective strengths.</p><p>Trae Young is a four-time All-Star and one of the top playmakers in the league today. He will undoubtedly produce on the floor, as evidenced by the 24.2 points, league-leading 11.6 assists and 1.2 steals he averaged last season. The 26-year-old comes with efficiency questions, however. He shot a paltry 41.1 percent from the field and posted an NBA-worst 355 turnovers. A player that has the ball in his hands as much as Young must exhibit more consistency.</p><p>He has proven himself capable of doing just that in the past, leading the Hawks to an unforeseen Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 2021. Considering Atlanta’s ostensible faith in him moving forward, he will get the opportunity to recapture that peak form in the 2025-26 season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

RUMOR: Hawks’ Trae Young trade rumblings put to bed

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-blasts-knicks-quin-snyder-interview-request');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Trae Young blasts Knicks for Quin Snyder interview request');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Atlanta-Hawks-head-coach-Quin-Snyder-speaks-with-Atlanta-Hawks-guard-Trae-Young.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Hawks’ Trae Young blasts Knicks for Quin Snyder interview request</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-11T18:11:37-07:00">June 11th, 6:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-11T18:28:33-07:00">June 11th, 6:28pm</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Trae Young did not like the New York Knicks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/knicks-news-ny-denied-permission-speak-hawks-quin-snyder-hc-vacancy">attempting to get Atlanta Hawks head coach Quin Snyder</a>.</p><p>The Knicks are on an aggressive coaching search since firing Tom Thibodeau. They are coming off their first run to the Eastern Conference Finals since 2000, looking for the coach that can get them over the hump.</p><p>They <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sources-leon-rose-knicks-relationships-aiding-coaching-search">attempted to request interviews</a> with the Dallas Mavericks’ Jason Kidd and Houston Rockets’ Ime Udoka, among others, but the teams rejected their advances.</p><p>Their latest attempt was towards the Hawks’ Snyder, but the Atlanta franchise followed suit with other organizations and denied New York’s request.</p><p>ESPN’s NBA insider Shams Charania reported the news regarding the Hawks and Knicks, as Young <a href="https://x.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1932953664936939998" rel="noopener">reacted to it</a> with a short but humorous comment.</p><p>“H*ll nahh🤣,” Young said.</p><h2><b>What’s next for Trae Young, Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Atlanta-Hawks-head-coach-Quin-Snyder-talks-with-guard-Trae-Young.jpg"><figcaption>Winslow Townson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It’s clear that Trae Young hates the idea of head coach Quin Snyder leaving the Hawks for the Knicks, prompting his viral response.</p><p>Snyder has been Atlanta’s head coach since the 2023-24 season, keeping the team afloat in the playoff conversation for the past couple of seasons. However, they haven’t reached the postseason in his two seasons with the team after falling short in the play-in tournament.</p><p>Despite their playoff woes, Young has maintained his form as an All-Star, earning two consecutive selections on Atlanta’s behalf. This past season saw Young continue to be an elite offensive player, averaging 24.2 points, 11.6 assists, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game in 76 appearances.</p><p>Young will look to have the Hawks return to their previous heights, leading the team to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2021, their first since 2015. He has shown he can lead the team to a deep playoff run; however, Young will need the supporting cast to be stronger in order to be a serious contender in the East.</p><p>Young has two years remaining on his current contract, with the second being a player option for the 2026-27 season. Atlanta also has to address their situations with Clint Capela, Caris LeVert, Larry Nance Jr., and Garrison Mathews. All four will be free agents this offseason. This summer will be intriguing for Young and the team’s fans to keep tabs on when it comes to the potential of the Hawks moving forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Trae Young blasts Knicks for Quin Snyder interview request

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He has had stops at Catena Media, Playmaker, DraftKings, USA Today, Spike Up, and Spotlight Sports Group. He also writes for Sporting News and works at iHeartMedia in Phoenix when he is not writing for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Thanks to NIL, general managers have been gaining more and more steam in college sports. Head coaches cannot focus on NIL’s financials and what each player earns, so general managers have become more common in basketball and football, the two biggest revenue sports. General managers are also there to help identify talent on the recruiting side. That is Trae Young’s role with Oklahoma basketball.</p><p>The emergence of the general manager position has also allowed schools to get creative with who they hire, like notable alums who have been a part of the sport in basketball and football. Andrew Luck is the most prominent name employed in football at Stanford, while in basketball, we have seen different names like Adrian Wojnarowski and even Shaquille O’Neal get positions as either general managers or assistant general managers. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-why-trae-young-made-decision-take-college-assistant-gm-role">Oklahoma has also employed Young</a>, who is still in the NBA, as an associate general manager.</p><p>When Young was announced for this role, he also pledged $1 million for the program. Young and Porter Moser, the Oklahoma basketball head coach, were on Andy Katz’s show, <i>The Sideline with Andy Katz</i>, discussing <a href="https://x.com/SidelinewithAK/status/1932455508125819188">how this would work with Young being an active NBA point guard for the Atlanta Hawks</a>.</p><p>“It hit home whenever coach brought up in an interview how you have to win in April and May, especially in this NIL era,” Young said. “I think I agreed with him.”</p><p>Young is allowed to contact recruits when they are on campus and make recruiting phone calls. “Every student-athlete in the country knows who Trae is,” Moser said.</p><p>When elaborating on how Young will impact the program despite being an active NBA player, Young said he is available and can help wherever needed.</p><p>“You know me; I just want to win,” Young said. “…I understand what it takes to make it to the next level, and it’s winning and winning at a high level. I’m involved as much as Porter wants me to. He’ll text me, and there are things we see and things like that, and throughout the season, I’m going to be an open book.</p><p>“Whenever he needs me, my phone is open. He has my number; if I change it, he’ll have that one too. That ain’t ever going to change now.”</p><p>While Young might find it challenging to be attentive due to the NBA schedule, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ncaa-basketball/oklahoma-basketball-news-porter-moser-breaks-down-trae-young-new-role-sooners">having him available is a massive recruiting win for the Sooners</a> and his future in this role.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Trae Young gives inside look at Oklahoma basketball job

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-zach-lowe-drops-take-trae-young-future-atlanta');   ga('set', 'title', 'Zach Lowe drops firm take on Trae Young’s future with Hawks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Hawks-news-Zach-Lowe-drops-firm-take-on-Trae-Youngs-future-in-Atlanta-2.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Ross-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Zach Lowe drops firm take on Trae Young’s future with Hawks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-09T19:29:27-07:00">June 9th, 7:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-09T19:29:27-07:00">June 9th, 7:29pm</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Trae Young’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-rumors-dominique-wilkins-sounds-off-on-potential-giannis-trae-young-duo">future with the Atlanta Hawks</a> continues to be up in the air after the team’s underwhelming seasons. However, NBA analyst Zach Lowe believes they should remain committed to the All-Star guard.</p><p>Young has led the Hawks to three consecutive playoff appearances from 2021 to 2023. His playoff debut was a major success, taking Atlanta to their first East Finals since 2015. However, they haven’t maintained that level of play, exiting the first round in 2022 and 2023 while falling short in the play-in tournament for the last two years.</p><p>Despite the Hawks’ inability to get back in the conversation as a serious contender, Lowe <a href="https://x.com/ringer/status/1932240044124991545" rel="noopener">wants the franchise to continue</a> with Young as their cornerstone.</p><p>“I kind of want the Hawks to keep Trae Young long term. I don’t think there’s a great market for him. So I don’t think there’s a trade out there that completely just reorients the franchise in a positive way,” Lowe said on his show.</p><p>“If I can extend him at a decent number, I just kind of like their team, and I do think he’ll change his style of play a little bit. I think there’s hope for like a Trae Young mid-career, metamorphosis is too strong of a word, but I could see, like, in a year, it’s like, ‘oh my god, the Hawks are like, up 2-1 in the second round, and Trae Young is moving off the ball a little bit’…like I could see it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“I kind of want the Hawks to keep Trae Young long term.”<a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ZachLowe_NBA</a> makes the case for why the Hawks should NOT trade Trae Young. <a href="https://t.co/TMEvjXnmE0">pic.twitter.com/TMEvjXnmE0</a></p><p>— The Ringer (@ringer) <a href="https://twitter.com/ringer/status/1932240044124991545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>What lies ahead for Trae Young, Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Hawks-news-Zach-Lowe-drops-firm-take-on-Trae-Youngs-future-in-Atlanta.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Trae Young continues to impress with his high-level shooting and playmaking ability. It’s just a matter of whether the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-rumors-bill-simmons-giannis-trae-young-blockbuster-trade">Hawks can maximize their ceiling with him</a> being the leader.</p><p>This past season was a career year for him when it came to passing the ball. After 76 games, he averaged 24.2 points, a career-high 11.6 assists, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game. He shot 41.1% from the field, including 34% from beyond the arc, and 87.5% from the free-throw line.</p><p>The Hawks will be busy this offseason, especially with Young. The guard has two years remaining on his contract, with the 2026-27 season being a player option. In other words, what happens in the 2025-25 campaign might play a big impact on how Young decides to approach his situation with the franchise.</p><p>Atlanta also has Clint Capela, Caris LeVert, Larry Nance Jr., and Garrison Matthews as free agents this summer. It’s clear that the roster may look somewhat different next season, so fans should be in for a treat for what their team does to strengthen their squad.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Zach Lowe drops firm take on Trae Young’s future with Hawks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/ncaa-basketball/oklahoma-basketball-news-porter-moser-breaks-down-trae-young-new-role-sooners');   ga('set', 'title', 'Porter Moser breaks down Trae Young’s new role with Oklahoma basketball');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Trae-Young.jpg"><figcaption>© Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Porter Moser breaks down Trae Young’s new role with Oklahoma basketball</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-09T16:04:25-07:00">June 9th, 4:04pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-09T16:04:25-07:00">June 9th, 4:04pm</time><address><a>Scotty White</a>Scotty White is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has been in the sports journalism industry since 2020. He has covered athletics at the University of Michigan and is now serving as an Associate Editor, Chicago Bulls beat writer, and Michigan football reporter at ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NCAA Basketball</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>College sports are going through some big changes, and universities across the country are quickly trying to make adjustments to adapt to this new landscape. A big part of the adjustment period has been creating new jobs for different teams. For example, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-why-trae-young-made-decision-take-college-assistant-gm-role">Oklahoma basketball team has an assistant general manager position</a>, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-follows-stephen-curry-footsteps-with-college-gm-role">it is held by former Sooner Trae Young</a>.</p><p>After the Oklahoma basketball team was eliminated in the NCAA Tournament this past season, Trae Young reached out to Sooners head coach Porter Moser. Young wanted to help the program, and his passion is what <a href="https://x.com/TheAndyKatz/status/1932201059906203850" rel="noopener">really stood out</a> to Moser.</p><p>“It was evident, right when I got the job, when I met Trey, that his love for Oklahoma, his appreciation for the opportunity at Oklahoma, what he did here for the city of Norman,” Porter Moser told Andy Katz about how Trae Young got this position. “I mean, he’s given back to the city of Norman with his facility here, which is a phenomenal facility, but it was obvious right out of the gate that he’s got just a love and appreciation for Oklahoma and University of Oklahoma, and then then his love for us and following us. He had a break. We played at Georgia. He came over to the game. He’s followed us.”</p><p>Oklahoma made a run to the tournament last season, but the Sooners were eliminated in the first round against UConn. Right after that, Young brought his idea to Moser.</p><p>“It hit him after the tournament,” Moser continued. “I have the text. He texted me. He’s like, ‘Coach, let’s get together. Let’s talk. We’ve got to take this to the next level.’ It was just a passion right away. Literally, it was probably within, I don’t even know if it’s 12 hours after the UConn game, and then it just blossomed from there.”</p><p>Before Young became a star in the NBA for the Atlanta Hawks, he experienced being a student-athlete at Oklahoma. He will be able to relate to recruits and players, and that should be crucial for him in this position.</p><p>“I’m just going back and forth talking about this, and just has a real passion, and he also has an understanding of… if NIL is that kind of opportunity that young student athletes are going to look for, that it’s going to be something, and we have to position ourselves to be competitive,” Moser said. “And he gets that. And that’s why he wanted to jump in and help right away.”</p><p>Teams need to adapt to stay afloat in this new era of college athletics, and the Oklahoma basketball team is doing that. Trae Young is back with the program, and big things are in store for the Sooners down the road.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Porter Moser breaks down Trae Young’s new role with Oklahoma basketball

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Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Giannis <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/bucks-rumors-giannis-antetokounmpo-first-up-wild-offseason-brian-windhorst">Antetokounmpo is on every team’s radar</a>, and everyone is waiting to see if he will stay with the Milwaukee Bucks or request a trade. In the event that he requests a trade, there’s a chance that some teams could put together a package to try and land him. One of those teams could be the Atlanta Hawks, who many want to pair Trae Young with Antetokounmpo and form a strong duo in the Eastern Conference.</p><p>Hall of Famer and former Hawk Dominique Wilkins seems like he likes the idea of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-rumors-bill-simmons-giannis-trae-young-blockbuster-trade">Hawks going after Antetokounmpo</a>, and he was asked <a href="https://esportsinsider.com/2025/05/dominique-wilkins-exclusive-interview-nba2k" rel="noopener">what he thought</a> about that potential move.</p><p>“Man, that’s a blockbuster deal right there,” Wilkins said via ESports Insider. “Who wouldn’t want Giannis? I’d be lying if I said anything differently. Oh, man, it is a lot you’d have to give up to get a guy like that.</p><p>“If you can land a guy like that – someone who still has a lot left in the tank, since Giannis is not an old man by any stretch of the imagination – there’s not a team in the league who wouldn’t want him.”</p><p>Young and Antetokounmpo would be a nice duo, and they would work well off of each other. The only thing is how much the Hawks would have to give up to trade for him, and it definitely sounds like a lot.</p><h2>Could the Hawks be interested in Giannis Antetokounmpo?</h2><p>Like Wilkins said, there’s not a team in the league that wouldn’t want him, but at the same time, it’s going to take a lot to get him. The Hawks are building a young core that is built to last for the future, and there’s no doubt they’d have to sacrifice some of those players to get Antetokounmpo.</p><p>Depending on what new general manager Onsi Saleh sees with the vision of the team could mean a lot for what the Hawks do this offseason. With two first-round picks, they could continue to develop their young players while still looking to compete and have a roster that’s capable of making the playoffs.</p><p>On the other hand, you can make a move like trading for Antetokounmpo and guarantee being a top seed in the Eastern Conference for years to come. Young has mentioned throughout the years that he wants to win, and as the star player on the team, he’d want them to do anything to put them in the best position to do that.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks rumors: Dominique Wilkins sounds off on potential Giannis-Trae Young duo

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-puts-marcus-morris-blast-ridiculous-passing-narrative');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Trae Young puts Marcus Morris on blast for ridiculous ‘passing’ narrative');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Trae-Young.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Hawks’ Trae Young puts Marcus Morris on blast for ridiculous ‘passing’ narrative</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-27T13:01:35-07:00">May 27th, 1:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-27T13:01:35-07:00">May 27th, 1:01pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The NBA world is seeing some of the best guards in the league while watching the Conference Finals. When watching players such as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Brunson, those are the guards that are going to get you a bucket. Then, some look at <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-draws-chris-paul-comparison">Tyrese Haliburton, who doesn’t score as much</a> but is a floor general and can make the team around him better.</p><p>Marcus Morris was a recent guest on First Take and spoke about how guards like Haliburton are becoming extinct, but Kendrick Perkins wasn’t going to let him get away with that. Perkins then mentioned Trae Young, and Morris <a href="https://x.com/big_business_/status/1927387960653017542" rel="noopener">offered a strange take</a> about the Atlanta Hawks point guard.</p><p>“Trae Young is a good player. He was shooting 3-pointers; he wasn’t a point guard. He just started passing the ball, he was shooting 40-foot 3-pointers,” Morris said.</p><p>Viewers were confused about Morris’ take, especially considering that Young just won the award for being the assists leader this season. Hours later, Young <a href="https://x.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1927413321805807967" rel="noopener">caught wind</a> of Morris’ comments and responded.</p><p>“Love Marcus, but this is why it’s important to WIN at a high level &amp; win consistently kids. Human nature to live in the moment! This how bad narratives are made though.. ‘just started passing’? let’s do our research,” Young wrote on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>Young is probably used to people downplaying his skills, but what he’s been able to do as a playmaker since coming into the league should not go unnoticed.</p><h2><b>Trae Young has been one of the best playmakers in the league</b></h2><p>Since Young has entered the league, no one has more assists in the league than him. For the past three seasons, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-news-trae-youngs-heartfelt-reaction-shattering-franchise-assist-record">Young has averaged over 10 assists</a> and has been at the top in the league in that category since being drafted. He’s always been a passer first, and that’s what Young has stayed consistent in saying his entire career.</p><p>It did feel like Morris was living in the moment, as Haliburton has gotten his team all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, while Young has missed the playoffs for the second straight season. That still shouldn’t let what Young has done over his career go unnoticed, but a lot of people can be prisoners of the moment.</p><p>For some years now, Young has continued to get snubbed from certain awards and All-Star teams, and this just feels like another moment where he’s being downplayed.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Trae Young puts Marcus Morris on blast for ridiculous ‘passing’ narrative

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-youngs-5-word-message-after-all-nba-snub');   ga('set', 'title', 'Trae Young’s 5-word message after All-NBA snub');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Trae-Young-of-the-Atlanta-Hawks.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Trae Young’s 5-word message after All-NBA snub</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-23T19:50:53-07:00">May 23rd, 7:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-24T10:58:09-07:00">May 24th, 10:58am</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-James Harden era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his free time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter and Instagram for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks suffered another early end to their season, making it <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-insider-reveals-trae-young-message-future">back-to-back years</a> without reaching the NBA Playoffs. And in the two years prior to that, the Hawks were first-round exits at the hands of the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics.</p><p>The losing seasons have negatively impacted Young for years now, but it’s become more apparent than ever.</p><p>Trae Young averaged 24.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, 11.6 assists, and 1.2 steals per game. His 11.6 assists per game led the league, and it also gave him three straight seasons averaging at least 24 points and 10 assists per game.</p><h2><b>Hawks’ Trae Young left off of All-NBA Teams again</b></h2><p>Unfortunately, Young was not one of the 15 players named to the 2024-25 All-NBA Teams on Friday evening, making it three straight years of averaging 20 and 10 but not making All-NBA. Last season, Young would not have qualified, but in the year prior to that, he would have.</p><p>After failing to make All-NBA once again this season, <a href="https://x.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1926086815787684271" rel="noopener">Young took to Twitter</a>, where he had a five word message.</p><p>“Winning takes care of everything!”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Winning takes care of everything !</p><p>— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1926086815787684271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Hawks have only had one winning season since Trae Young was drafted fifth overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2018 NBA Draft and traded to Atlanta. The long winning season came in 2021-22 at 43-29, the season after reaching the Eastern Conference Finals.</p><p>If Young’s goal is to win, it remains to be seen whether or not he can actually do that with the Hawks. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/nba-rumors-rival-teams-believe-hawks-consider-trae-young-trade">Reports from around the league</a> stated that the Hawks may explore what Young’s value is on the trade market, or Young himself may eye a potential move elsewhere.</p><p>But as of right now, there’s nothing concrete on Young’s future. He has two years left on a five-year, $173 million extension he signed back in August 2021. The Hawks star is owed $46 million in the 2025-26 season and $48.9 million in the 2026-27 season, which he has a player option for.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Trae Young’s 5-word message after All-NBA snub

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/nba-stories/biggest-2025-all-nba-snubs-alperen-sengun-trae-young');   ga('set', 'title', 'Biggest 2025 All-NBA snubs headlined by Alperen Sengun, Trae Young');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Biggest-2025-All-NBA-snubs-headlined-by-Tyrese-Haliburton-Trae-Young-2.jpg"></figure><h1>Biggest 2025 All-NBA snubs headlined by Alperen Sengun, Trae Young</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-23T16:27:27-07:00">May 23rd, 4:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-23T16:28:46-07:00">May 23rd, 4:28pm</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-ends-nikola-jokic-fourth-mvp-award">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named the 2024-25 NBA MVP</a> on Wednesday night and the All-Defensive Teams were announced Thursday afternoon, the NBA announced its final series of accolades on Friday night with the <a href="https://x.com/NBAPR/status/1926053266913099925" rel="noopener">2024-25 All-NBA Teams</a>.</p><p>To nobody’s surprise, Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic, and Giannis Antetokounmpo <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-lebron-james-historic-streak-headlines-2024-25-all-nba-teams">headlined the All-NBA First Team</a>, as LeBron James and Stephen Curry also continued their respective All-NBA streaks. However, only 15 players received All-NBA honors, resulting in several players being labeled as snubs.</p><p>That was the case last season when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/biggest-2024-all-nba-snubs-victor-wembanyama-deaaron-fox">Victor Wembanyama and Tyrese Maxey were left off</a> the list despite incredible seasons from the young All-Stars. Oftentimes, the All-NBA selection process can be a popularity contest, as many media members will favor players from teams they cover every year or those they hold relationships with.</p><p>As long as the media decides who receives each award and accolade, there will always be biased results. Then again, opinions and relationships will always factor into any voting process.</p><p>The 65-game minimum rule continues to ravage many players’ hopes of receiving All-NBA honors and other awards. This year is no different, as Wembanyama and Kevin Durant, two of the top performers during the regular season, are penalized because of injuries. In Wemby’s case, it was a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-out-season-with-blood-clot">blood clot in his shoulder</a> that forced him to miss the final 30 games of the regular season. For Durant, he needed to play in only three more games.</p><p>While it is unfortunate that neither player gets to call themselves an All-NBA performer this season, they can’t be considered snubs because they weren’t eligible. That brings the discussion to Alperen Sengun and Trae Young, the two All-Star talents who headline the list of 2024-25 All-NBA snubs.</p><h2><b>Alperen Sengun – Houston Rockets</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Alperen-Sengun-28-reacts-after-a-dunk-against-the-Oklahoma-City-Thunder.jpg"><figcaption>Erik Williams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>How did Alperen Sengun not make one of the three All-NBA teams this season? He was the best player on the second best team in the Western Conference, and Sengun was also named a first-time All-Star this season.</p><p>In 76 games this year, Sengun averaged 19.1 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 4.9 assists per game while shooting 49.6 percent from the floor. The Houston Rockets big man was one five players to average at least 19 points and 10 rebounds per game this season. Interestingly enough, three of the other four players to accomplish this feat made the All-NBA list.</p><p>Sengun ranked tied for seventh in double-doubles this season with 45 total double-doubles.</p><p>It is really disrespectful for the Rockets to have zero players selected to the All-NBA teams this season when they had the fourth best record in the NBA. How could one of the top 15 players in the league not be on a team that went 52-30 during the regular season?</p><p>This is yet another reason why the All-NBA teams are nothing more than a popularity contest, as Sengun deserved this honor and it was stolen from him.</p><h2><b>Jaren Jackson Jr. – Memphis Grizzlies</b></h2><p>With the Memphis Grizzlies again dealing with Ja Morant’s inconsistencies, Jaren Jackson Jr. continuously stepped up for his team as a leader on both sides of the court. His numbers were almost identical to a season ago, except Jackson shot 48.8 percent from the floor and 37.5 percent from 3-point range this season.</p><p>When it comes to two-way play, Jackson has proven to be one of the best in the league. However, he was also left off the All-Defensive team despite winning the Defensive Player of the Year award two seasons ago.</p><p>Jackson finished top 10 in points per 36 minutes (26.8), yet he averaged less than 30 minutes per game. This likely hurt Jackson’s chances of being named an All-NBA performer for the first time.</p><h2><b>Trae Young – Atlanta Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Hawks-Trae-Young-dribbling.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Trae Young continues to be one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-quin-snyder-drops-trae-young-truth-bomb-special-award">most disrespected and undervalued stars in the NBA</a>. The only reason Young didn’t make the All-Star Game until he was named a replacement for Giannis, or the All-NBA list this season, is due to the Atlanta Hawks’ status as an average team in the Eastern Conference. That is not his fault whatsoever, as Young is the only reason this team has been in contention for a playoff spot in recent years.</p><p>The 2024-25 season may have been Young’s best with the Hawks, as he averaged 24.2 points and 11.6 assists per game while shooting 41.1 percent from the floor on an average of 18.1 shot attempts per game.</p><p>Young is the lifeblood of the Hawks’ offense, and he led the league in assists for the first time in his career. The 26-year-old was also once again one of the best deep 3-point shooters in the league.</p><p>He may be small and not as athletic as other guards in the league, but Young is crafty and continues to prove that he is one of the best playmakers in the entire NBA.</p><h2><b>Ivica Zubac – Los Angeles Clippers</b></h2><p>Although the 2024-25 NBA Most Improved Player award went to Dyson Daniels, LA Clippers center Ivica Zubac finished second in the voting. This was a career year for Zubac, who averaged 16.8 points, 12.6 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game while shooting 62.8 percent from the floor.</p><p>Zubac finished the regular season as the only player in the league to average at least 15 points, 12 rebounds, and a block per game. To play in 80 games and average over 32 minutes per game is unheard of for big guys in the league today.</p><p>Whether it’s on offense or defense, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/exclusive-ivica-zubac-reveals-harden-voice-fueling-award-worthy-season">Zubac finds a way to impact winning for the Clippers</a>. If Harden was left off the All-NBA list, there was no chance for Zubac to make his first All-NBA appearance. However, that shouldn’t take away from the fact that he has made a name for himself and helped make the Clippers title threats once more.</p><h2><b>Tyler Herro – Miami Heat</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Heats-Tyler-Herro-dunking.jpg"><figcaption>David Banks-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This was a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-tyler-herro-reveals-emotional-journey-to-being-a-first-time-all-star">statement season for Tyler Herro</a> to prove that he can be an All-Star for the Miami Heat. When Herro signed his four-year, $120 million extension with Miami, there were questions about whether he would be a young, rising talent Pat Riley could look to leverage for an established superstar.</p><p>Herro has proven his worth to the Heat, and he was able to be their offensive engine with all the drama that surrounded the franchise and Jimmy Butler. Despite not making the All-NBA list, this was still a terrific season for the 25-year-old guard.</p><p>In 77 games, Herro averaged a career-high 23.9 points and 5.5 assists per game while shooting 47.2 percent from the floor and 37.5 percent from 3-point range. He ranked 17th in scoring and sixth in 3-pointers made this season.</p><p>The Heat star made his first All-Star appearance this season.</p><h2><b>Domantas Sabonis – Sacramento Kings</b></h2><p>When the All-NBA teams went positionless, that essentially killed Domantas Sabonis’ chances of receiving such an honor moving forward unless the Sacramento Kings finished as a top-four team in the Western Conference. Over the last three seasons, Sabonis has been arguably the second most dominant big man in the league outside of Nikola Jokic, yet he made the All-Star Game once in that span.</p><p>After averaging 19.4 points, 13.7 rebounds, and 8.2 assists per game en route to being named an All-NBA Third Team performer last season, Sabonis’ identical numbers this year resulted in him being a snub. In 70 games, Sabonis averaged 19.1 points, 13.9 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per game while shooting 59.0 percent from the floor during a disappointing season for the Kings.</p><p>This was the third straight season that Sabonis led the league in total rebounds, and he recorded 61 double-doubles in 70 appearances.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Biggest 2025 All-NBA snubs headlined by Alperen Sengun, Trae Young

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-rumors-bill-simmons-giannis-trae-young-blockbuster-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks rumors: Bill Simmons envisions Giannis joining Trae Young with blockbuster trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Young-and-Antetokounmpo.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Hawks rumors: Bill Simmons envisions Giannis joining Trae Young with blockbuster trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-21T10:16:09-07:00">May 21st, 10:16am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-21T10:16:09-07:00">May 21st, 10:16am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-rumors-atlanta-raptors-masai-ujiri-front-office">Atlanta Hawks are currently looking for ways</a> to bolster their roster this offseason in the wake of yet another play-in tournament exit. Although rumors continue to swirl, it seems <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-troll-knicks-fans-thunder-take">likely that Trae Young</a> will be onboard in Atlanta for at least next season as the team tries to put a contender together around him.</p><p>Recently, Bill Simmons of The Ringer floated <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2700&amp;v=1yF-RXkgoMg&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="noopener">a shocking trade idea</a> that would see the Hawks land Milwaukee Bucks superstar and trade candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo.</p><p>“I had somebody ask me, because he’s heard some of the Giannis content we’ve done on different pods, and he was like, ‘Why isn’t Atlanta in the Giannis convo?’ I was like what do you mean? He’s like, ‘Well Jalen Johnson’s awesome, he’s on their team.’ He just got hurt, everyone forgets he didn’t play the second half of the year, but as a centerpiece,” said Simmons. “They don’t have their next couple picks but they have picks later. It would be pretty easy for them to put something together and basically turn it into Trae and Giannis and keep Giannis in the East.”</p><h2><b>An interesting idea for the Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Bucks-Giannis-Antetokounmpo-looking-down.jpg"><figcaption>Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In theory, Giannis Antetokounmpo would be the perfect superstar for Trae Young to play alongside, able to torment opposing defenses at the rim as well as covering for Young’s shortcomings on the other side of the floor.</p><p>Parting ways with Jalen Johnson, who might have made an All-Star team last year had he not gotten hurt, would be a difficult pill to swallow for Hawks fans, but of course, such is likely the price it would take to get a top three player in the world in Antetokounmpo.</p><p>As Simmons mentioned, the Hawks don’t have their own draft pick this year, but they do own the number 13 overall pick due to a previous trade with the Sacramento Kings, which would almost assuredly be on its way to Milwaukee should an Antetokounmpo trade go down.</p><p>While it’s unlikely that anything ever materializes on this front, it’s still that time of year where teams no longer in the playoffs can start to dream.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks rumors: Bill Simmons envisions Giannis joining Trae Young with blockbuster trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-troll-knicks-fans-thunder-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Trae Young finds new way to troll Knicks fans with Thunder take');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Trae-Young-3.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Hawks’ Trae Young finds new way to troll Knicks fans with Thunder take</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-18T14:49:18-07:00">May 18th, 2:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-18T14:49:18-07:00">May 18th, 2:49pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor and College Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/atlanta-hawks-3-best-options-no-13-pick-2025-nba-draft">Atlanta Hawks didn’t make the playoffs this season</a> after getting knocked out in the play-in tournament, but Trae Young is still going at it with New York Knicks fans. The two sides have a longstanding rivalry going back to the playoff series between the Hawks and the Knicks back in 2021, but they have continued to biker every time the two teams meet.</p><p>On Sunday, Young took a shot at Knicks fans despite neither team being on the floor. During Game 7 between the Denver Nuggets and the Oklahoma City Thunder, Young <a href="https://x.com/thetraeyoung/status/1924202534090027188?s=46&amp;t=vnLDgTn4yNZudl1UzUUjJA" rel="noopener">took a shot</a> at the Madison Square Garden crowd while the epic Western Conference series concluded in front of a raucous Oklahoma City crowd.</p><p>“Hot take but not.. OKC fans are louder than Knick fans,” Young wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Happy Sunday!”</p><p>Whether Young is right or not, the crowd is certainly helping the Thunder. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-makes-nuggets-guarantee-game-7">Oklahoma City is cruising to a Game 7 win over the Nuggets</a> and appears poised to head back to the conference finals for the first time since 2016.</p><p>Of course, Knicks fans have all of the bragging rights over Young this season as their squad is still battling in the Eastern Conference Finals. While the Hawks missed the playoffs, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/knicks-move-on-to-pacers-after-eliminating-celtics-in-game-6">Knicks have beaten the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics</a> to advance to take on the Indiana Pacers in the conference finals.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-rumors-insiders-predict-active-trade-activity-trae-young">Young’s future will be a big talking point this offseason</a> as the Hawks decide what direction they want to go in next. Atlanta has stagnated since making a run to the conference finals of their own during that 2021 postseason, and now the team could opt to move on from Young and build around players like Dyson Daniels, Zaccharie Risacher and Jalen Johnson.</p><p>There would certainly be teams that would be interested in Young if he were to become available this offseason. Guards who can be offensive engines as both a scorer and a playmaker are hard to come by in the NBA, so the Hawks could certainly get a good return for the former All-Star.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Trae Young finds new way to troll Knicks fans with Thunder take

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He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA Draft Lottery and now own the No. 1 overall pick. Duke Blue Devils star Cooper Flagg is expected to be the selection; however, on Tuesday morning, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/dallas-mavericks/mavericks-rumors-jay-williams-cooper-flagg-trade-suggestions">ESPN’s Jay Williams floated the idea</a> that Dallas should trade the No. 1 pick. That led to Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young roasting the NBA analyst.</p><p>Williams suggested the Mavericks could look to <a href="https://x.com/GetUpESPN/status/1922282035936190957" rel="noopener">deal the rights</a> to draft Cooper Flagg for players like Giannis Antetokounmpo, Devin Booker, or Tyrese Maxey during a segment on “Get Up” on ESPN. Even the other panelists thought Williams’ take was ridiculous.</p><p>“The basketball part of me loves the thought of Anthony Davis, Cooper Flagg, and Dereck Lively in the backcourt [Williams likely means frontcourt]. But when I look at the value, could you potentially package something like this to get a Giannis? Could you package it in a one-way trade to get a Devin Booker? Could you get a Tyrese Maxey? If your championship window is in two to three years, could you utilize that pick to get some assets to get somebody who is ready to contribute with you right now, with the pressure in the West Coast?”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RealJayWilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealJayWilliams</a> details why the Mavericks should consider trading the top pick instead of drafting Cooper Flagg 👀 <a href="https://t.co/VCZPejOlQM">pic.twitter.com/VCZPejOlQM</a></p><p>— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/GetUpESPN/status/1922282035936190957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Not too long after that clip was shared on social media, Hawks guard Trae Young <a href="https://x.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1922331745354932263" rel="noopener">hopped in the mentions</a> and roasted Williams for his Cooper Flagg take. The 26-year-old point guard called out the ESPN analyst for having a yearly bad take when it comes to the NBA Draft.</p><p>“The yearly Jay Will terrible draft take. Never gets old.”</p><p>Trae Young’s post prompted numerous sports fans to support him, calling out Williams. Many agree with Young that the take is atrocious, while others find it hilarious that the four-time All-Star blasted Williams.</p><p>“Trae speaking facts,” <a href="https://x.com/SwissTheVillain/status/1922344244334788925" rel="noopener">said one individual</a>.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/MavsStan41/status/1922333784600367265" rel="noopener">Another fan said</a>, “Cook up. Dude is tweaking.”</p><p>“Absolutely disgusting lmao he does it all the time man straight nonsense,” <a href="https://x.com/ChrisCjmartin/status/1922331990411321386" rel="noopener">claimed another user</a>.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/THEEJoeMess/status/1922345337047441470" rel="noopener">This fan stated</a>, “Lmao the WORST.”</p><p>“Facts. Like, why would the Mavs do this when they can have a generational talent on the team?” <a href="https://x.com/icyspiderman/status/1922335462586282135" rel="noopener">Asked one fan</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
24.2	3.1	11.6	0.2	1.2

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
24.2	3.1	11.6	0.2	1.2

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