<!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-comparisons-luka-doncic-anthony-edwards');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Trae Young earns comparisons to both Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards from new teammates');   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/2025/10/Trae-Young-and-Anthony-Edwards.jpg"><figcaption>Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Hawks’ Trae Young earns comparisons to both Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards from new teammates</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T09:29:36-07:00">October 27th, 9:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T09:29:36-07:00">October 27th, 9:29am</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 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-kristaps-porzingis-first-bucket-atlanta">Hawks have put together a team</a> this season that could be one of the more competitive ones in the Eastern Conference. Trae Young will be the engine of the team, and he’s shown over his career that he can lead a group, regardless of who’s playing. Despite the narratives that may have been created about Young, players <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46701366/nba-atlanta-hawks-trae-young-silence-haters-2025-2026-new-teammates" rel="noopener">know what he brings</a> to the table, including his newest teammate, Nickeil Alexander-Walker.</p><p>Alexander-Walker has played with Anthony Edwards, and narratives have spun about him, too. He thinks Young and Edwards are similar when it comes to their demeanor, but he sees it in a positive light, unlike others.</p><p>“Ant has a very strong personality,” Alexander-Walker said via ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk. “Trae has a strong personality. It just comes out different. And so when guys are very self-confident and aware of who they are, to the untrained eye that could be arrogance. It could be cockiness.</p><p>“Trae has confidence. Ant, Shai [Gilgeous-Alexander], Luka [Doncic] has confidence. … But [Young] still wears a heavy burden of pressure. And he’s had success through his pressure.”</p><p>Young has thrived in different situations since he started his career, and he probably wouldn’t have succeeded without having that confidence.</p><h2><b>Kristaps Porzingis compares Trae Young, Luka Doncic</b></h2><p>Young is known as one of the best playmakers in the league, and he has the stats to back it up. He knows how to get his teammates good looks, and Kristaps Porzingis could thrive in his role with the Hawks. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/dallas-mavericks/mavericks-news-luka-doncic-kristaps-porzingis-game-1-nba-finals">Porzingis has played with another great playmaker</a> before in Luka Doncic, and he’s using that experience as he plays alongside Young.</p><p>“The playmaking, they both have it at the highest of levels,” Porzingis said. “They do some similar stuff, honestly. Their builds are different. But they’re both masterminds at reading the basket, anticipating what’s going to happen, reading the game, anticipating what’s going to happen.</p><p>“That experience [with Doncic in Dallas] is definitely going to help me. Playing with Luka and having those open conversations and open dialogue with Trae about what he likes, where he wants to get the ball, and how I can make his life easier.”</p><p>Young is bound to make everyone’s life easier when they’re on the floor with him, and he can also turn things up and get himself going.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Trae Young earns comparisons to both Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards from new teammates

<!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-will-trae-young-follow-baker-mayfield-path-thought-chills');   ga('set', 'title', 'Will Hawks’ Trae Young follow Baker Mayfield path? 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Thought gives him ‘chills’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T09:28:38-07:00">October 27th, 9:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T09:28:38-07:00">October 27th, 9:28am</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>From the outset of the 2025-26 NBA season, Atlanta Hawks All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-fresh-trae-young-reveals-why-2025-26-season-feels-year-1">Trae Young had big dreams for his team</a> this year. Perhaps it’s the biggest reason <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-nukes-rumors-anger-lack-contract-extension" rel="noopener">Young isn’t worried about his contract situation</a>. He’s focused on quieting his naysayers, which is something OU product Baker Mayfield can relate to. The current season for the Hawks is, in many ways, very important.</p><p>Young believes in the talent he’s surrounded by, which he says can lead to a successful season. Using Mayfield as an example of <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46701366/nba-atlanta-hawks-trae-young-silence-haters-2025-2026-new-teammates" rel="noopener">shutting up the doubters</a>, he said, per ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk.</p><p>“You see it playing right now with another OU guy with Baker Mayfield and what winning does for somebody,” Young said of the quarterback who has changed the public’s perception of himself by guiding the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to consecutive playoff appearances since 2024 and a 6-2 record this season. “I get chills talking about it. I know what I can do or what the image of me looks like once I just win.</p><p>“Win again.”</p><p>It’s been five years since the Hawks’ last deep playoff run, Young’s first, and he’s itching to do it again this season, surrounded by an experienced and young group of teammates, such as a 2024 NBA champion Kristaps Porzingis, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, who’s coming off of back-to-back appearances in the Western Conference Finals, and a fifth-year forward who could average 20.0 points per game this season in Jalen Williams.</p><p>“I’m willing to give up the ball,” Young said. “It’s just you have to have the guys that are out there that want the ball first to make a play, and two, that can draw certain attention when they do get the ball.</p><p>“I feel like we got that now.”</p><p>As many described Mayfield, “a hothead,” before finding success in the NFL, Young feels he can relate to the false narratives.</p><h2><b>Quin Snyder on Trae Young, Hawks’ upcoming season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Hawks-All-Star-Trae-Young-i.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Head coach Quin Snyder believes that if Hawks All-Star Trae Young can find consistency on both ends of the floor, the Hawks will succeed at a high level. Snyder knows Young is one of the best passers in the NBA and will find a way to fit alongside this year’s talented roster.</p><p>“The keyword for Trae is efficiency,” Snyder said. “I think what you are going to see is Trae having to feel the game in a way. … There’s games that’s going to mean scoring more. There’s games where he will be passing more. The constants will be him forcing pace, not just pushing the ball off the dribble but passing ahead. He was one of the best at passing ahead, if not the best.</p><p>“The other thing he has to do every night is be efficient defensively … One of the things we did talk about was me challenging him … He wants to get better every year.”</p><p>The Hawks will face the Bulls on Monday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Will Hawks’ Trae Young follow Baker Mayfield path? Thought gives him ‘chills’

<!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-nukes-rumors-anger-lack-contract-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Trae Young nukes rumors of anger over lack of contract extension');   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/2025/10/Hawks-All-Star-Trae-Young.jpg"><figcaption>Mike Watters-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Hawks’ Trae Young nukes rumors of anger over lack of contract extension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T08:43:23-07:00">October 27th, 8:43am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T08:43:23-07:00">October 27th, 8:43am</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After Atlanta Hawks All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-tare-young-honest-season-opener-embarrassing">Trae Young described losing the season opener as embarrassing</a>, some wondered if the eight-year pro is entering the 2025-26 campaign with a chip on his shoulder caused by anger over a contract extension. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-fresh-trae-young-reveals-why-2025-26-season-feels-year-1">Young entered the season with high hopes</a> for the Hawks, stating it’s the most talented NBA roster he’s ever been a part of.</p><p>Still, Young <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46701366/nba-atlanta-hawks-trae-young-silence-haters-2025-2026-new-teammates" rel="noopener">addressed his contract situation</a>, saying it isn’t a cause for concern amid the early stages of the regular season, per ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk.</p><p>“I think it’s going to be great. I’m not worried about it,” Young told ESPN when asked about entering the season without an extension. “As much as I wish it was, it’s not all in my hands, and I can’t control everything. I just can only control the present. And I know if we win, everybody eats … I understand what winning can do.</p><p>“If certain things don’t go my way as far as injuries, health, and stuff that I can’t control, that may be the man above telling me there’s another plan for me. I’m focused on making sure all my guys, Quin [Snyder] included, get taken care of and succeed.”</p><p>Winning remains Young’s primary focus. After Atlanta missed the playoffs last season, Trae sees a path for the Hawks to reach the upper echelon in this season’s open Eastern Conference. Young is in the fourth year of a five-year, $215.2 million deal, with a $48.9 million option for the 2026-27 season.</p><h2><b>Trae Young’s honest take on Hawks’ loss in season opener</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Hawks-All-Star-Trae-Young-3.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Hawks All-Star Trae Young was unhappy with his team’s performance in a 138-1118 blowout loss to the Raptors. It wasn’t an ideal way to start the season, and Young didn’t hold back in his postgame media availability.</p><p>“I don’t think there are too many positives you take from tonight,” Young said after the game. “Obviously, the result was what it was, and it’s embarrassing the way we started it.”</p><p>For Young, the loss was a byproduct of a lackadaisical approach.</p><p>“A lot of it comes from the preseason carryover,” Young said. “We didn’t really play, all 5 of us, and you can tell by the continuity we have out there, and it wasn’t right. That’s part of the NBA: the cream always rises to the top. We got some time to make it up, and we gotta get going.”</p><p>The Hawks will face the Bulls on Monday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Trae Young nukes rumors of anger over lack of contract extension

<!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-haters-on-blast-nba-harsh-warning');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Trae Young puts ‘comical’ haters on blast as he hits NBA with harsh warning');   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/2025/10/Young-vs-the-Rockets.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Hawks’ Trae Young puts ‘comical’ haters on blast as he hits NBA with harsh warning</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T08:23:19-07:00">October 27th, 8:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T08:23:19-07:00">October 27th, 8:23am</time><address><a>Rishabh Bhatnagar</a>Rishabh is a seasoned NBA and sports journalist and editor with over seven years of experience working for reputed organizations. A novelist first and foremost, he has written three fiction books. His high threshold of knowledge combined with his writing skills gives him the ability to write uniquely insightful pieces across basketball, soccer, cricket, lawn tennis, eSports, and a variety of other sports.</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-news-kristaps-porzingis-jalen-johnson-injury-report-thunder">Atlanta Hawks have had a mixed start to the season</a> and are currently 1-2 after losing 117-100 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Trae Young had another disappointing shooting night, going 5-12 from the field and returning with 15 points, 10 assists and four rebounds.</p><p>Post-game, he had a simple message for his haters, <a href="https://www.espn.in/nfl/story/_/id/46701366/nba-atlanta-hawks-trae-young-silence-haters-2025-2026-new-teammates" rel="noopener">referencing the kind of criticism</a> he continues to receive from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-patrick-beverley-reignites-trae-young-feud-atlantas-disastrous-season-opener">figures such as Patrick Beverley and other social media users.</a></p><p>“I can’t adjust my game. I can’t play with this guy or this guy. I mean, it’s very comical to me,” Young says. “It’s very funny. There’s so many things, man,” he said, per ESPN.</p><p>Young acknowledged extension uncertainty. He holds a $49 million player option next season and is eligible for a four-year, $229 million max, but claimed that he is not worried, instead revealing that his focus is on winning games.</p><p>“There’s a lot of misconceptions of me. They’ll get changed over time, and I truly believe that. And I feel like a lot of it will get changed this year. If we are healthy, I mean the world better be ready for what’s coming,” he proclaimed.</p><p>Two weeks before camp, Patrick Beverley questioned Young’s leadership and said former teammates disliked playing with him; Young responded on his podcast, telling Beverley to “state your source” and saying he was never intimidated by “Patty Bev.”</p><p>Young said he is “willing to give up the ball,” provided teammates want it and can draw defensive attention, and he expects “a lot more catch-and-shoot shots.” Atlanta’s offseason positioned more help around Young, including additions of Kristaps Porzingis, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Luke Kennard.</p><p>The 27-year-old guard clearly believes not only in his own ability but also in the skillset of this new-look roster around him. The Hawks will now travel to the United Center to take on the Chicago Bulls, who are 2-0 thus far.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Trae Young puts ‘comical’ haters on blast as he hits NBA with harsh warning

<!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/orlando-magic/magic-news-jamahl-mosley-details-difficulty-defending-trae-young-hawks-edge-orlando');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jamahl Mosley details difficulty of defending Trae Young after Hawks edge Magic');   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/2025/10/Trae-Young-drives-around-Orlando-Magic-guard-Anthony-Black.jpg"><figcaption>© Mike Watters-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Jamahl Mosley details difficulty of defending Trae Young after Hawks edge Magic</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-25T11:33:50-07:00">October 25th, 11:33am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-25T11:34:31-07:00">October 25th, 11:34am</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/orlando-magic/magic-news-why-jalen-suggs-isnt-playing-vs-bulls">Orlando Magic dropped to 1-1 on the season after falling 111-107 to the Atlanta Hawks</a> on Friday night, with head coach Jamahl Mosley <a href="https://www.nba.com/magic/video" rel="noopener">emphasizing the challenge of containing</a> star guard Trae Young down the stretch.</p><p>Young controlled the tempo late, showcasing his trademark craft and ability to draw fouls when Orlando tried to tighten its defense. Mosley addressed the frustration that comes with defending a player of Young’s skill level, particularly in clutch situations.</p><p>“He got downhill quickly down the stretch because of his ability to knock down shots, so you have to press up,” Mosley said. “Then a couple of those last ones where he gets downhill and stops on a dime and you’re stuck in the place of you’re trying not to foul, but he takes away your space and they give him that call… so it’s hard. You try to defend him without fouling, without giving up the easy layup, but he’s such a shifty player that he can stop on a dime and get that call as well, you know, throwing his body into the defender and getting that call so it’s tough to defend it that way.”</p><h2><b>Franz Wagner leads Magic as Hawks rally behind Trae Young’s late heroics</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Franz-Wagner-passes-the-ball-over-Atlanta-Hawks-guard-Dyson-Daniels.jpg"><figcaption>© Mike Watters-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Young finished with 25 points, six assists, three steals, and a rebound while shooting 7-for-18 from the field and 10-for-12 from the free throw line. Though he struggled from beyond the arc, hitting just one of six attempts, his late-game execution proved too much for Orlando to contain.</p><p>The Magic controlled much of the first half but faltered down the stretch, undone by turnovers and missed free throws in the final minutes. Franz Wagner once again led the team offensively, finishing with 27 points, six rebounds, and two assists while shooting 10-for-17 from the field.</p><p>Paolo Banchero and Desmond Bane, however, struggled to find rhythm. Banchero finished with 11 points on 4-for-15 shooting, including 0-for-5 from three-point range, along with six rebounds and one assist in 36 minutes. Bane added 15 points, eight rebounds, two assists, and two steals, but shot just 5-for-14 from the field and 1-for-7 from deep across 33 minutes.</p><p>Despite the loss, Orlando saw <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/orlando-magic/magic-news-the-young-forward-continuing-to-earn-franz-wagner-jamahl-mosley-praise">another strong performance from second-year forward Tristan da Silva</a>, who provided energy off the bench with 15 points, six rebounds, and three steals on efficient shooting. His contributions helped keep the Magic within striking distance late.</p><p>The Magic will look to regroup and close out their three-game homestand on a positive note when they host the Chicago Bulls (1-0) on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-is-chet-holmgren-playing-vs-hawks-latest-injury-update">Hawks return to Atlanta to host the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder</a> (2-0) on Sunday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jamahl Mosley details difficulty of defending Trae Young after Hawks edge Magic

<!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-patrick-beverley-flames-trae-young-defense-film-breakdown');   ga('set', 'title', 'Patrick Beverley flames Trae Young’s defense in savage film breakdown');   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/2025/10/Patrick-Beverley-flames-Trae-Youngs-defense-in-savage-film-breakdown.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Patrick Beverley flames Trae Young’s defense in savage film breakdown</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-23T19:09:13-07:00">October 23rd, 7:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-23T19:09:13-07:00">October 23rd, 7:09pm</time><address><a>Allan Binoy</a>Allan Binoy is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NCAA Football, and NBA for ClutchPoints. With a deep passion for storytelling and analysis, he brings fans closer to the action by breaking down the biggest moments and storylines across the world of sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Patrick Beverley let <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-patrick-beverley-reignites-trae-young-feud-atlantas-disastrous-season-opener">Trae Young have it after the Atlanta Hawks’ season opener turned into a rout</a>, ripping into Young’s defense in a blistering film breakdown that stoked an old feud and amplified an ugly night for the franchise.</p><p>Beverley, the veteran guard, posted a clip on X that broke down Young’s defensive effort and mocked what he saw. “Why is he showing? Is he a European foreman? Why is he showing? Why is a guard showing on a guard? Look at that, no effort,” Beverley said, his tone part ridicule, part exasperation. The comments arrived after the Hawks fell 138-118 to the Toronto Raptors in a game Atlanta never really recovered from. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/ATLHawks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ATLHawks</a> repost for me. Luv Gang❤️ <a href="https://twitter.com/PatBevPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PatBevPod</a> <a href="https://t.co/Lr6b6MvkCn">pic.twitter.com/Lr6b6MvkCn</a></p><p>— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) <a href="https://twitter.com/patbev21/status/1981422162474127486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The headlines were brutal. RJ Barrett led the Raptors with 25 points, and Toronto poured it on in the third quarter, opening a gap the Hawks couldn’t close. Trae Young finished with 22 points and five assists but shot 5-of-14 from the floor and missed seven attempts from deep, per the official ESPN box score. The numbers underline what Beverley’s clip accused: offense without the defensive accountability necessary to win tight games.  </p><p>Beverley has never been shy about calling out teammates or opponents, and his take lands differently inside the locker room. The Hawks are still trying to find cohesion after roster changes and new rotations. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-tare-young-honest-season-opener-embarrassing">When your defense falls asleep on assignments, and your opponents post a 45-point quarter, the result is predictable</a>. Beverley’s tough-love approach will either light a fire under the group or add noise the team doesn’t need.  </p><p>Young has been the face of the franchise for years, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-strong-message-blowout-loss-raptors">and nights like this one expose why questions about leadership and consistency follow him</a>. Fans and analysts will pick apart the clip and the film.</p><p>If anything positive exists for Atlanta, it’s one game in a long season. Still, after a blowout that produced public finger-pointing from a veteran like Beverley, the Hawks can expect this headline, and the scrutiny that comes with it, to stick around until they prove otherwise.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Patrick Beverley flames Trae Young’s defense in savage film breakdown

<!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-patrick-beverley-reignites-trae-young-feud-atlantas-disastrous-season-opener');   ga('set', 'title', 'Patrick Beverley reignites Trae Young feud after Hawks’ disastrous season opener');   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/2025/10/Young-scores-on-Beverley.jpg"><figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Patrick Beverley reignites Trae Young feud after Hawks’ disastrous season opener</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-23T10:57:57-07:00">October 23rd, 10:57am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-23T10:57:57-07:00">October 23rd, 10:57am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated 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>On Wednesday evening, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-tare-young-honest-season-opener-embarrassing">Atlanta Hawks began</a> their 2025-26 NBA season with a dud by getting blown out at home <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-strong-message-blowout-loss-raptors">by the Toronto Raptors.</a> Almost nothing went right for the Hawks, who surrendered relentless drives into the paint by the Raptors and shot poorly from the field throughout the evening.</p><p>As has become a theme throughout his career, point guard Trae Young got off to a rough start to the season, shooting just 5-14 from the field and racking up just five assists.</p><p>One person who was <a href="https://x.com/patbev21/status/1981183829219144032" rel="noopener">reveling in the rough performance</a> is former NBA journeyman Patrick Beverley, currently out of the league, who ignited a feud with Young this offseason for reasons unknown and took to X, formerly Twitter, to celebrate Atlanta’s loss on Wednesday.</p><p>@TheTraeYoung and the @ATLHawks did all that talking, and trollin just to lose by 20 to the Raptors talking about playoffs,” wrote Beverley.</p><p>Beverley won’t get the chance to back up his trash talk on the court against Young, as he currently isn’t on an NBA roster, but he certainly still is making sure to keep the anti-Young agenda rolling as the season gets underway.</p><h2><b>A rough start for the Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Trae-Young-sends-strong-message-to-team-amid-blowout-loss-to-Raptors.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Many viewed the Atlanta Hawks as one of the winners of this offseason after their flurry of moves, including trading for Kristaps Porzingis and signing Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Luke Kennard. Unfortunately, almost everyone on the roster not named Jalen Johnson laid an egg during Wednesday’s game against a long and athletic Toronto team that has given the Hawks some problems over the years.</p><p>Making matters more embarrassing for Atlanta was that the Raptors only connected on six three-point field goals, well below average in today’s NBA, and still were able to put 138 points on the board.</p><p>Things don’t get any easier from here for the Hawks, who now have upcoming games against the Orlando Magic and the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder looming on the horizon.</p><p>The Hawks and Magic are set to tip off on Friday evening at 7:00 PM ET from Orlando.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Patrick Beverley reignites Trae Young feud after Hawks’ disastrous season opener

<!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-tare-young-honest-season-opener-embarrassing');   ga('set', 'title', 'Trae Young gets honest on why Hawks’ season opener was ’embarrassing’');   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/2025/10/Trae-Young.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Trae Young gets honest on why Hawks’ season opener was ’embarrassing’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-22T22:24:42-07:00">October 22nd, 10:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-23T07:32:44-07:00">October 23rd, 7:32am</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>ATLANTA, GA – The Atlanta Hawks did not start the season how they wanted, losing their home opener 138-118 to the Toronto Raptors. From tip-off to the end of the game, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-strong-message-blowout-loss-raptors">Hawks were dominated in the paint</a>, in transition, and on the boards. To add on to it, they were never really able to find a rhythm offensively, and it doomed them throughout most of the game.</p><p>Trae Young <a href="https://x.com/_MalikATL/status/1981189948725182715" rel="noopener">was honest</a> about the team’s performance and didn’t have much to look at when it came to positive takeaways from the loss.</p><p>“I don’t think there are too many positives you take from tonight,” Young said after the game. “Obviously, the result was what it was, and it’s embarrassing the way we started it.”</p><p>The Hawks were outscored 86-56 in points in the paint, and 34-11 in fastbreak points. They still look like a team that is trying to figure out how to play with each other with the new pieces they added, and it showed they didn’t play together much prior to this.</p><p>“A lot of it comes from the preseason carryover,” Young said. “We didn’t really play, all 5 of us, and you can tell by the continuity we have out there, and it wasn’t right. That’s part of the NBA: the cream always rises to the top. We got some time to make it up, and we gotta get going.”</p><p>It also didn’t make things better that their best defender, Dyson Daniels, was in foul trouble throughout the game, which had some effect on how the Hawks played on both sides of the ball.</p><p>“Obviously, it’s not just one guy out there that has to guard everybody, but obviously, when Dyson is out there, it’s a big factor for us on defense,” Young said. “It’s frustrating when the refs call in 2 different ways, especially whenever they’re doing the same thing that they call Dyson for.”</p><h2><b>Hawks get outworked by Raptors in season opener</b></h2><p>The one <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-jalen-johnson-drops-half-full-outlook-season">bright spot for the Hawks was Jalen Johnson</a>, who played in his first regular-season game since January of this year. Johnson came out of the gate playing with aggression, and he kept the Hawks afloat for most of the first half. He finished the game with 22 points, seven rebounds, and eight assists, but he also knows that the Hawks need to be better, especially in transition defense.</p><p>“Rotations gotta be better,” Johnson said. “It’s not too much that we have to overthink or anything; it’s simple stuff that we have to clean up. We just gotta be better than we were tonight.”</p><p>“Transition defense is on us. I know coach wants us to crash, but that’s got to be the focus for us,” Young said. “That’s on us, not the coach. We gotta be better as a team and understand that’s what the scouting report is. Teams think they can get a lot of transition points on us, so even when we’re scoring, they’re grabbing the ball and throwing it full court. If we’re missing like we did tonight, they’re able to get out and get in transition.”</p><p>The good news for the Hawks is that it was just Game 1 of an 82-game season. The chemistry will get better, the shots will start falling, and they’ll learn from their mistakes.</p><p>“This is something we gotta learn from. We gotta be better at. If we’d been lost by one, it’d have been the same result,” Young said. “So, regardless of what it is, because it’s a loss in the loss column, we’ve got to be better, and that’s just what it is. And a lot of it is on us. It’s stuff that we can fix, which is a good thing.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Trae Young gets honest on why Hawks’ season opener was ’embarrassing’

<!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-strong-message-blowout-loss-raptors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Trae Young sends strong message to Hawks after blowout loss to Raptors');   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/2025/10/Trae-Young-sends-strong-message-to-team-amid-blowout-loss-to-Raptors.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Trae Young sends strong message to Hawks after blowout loss to Raptors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-22T20:24:36-07:00">October 22nd, 8:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-22T20:27:20-07:00">October 22nd, 8:27pm</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a>Paolo Mariano is a freelance writer, editor, and producer based in Manila, Philippines. He is a journalism graduate from the University of Santo Tomas and the father of a young girl whose personality swings from Simone Biles to Dillon Brooks. A beacon of objectivity, he believes Penny Hardaway is the true NBA GOAT.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks started their season in the worst way possible after they got blown out by the Toronto Raptors, 138-118, in front of their home fans at State Farm Arena on Wednesday.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-drops-mic-ruthless-rebuttal-patrick-beverley">While the Hawks played relatively well</a> in the first half, they became listless after the break, giving up 45 points in the third quarter. The Raptors never looked back from there and cruised to the easy win.</p><p>Atlanta only shot 42.2% from the field, while allowing Toronto to shoot 56.8%, including a whopping 86 points in the paint.</p><p>After the game, Young <a href="https://twitter.com/KLChouinard/status/1981189990496215328" rel="noopener">issued a stern reminder</a>, which underscored his frustration.</p><p>“Trae said the Hawks players need to know that the opposing scouting report says to try to score on them in transition and adjust accordingly,” said the 27-year-old guard, as quoted by Hawks reporter Kevin Chouinard.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trae said that the Hawks players need to know that the opposing scouting report says to try to score on them in transition and adjust accordingly. <a href="https://t.co/SXH2pSV2Gt">pic.twitter.com/SXH2pSV2Gt</a></p><p>— Kevin Chouinard (@KLChouinard) <a href="https://twitter.com/KLChouinard/status/1981189990496215328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Young’s comment could open a can of worms, as his teammates might take it the wrong way. But for the four-time All-Star, he knows that they have to be accountable all the time, especially after an embarrassing loss. They went down by as much as 29 points against the Raptors.</p><p>Young had 22 points on 5-of-14 shooting on top of five assists. The Hawks were led by Jalen Johnson, who tallied 22 points, seven rebounds, and eight assists.</p><p>Kristaps Porzingis collected 20 points, seven rebounds, and two blocks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/boston-celtics/celtics-news-kristaps-porzingis-reacts-to-bostons-touching-farewell-message">in his debut for Atlanta</a>.</p><p>The Raptors outrebounded the Hawks, 54-34. They also had 36 assists and scored <a href="https://twitter.com/suggswriter/status/1981190101309821398" rel="noopener">34 points off fastbreaks</a>.</p><p>“I don’t think there’s too many positives you can take away from tonight,” added Young, as quoted by Hawks reporter Donnell Suggs.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“I don’t think there’s too many positives you can take away from tonight.” – Trae Young answering a question from <a href="https://twitter.com/theseurbantimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@theseurbantimes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NBA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/theatlantavoice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@theatlantavoice</a> <a href="https://t.co/pFJQMqW7ti">pic.twitter.com/pFJQMqW7ti</a></p><p>— Donnell Suggs (@suggswriter) <a href="https://twitter.com/suggswriter/status/1981190101309821398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Atlanta will look to bounce back on Friday versus the Orlando Magic.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Trae Young sends strong message to Hawks after blowout loss to Raptors

<!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-trolls-trade-rumors-lebron-james-esque-fakeout');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Trae Young trolls trade rumors with LeBron James-esque fakeout');   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/2025/10/Young-celebrates.jpg"><figcaption>Petre Thomas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Hawks’ Trae Young trolls trade rumors with LeBron James-esque fakeout</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-16T08:39:00-07:00">October 16th, 8:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-16T13:00:16-07:00">October 16th, 1:00pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated 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>On Tuesday evening, Atlanta Hawks point guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-what-fans-said-trae-youngs-cryptic-its-just-business-tweet">Trae Young briefly alarmed</a> the fanbase by teasing an interview with NBA commentator Adam Lefkoe, seeming to hint as his reported discontentment with his contract situation with the team. The move came just days after Los Angeles Lakers star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-la-fan-lebron-james-second-decision-hennessy-ad">LeBron James’ own apparent big announcement</a> turned out to be nothing more than an advertisement.</p><p>On Wednesday, Hawks fans breathed a collective sigh of relief <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DP2WKKBkaJ9/" rel="noopener">when it turned out</a> that Young’s video announcement was something similar, his partnership with the Crooked Tea team. At the end of the video, he said, “It’s just business,” referencing an earlier post on X, formerly Twitter, with the same message that had fans buzzing.</p><p>Overall, Young’s false alarm might cause another big eyeroll from the NBA community in the wake of James’ similar decision, but Hawks fans will certainly be happy that it wasn’t something more.</p><h2><b>A big season in Atlanta</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Trae-Young-media-day.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The Atlanta Hawks are now less than a week away from kicking off their most highly anticipated season in years. The Atlanta front office, led by newly minted general manager Onsi Saleh, has been busy this offseason, trading for Kristaps Porzingis, signing Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Luke Kennard, drafting Asa Newell, and swindling the New Orleans Pelicans out of a potentially extremely valuable 2026 first-round pick.</p><p>The one situation that remains unresolved revolves around Trae Young’s contract. Marc J. Spears of ESPN reported that Young was “disappointed” that the Hawks didn’t offer him an extension, but it looks like the All-Star is content to play the year out and then potentially hit free agency next summer, where he would be sure to have a number of suitors.</p><p>Still, in the short term,  Young has been surrounded with far and away the best roster of his career, filled with length, shooting, and rim protection, all of the things he needs to accentuate his strengths and help cover for his weaknesses.</p><p>The Hawks are set to begin their season on October 22 at home against the Toronto Raptors.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Trae Young trolls trade rumors with LeBron James-esque fakeout

<!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-what-fans-said-trae-youngs-cryptic-its-just-business-tweet');   ga('set', 'title', 'What Hawks fans said about Trae Young’s cryptic ‘it’s just business’ tweet');   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/2025/10/Young-vs-the-Rockets.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>What Hawks fans said about Trae Young’s cryptic ‘it’s just business’ tweet</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-14T11:37:11-07:00">October 14th, 11:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-14T11:37:11-07:00">October 14th, 11:37am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated 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-news-nba-executives-onsi-saleh-atlanta-flowers-best-overall-offseason">Atlanta Hawks are just</a> over a week away from kicking off their 2025-26 season with a home game against the Toronto Raptors. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-youngs-song-2-chainz-quavo-mixed-fan-reactions">Trae Young has played</a> in two of Atlanta’s three preseason games so far and is hoping to lead this Hawks team into contention after they spent the offseason putting the best supporting cast of his career around him.</p><p>One story that has in some ways flown under the radar with all of the team’s other moves has been Young’s own contract situation, with the Hawks declining to offer him an extension this summer and potentially letting him hit free agency in a year.</p><p>Young was reportedly “disappointed” by this, per NBA insider Marc J. Spears of ESPN, and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1978146705657700651" rel="noopener">a recent post</a> he made on X, formerly Twitter, didn’t do anything to quiet fans’ concerns.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“It’s just business…” 😂</p><p>— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1978146705657700651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Needless to say, Hawks fans in the comment section were sent into a scramble.</p><p>“Cmon bro.. not two weeks before the season starts,” wrote one fan.</p><p>“please man you belong in ATL,” added another.</p><p>Other fans pointed to Young’s habit of getting off to brutally slow starts each season.</p><p>“Can u shoot 37% from 3 this season? Can u stop trolling? Can u not go 4/19 on opening night? Can u?” they wondered.</p><h2><b>A concerning post from Trae Young</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Trae-Young-media-day.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This isn’t the first time that Trae Young has seemingly referenced his Hawks contract situation on social media. After Micah Parsons requested a trade from the Dallas Cowboys in early August, Young appeared in the comment section with a not-so-subtle praise for the star, who eventually got his wish.</p><p>“This why you pay the man early, when someone will take less early to stay in a place he wanted to be forever, you do it… the price only goes up now! Get what you deserve bro!” wrote Young.</p><p>The Hawks have surrounded Young with seemingly everything he needs to be the best version of himself this offseason, including perimeter defense, rim protection, and much better outside shooting from his supporting cast.</p><p>They’ll hope to start their season out with a win when they host the Raptors on October 22.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

What Hawks fans said about Trae Young’s cryptic ‘it’s just business’ tweet

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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 Atlanta Hawks are less than two weeks away from kicking off their 2025-26 NBA season with a home game against the Toronto Raptors. While rumors have been swirling about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-not-stressing-contract-negotiations">Trae Young’s feelings</a> on the franchise for not offering him a contract extension, the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-nba-executives-onsi-saleh-atlanta-flowers-best-overall-offseason"> Hawks have surrounded him</a> with far and away the best roster of his career heading into this season.</p><p>Recently, Young surprised the NBA world by dropping a song with Atlanta rappers Quavo and 2 Chainz, which released at midnight on October 11.</p><p>When Young <a href="https://x.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1976866545038209428" rel="noopener">posted a snippet</a> of the song, titled “Where I Stay,” on X, formerly Twtiter, fans in the comment section were quick to weigh in.</p><p>“But Trae didn’t even get on a verse!” complained one fan.</p><p>“If you aren’t listening to this song right now, you have no taste in music,” opined another.</p><p>One fan suggested adding another Atlanta music legend to the mix.</p><p>“We need a Jeezy remix,” they wrote.</p><p>Indeed, Young’s role in the song appeared to be reduced to saying adlibs in the background while Quavo and 2 Chainz rapped, but it nevertheless seemed to be a successful music debut for the Hawks point guard.</p><h2><b>How good can the Hawks be?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Hawks-All-Star-Trae-Young-2.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Ross-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The Atlanta Hawks had one of the busiest offseason of any NBA team this year, trading for Kristaps Porzingis at the Boston Celtics’ firesale and signing Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Luke Kennard in free agency. Atlanta also swindled the New Orleans Pelicans out of a potentially extremely valuable 2026 first round pick and were still able to draft University of Georgia product Asa Newell, who they’d already been targeting to begin with, with the pick they got in return.</p><p>All of these moves were likely a response to the current injury-weakened state of the Eastern Conference, with Celtics star Jayson Tatum and Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton both out of the lineup due to injury.</p><p>In theory, Young has the length and shooting around him that  he needs to accentuate his strength and offset his weaknesses.</p><p>The Hawks and Raptors are set to kick off their respective seasons against one another on October 22 in Atlanta.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks star Trae Young’s song with 2 Chainz, Quavo draws mixed fan reactions

<!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-in-awe-luke-kennard-shooting-display');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Trae Young in awe of Luke Kennard’s shooting display');   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/2025/10/Luke-Kennard.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Hawks’ Trae Young in awe of Luke Kennard’s shooting display</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-03T14:35:34-07:00">October 3rd, 2:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-03T14:35:34-07:00">October 3rd, 2:35pm</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’ training camp is underway, and they look a bit different from what they did about a year ago. Over the offseason, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-nickeil-alexander-walker-sign-and-trade-with-timberwolves">they added Kristaps Porzingis, Nickeil Alexander-Walker</a>, and Luke Kennard to help improve the team’s chances of competing in the Eastern Conference, and they’re already making their presence felt in the facility. All three players bring something different to the table, but on this day, Trae Young <a href="https://x.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1974159794660581499" rel="noopener">was amazed</a> by what Kennard could do.</p><p>Kennard has been one of the 3-point shooters in the league for the past few years, and he showed that in the Hawks’ latest practice. In a clip that the social media team posted, Kennard went around the court knocking down all of his shots, which left Young literally on the floor.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Cool Hand Luke doesn't miss 🔥 <a href="https://twitter.com/LukeKennard5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LukeKennard5</a> <a href="https://t.co/jht2Zb9461">pic.twitter.com/jht2Zb9461</a></p><p>— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) <a href="https://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/1973848698930233722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Young reposted the video on social media and responded with, “This mf don’t miss.”</p><p>He indeed did not miss, and that’s what the Hawks want to see from him this season, and it was probably a big reason why Young recruited him to sign with the team in free agency.</p><h2><b>Luke Kennard ready to play alongside Trae Young</b></h2><p>On Media Day, Kennard was asked about what he thinks it will look like playing alongside Young after playing with Ja Morant for the past few years.</p><p>“For me, playing with Trae and the way he can pass the ball, really control the offense. I know he’s going to find me in different situations,” Kennard said. “I know he’s going to want me to shoot the ball every time I can.</p><p>“I think just playing with his speed and his pace and how controlled he is on the floor, it’s just going to bring everybody’s level up. He kind of makes everybody better around him. I’m excited.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-is-youngest-player-ever-to-average-30-points-10-assists-in-consecutive-months">With a willing passer like Young</a>, Kennard may be able to get more looks than he’s ever had in his career. That should bode well for him and the Hawks, as their offense is about getting up the 3-point shot. Kennard is a 44% 3-point shooter, and there aren’t many players in the league with that kind of efficiency on the perimeter.</p><p>The Hawks now have a few players who are dangerous from range, which includes Kennard, Young, and Kristaps Porzingis. For a big man, Porzingis might be the best perimeter shooter at his position, and that gives the Hawks a lot of versatility on what they can do on offense.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Trae Young in awe of Luke Kennard’s shooting display

<!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/trae-young-bold-predictions-2025-26-hawks-season');   ga('set', 'title', '3 Trae Young bold predictions for 2025-26 Hawks season');   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/2025/10/Trae-Young-Hawks.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>3 Trae Young bold predictions for 2025-26 Hawks season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-01T06:28:02-07:00">October 1st, 6:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-01T06:35:43-07:00">October 1st, 6:35am</time><address><a>Rohan Brahmbhatt</a>Rohan Brahmbhatt is an adventure-driven sports writer, passionate footballer, mountaineer, and photojournalist. Rohan blends firsthand experience with storytelling—capturing the intensity of sport and the thrill of exploration. Whether on the field, a mountain trail, or behind the lens, he brings authentic, high-energy narratives that connect readers to the heart of the action.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Trae Young has carried the Atlanta Hawks into the national conversation ever since he was drafted in 2018. With his deep three-point shooting, playmaking brilliance, and fearlessness on the big stage, Young has cemented himself as one of the most electrifying guards in the league.</p><p>Now entering his eighth season, Young is sounding more motivated than ever. At media day, he made it clear that this year feels like a fresh start, despite his veteran experience. “<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-says-ready-compete-championship-exclusive">Year 8 feels like Year 1</a>,” Young said, emphasizing how rejuvenated he feels heading into the 2025-26 campaign.</p><p>The Hawks missed the postseason entirely last season, but the front office responded aggressively. With new additions such as Kristaps Porziņģis, Luke Kennard, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-jalen-johnson-spotted-working-out-lebron-james"> plus a healthy Jalen Johnson</a> returning, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-what-nba-insiders-really-think-atlanta-bombshell-offseason">Atlanta looks to have built</a> one of the most balanced rosters Trae Young has played with in his career. The East has its share of juggernauts, but with injuries sidelining stars like Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton, there’s a real chance for Atlanta to climb back into contention.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-rumors-insider-warning-trae-youngs-hawks-future">Young, however, is not letting speculation</a> about his future or his contract extension cloud his vision. Eligible for a new long-term deal this past summer, he chose not to press the issue, stating he’s focused solely on this team’s success. That mindset sets the stage for what could be a defining season for the Hawks and their franchise player. Here are three bold predictions for Trae Young’s 2025-26 season.</p><h2><b>Young will lead the NBA in assists for the first time</b></h2><p>Trae Young has always been among the league’s best playmakers. His career averages of <a href="https://www.espn.in/nba/player/stats/_/id/4277905/trae-young" rel="noopener">9.8 assists</a> per game place him in elite company, and in 2024-25, he dished out a career-high 11.6 assists, proving his evolution into one of basketball’s premier facilitators. What separates Young from many of his peers is not just his vision, but his willingness to create for teammates even when defenses swarm him well beyond the three-point line.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">EVERY. TRAE. YOUNG. ASSIST. 🥶 <a href="https://t.co/Swrkmqp1GR">pic.twitter.com/Swrkmqp1GR</a></p><p>— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) <a href="https://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/1931816578842083597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This season, with a reloaded supporting cast, Young has the perfect opportunity to lead the league in assists outright for the first time. Kristaps Porziņģis provides him with a stretch big man who can both roll to the rim and pop for threes, something the Hawks have lacked in past years. Luke Kennard gives him one of the best floor spacers in the NBA, a deadeye shooter who thrives off catch-and-shoot opportunities.</p><p>Nickeil Alexander-Walker brings a blend of defense and slashing, while a fully healthy Jalen Johnson adds a dynamic transition threat and versatile scoring option. Surround Young with that level of shooting and athleticism, and his playmaking ceiling only grows higher.</p><p>If the Hawks remain healthy, it’s entirely plausible that Young averages north of 12 assists per game. That would put him not only at the top of the league but also in rare statistical air historically. More importantly, it would signal that Young has embraced his role as a true offensive engine, able to score at will, but just as capable of elevating everyone around him.</p><h2><b>Young will re-enter the MVP conversation</b></h2><p>Two years removed from his last deep playoff run, Trae Young’s star had dimmed somewhat in the national spotlight. Missing the playoffs last season only reinforced the narrative that Young, despite his gaudy numbers, wasn’t able to translate his brilliance into team success. But in 2025-26, the conditions are set for him to flip that narrative on its head.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“Feels like year 1. I’m fresh right now… I want to play as many as God will let me. 20+.”</p><p>Trae Young ahead of his 8th NBA season 👀</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBA</a>)<a href="https://t.co/4snj5flsp0">pic.twitter.com/4snj5flsp0</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1973131553481040349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Young has already posted MVP-level seasons from a statistical standpoint, with averages of 29.6 points and 9.3 assists in 2019-20, and multiple seasons above 25 points and 10 assists. What he hasn’t had is the team success to back it up. Now, with Porziņģis, Kennard, and Johnson complementing him, Atlanta looks far deeper and more complete than the squads that often left him carrying a burden.</p><p>The bold prediction here is not that Young wins MVP outright, but that he finishes in the top five of the voting for the first time in his career. To get there, he’ll need to push Atlanta into the upper tier of the Eastern Conference, perhaps even securing a top-four seed. Statistically, he’s more than capable; his career averages already place him among the most productive guards in the league’s history at this stage. But MVP candidacy comes when personal brilliance translates into team success.</p><p>There’s also the narrative factor. Voters love a redemption arc, and Young’s could be one of the league’s most compelling stories this year: a star who endured setbacks, questions about his leadership, and doubts about his fit in Atlanta, only to come back rejuvenated in Year 8 and lead his team to relevance. If he averages around 26 points and 11-12 assists on efficient shooting while Atlanta wins 50 games, the MVP chatter will naturally follow.</p><h2><b>Trae Young’s season will decide his long-term future in Atlanta</b></h2><p>The third and boldest prediction centers less on numbers and more on the franchise’s long-term trajectory. While Young has not publicly pressed the Hawks about his contract extension, everyone around the NBA understands what’s at stake. Stars in their prime years are rarely patient forever, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-must-give-trae-young-229-million-max-contract-extension">Young has already carried heavy responsibility</a> for nearly a decade.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">TRAE YOUNG in GM1 ❄️</p><p>48 PTS (playoff high)<br>17/34 FG<br>11 AST<br>7 REB<br>1 SHIMMY  <a href="https://t.co/cent1XAqhw">pic.twitter.com/cent1XAqhw</a> <a href="https://t.co/Fn7Nlbqhem">https://t.co/Fn7Nlbqhem</a></p><p>— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ballislife/status/1407894470352322564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The NBA is full of stars who eventually outgrew their franchises when success stalled. From Damian Lillard to Anthony Davis, the pattern is clear: players want to win while their primes burn bright. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-fresh-trae-young-reveals-why-2025-26-season-feels-year-1">Young has always said</a> his only goal is to get to the Finals and compete for championships. Should Atlanta fail to take that leap, the pressure on the front office to act quickly will intensify.</p><p>This season, then, doubles as a test for both player and franchise. If the Hawks prove themselves capable of being contenders, Young’s next contract extension becomes a formality. If not, trade speculation will hover, no matter how focused Young insists he is on the present. In many ways, 2025-26 could define the next decade for both <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-not-stressing-contract-negotiations">Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks.</a></p><p>Trae Young enters his eighth season with the poise of a veteran but the energy of someone beginning again. Surrounded by his strongest supporting cast yet, he has the chance to lead the NBA in assists, push his way into the MVP conversation, and, most importantly, decide the course of his long-term future in Atlanta. The Hawks are banking on this being the year their star point guard turns potential into tangible results. For Young, the challenge is simple but profound: lead his team back into contention and prove that Atlanta can be the place where he fulfills his championship dreams.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 Trae Young bold predictions for 2025-26 Hawks season

<!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-fresh-trae-young-reveals-why-2025-26-season-feels-year-1');   ga('set', 'title', '‘Fresh’ Trae Young reveals why 2025-26 Hawks season feels like Year 1');   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/2025/09/Hawks-All-Star-Trae-Young_9fc0ea.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>‘Fresh’ Trae Young reveals why 2025-26 Hawks season feels like Year 1</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-30T15:08:03-07:00">September 30th, 3:08pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-30T15:08:03-07:00">September 30th, 3:08pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Atlanta Hawks All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-says-ready-compete-championship-exclusive">Trae Young is entering 2025-26 with high expectations</a>, as he told ClutchPoints in an exclusive interview ahead of training camp. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-not-stressing-contract-negotiations">Young isn’t stressing about future contract negotiations</a>. He’s too focused on leading the Hawks back to the Eastern Conference Finals or further.</p><p>Perhaps it’s the biggest reason why heading into his eighth season <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1973131553481040349" rel="noopener">feels like a fresh start</a> Young said, per NBA’s X, formerly Twitter, at Hawks’ media day.</p><p>“What year is this for me? Year 8. Feels like year 1. I’m fresh right now, feeling fresh,” Young said. “I want to play as many as God will let me. 20 plus [years].”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“Feels like year 1. I’m fresh right now… I want to play as many as God will let me. 20+.”</p><p>Trae Young ahead of his 8th NBA season 👀</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBA</a>)<a href="https://t.co/4snj5flsp0">pic.twitter.com/4snj5flsp0</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1973131553481040349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The four-time All-Star has high hopes for this year’s Hawks team.</p><h2><b>Trae Young entering 2025-26 with title aspirations for the Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Hawks-All-Star-Trae-Young-2_dd88e7.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After missing the postseason last year, Hawks All-Star Trae Young is focused on leading his team to a deep playoff run in 2025-26. Young sees a good balance of young and proven veterans peppered throughout the Hawks’ roster, and thinks his team is talented enough to be considered a championship-contending team this upcoming season.</p><p>“For me, it’s getting back to where I’ve been in the playoffs and further,” Young said. “So, I’m trying to get to the Finals and compete for a championship; that’s my only goal.”</p><p>The offseason additions of Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Luke Kennard, and Kristaps Porzingis has Young believing he’s surrounded with the most talented team he’s ever had. The Hawks moves over the summer coupled with a healthy Jalen Johnson has Trae excited about the upcoming season.</p><p>“You can look at our roster and look at our team, and you can finally say we’re trying to compete for something,” Young added. “Going into Year 8, you haven’t been able to look at my teams, and been able to say that necessarily. So, I’m very glad that we have a team like that. We’ve added Nickeil [Alexander-Walker], we added Luke [Kennard], and Jalen [Johnson] being back, and obviously, [Kristaps] Porzingis. If we’re healthy, we’ll definitely be up there.”</p><p>With Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton entering the upcoming season out for an extended period of time for their respective teams, some believe there’s a path for a team such as the Hawks to ascend past the Celtics, Pacers, and others to challenge the Cavs and Knicks — two teams projected to be in the upper echelon of the Eastern Conference.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
20.8	2.3	9.5	-	1.0

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
20.8	2.3	9.5	-	1.0

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