{"id":520310,"date":"2026-01-06T14:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/520310\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:19:11","slug":"trae-young-rumors-wizards-nets-rockets-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/520310\/","title":{"rendered":"Trae Young Rumors: Wizards, Nets, Rockets, Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Washington looks like the \u201cclear favorite\u201d for Trae Young<\/a> at this juncture, no trade agreement between the Hawks and Wizards is imminent, according to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints<\/a>, who suggests Atlanta will continue to explore other trade scenarios involving the three-time All-Star guard in the coming weeks. The Hawks\u2019 talks involving Young have been \u201cminimal\u201d so far, Siegel adds.<\/p>\n

As ESPN first reported on Monday<\/a>, the Hawks and Young are working together in the hopes of finding a trade partner. Ideally, Siegel writes, that trade partner would be willing to sign Young to a contract extension after acquiring him, though it\u2019s unclear if the Wizards would be on board with that plan.<\/p>\n

Exploring the possibility of a deal between Atlanta and Washington, Josh Robbins of The Athletic<\/a> speculates that Wizards officials may view a hypothetical Young acquisition as a \u201cone-year trial.\u201d In that scenario, Young would presumably exercise his $49MM player option for the 2026\/27 season, which Siegel notes is the most probable outcome if he\u2019s not extended before then. An in-season extension would require Young to turn down that option.<\/p>\n

As for what a trade agreement between the Hawks and Wizards might look like, Siegel says Washington is seeking draft compensation in addition to Young, while Atlanta would like to add young talent alongside CJ McCollum<\/a> and his expiring $30.6MM contract. Siegel speculates that the Hawks are likely asking about players like Kyshawn George<\/a>, Bilal Coulibaly<\/a>, and Tre Johnson<\/a>, though he cautions that the Wizards have signaled they don\u2019t want to part with their top young talent in a deal for Young.<\/p>\n

Exploring next steps for the Hawks and Young, Yossi Gozlan of The Third Apron<\/a> (Substack link) wonders if there\u2019s a way for both Atlanta and Washington to get what they want out of a deal. For instance, Gozlan suggests the Wizards could include a useful role player like Corey Kispert<\/a> along with McCollum, while the Hawks could perhaps offer a first-round pick swap.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more on Young:<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Tim Bontemps<\/a> examines why the trade market for Young is limited, while in the same article, Kevin Pelton and Zach Kram pose four hypothetical trade offers for the Hawks guard. Bobby Marks\u2019 favorite of the four proposals for Atlanta is one that would send McCollum, Malaki Branham<\/a>, AJ Johnson<\/a>, and Oklahoma City\u2019s 2026 first-round pick to the Hawks for Young and a future second-rounder. However, Marks isn\u2019t sure whether the Wizards would make that offer, pointing out that they may want more draft compensation from Atlanta for taking on Young\u2019s potential $49MM salary for next season.
\nWhile the Nets and Rockets have been connected to Young in the past, they don\u2019t have interest in pursuing him at this time, Siegel writes for ClutchPoints<\/a>. Sam Amick of The Athletic said the same<\/a> of Sacramento on Monday.
\nJon Krawczynski of The Athletic (Twitter link<\/a>) views the Timberwolves as an unlikely suitor for Young. As aggressive as Tim Connelly is on the trade market, Young\u2019s $46MM cap hit for this season and $49MM option for next season would make it difficult for the Wolves to put together a package they\u2019re comfortable with \u2014 and to accommodate Young on their cap going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Washington looks like the \u201cclear favorite\u201d for Trae Young at this juncture, no trade agreement between the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[4008,7,1257,7046,6339,6333,6968,6,494,952,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":["post-520310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-wizards","tag-aj-johnson","tag-basketball","tag-bilal-coulibaly","tag-cj-mccollum","tag-corey-kispert","tag-kyshawn-george","tag-malaki-branham","tag-nba","tag-trae-young","tag-tre-johnson","tag-washington","tag-washington-wizards","tag-washingtonwizards","tag-wizards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115848594501491500","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}