{"id":525770,"date":"2026-01-08T21:33:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/525770\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T21:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:33:28","slug":"luka-doncic-reacts-to-trae-young-trade-to-atlanta-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/525770\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic reacts to Trae Young trade to Atlanta Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luka Doncic reacts to Trae Young trade to Atlanta Hawks<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trae Young and Luka Doncic will always be linked together in basketball history as they were traded for each other on draft night back in 2018. Now, neither player is still with the team that initially drafted him.<\/p>\n

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Doncic was traded from the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> to the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> prior to the trade deadline last season, and Young was recently just traded to the Washington Wizards<\/a> from the Atlanta Hawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Luka Doncic happy for Trae Young after trade to Wizards<\/p>\n

After L.A.\u2019s 107-91 loss to the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> on Wednesday night, Doncic reacted to the news of Young\u2019s trade and offered optimism regarding his fellow \u201918 draftee.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, we came [in] together. We got traded for each other,” Doncic said. “So there\u2019s been a lot of talk about me and him. We have a good relationship. I have a lot of respect for him. So if he’s excited for this new journey, I’m excited for him.”<\/p>\n

Young was traded to Washington in exchange for veteran guard CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert. He leaves Atlanta as the franchise\u2019s all-time leader in assists and made 3-pointers, and he\u2019s sixth in scoring in franchise history.<\/p>\n

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As for Doncic, he\u2019ll get an opportunity to play against Young in his new threads not once, but twice this season. The Lakers and Wizards are set to meet in Washington at the end of January and then again in L.A. at the end of March.<\/p>\n

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