{"id":531471,"date":"2026-01-12T10:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/531471\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:26:14","slug":"boosie-badazz-shocked-by-mid-game-trae-young-trade-to-washington-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/531471\/","title":{"rendered":"Boosie Badazz Shocked By Mid-Game Trae Young Trade to Washington Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260108_1b777d00ffbf47b5b6dffed06ac90a01\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a0daf0d9-4f84-481c-b1a6-72ab1edd8342\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1b777d00ffbf47b5b6dffed06ac90a01_md.jpg\" alt=\"lil boosie trae young hawks main getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/trae-young\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trae Young<\/a>\u2019s mid-game trade from the Hawks to the Wizards had the entire NBA world talking &#8212; and superfan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lil-boosie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boosie Badazz<\/a> reacted courtside in real time.<\/p>\n<p>During their 117-100 win over the Pelicans on Wednesday, the Hawks swapped Young for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert, ending a seven-plus season stint in Atlanta for the four-time All-Star.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/45e280eb12cf4137a6dc3922d459ee6c_md.jpg\" alt=\"010826_boosie_badazz_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    Instagram\/@boosieig2024<\/p>\n<p>The Louisiana rap star &#8212; a staple at Hawks games &#8212; turned to social media to share his immediate thoughts on a surreal moment for players and fans alike.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They just traded Trae, man?&#8221; he said. &#8220;He&#8217;s down there dribblin&#8217; the basketball with his clothes on. Damn &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260108_c30d6cc6e009479588a02a564ed784d9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a0daf0d9-4f84-481c-b1a6-72ab1edd8342\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c30d6cc6e009479588a02a564ed784d9_md.jpg\" alt=\"lil boosie trae young sub getty swipe\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Young was in street clothes as he missed his sixth straight game with an injury &#8212; he&#8217;s only played 10 times this season &#8212; and left the bench area in the fourth quarter before briefly returning to slap hands with a few fans.<\/p>\n<p>He and Boosie have maintained a good friendship over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2022, Boosie said NBA security told him he\u2019d have his tickets revoked if he continued to talk trash to opposing players &#8230; until Young spoke up on social media and thanked him for the support.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260108_7555a285a63c43a7a4628f05d90acaca\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a0daf0d9-4f84-481c-b1a6-72ab1edd8342\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7555a285a63c43a7a4628f05d90acaca_md.jpg\" alt=\"trae young sub getty swipe\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Young ends his Atlanta tenure as the Hawks\u2019 all-time leader in 3-pointers and assists. He has a $49 million player option for next season and could elect to become a free agent if he doesn&#8217;t ink an extension.<\/p>\n<p>Boosie seems thankful for the memories Young delivered to Hawks faithful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trae Young\u2019s mid-game trade from the Hawks to the Wizards had the entire NBA world talking &#8212; and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,6,67,66,83,2228,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-531471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-sports-news","13":"tag-tmz-sports","14":"tag-washington","15":"tag-washington-wizards","16":"tag-washingtonwizards","17":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115881652112845212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531471","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=531471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}