{"id":841563,"date":"2026-09-23T01:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/841563\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T01:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:39:19","slug":"trae-young-takes-a-shot-at-his-former-team-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/841563\/","title":{"rendered":"Trae Young takes a shot at his former team Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Atlanta Hawks<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000003\" data-name=\"Atlanta Hawks\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Atlanta Hawks\"><\/a> are now on the other end of Trae Young<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-athlete=\"20001989\" data-name=\"Trae Young\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Trae Young\"><\/a>\u2019s villain persona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Young, the Washington Wizards<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000001\" data-name=\"Washington Wizards\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Washington Wizards\"><\/a> star point guard, appeared this week on the \u201cCurious Mike\u201d podcast with Michael Porter Jr. During the episode, Young looked back on his time with the Hawks and eventually went on to take a swipe at his old supporting cast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve ever had a teammate that can draw a double team,\u201d said Young. The four-time All-Star did add though that he still had a lot of \u201cgreat\u201d teammates in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the full clip of Young\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trae Young explains why he was never successful with the Atlanta Hawks:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve ever had a teammate that can draw double teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holy cook <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YWtyuUOUIg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YWtyuUOUIg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yaxel LendeBeast (@GMZeroOG) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GMZeroOG\/status\/2102234456442745011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 22, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Young, now 28 years old, played for the Hawks from 2018-26 and emerged as the team\u2019s All-NBA centerpiece. As a result, Atlanta\u2019s offense effectively ran entirely through him as Young regularly ranked among the league\u2019s leaders in usage rate every single year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now Young, who was traded by the Hawks to the Wizards earlier this year, feels like he did not have quite enough help during his time in Atlanta. That is despite the fact that Young led the team to an Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 2021 and also played with multiple All-Stars such as Dejounte Murray<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-athlete=\"20001679\" data-name=\"Dejounte Murray\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Dejounte Murray\"><\/a> and Jalen Johnson<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-athlete=\"20002657\" data-name=\"Jalen Johnson\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Jalen Johnson\"><\/a>. Still, this is not the first time that Young <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/basketball\/trae-young-shot-hawks-zaccharie-risacher\/762721\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has taken a shot at his former team over the last few months<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Hawks are now on the other end of Trae Young\u2019s villain persona. 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