The Trae Young Era Might Be Over...

[@StefunnyStrange]

This is kinda off topic but is anyone else besides me annoyed by the CONSTANT jersey/unfirom changes? Has it always been this way? To me, each team should have its own identity and be limited to two different uniforms. And then maybe occasional changes for special games like the NFL does. A lot of times, I have to guess or read the names on the jerseys or look at the score labels just to figure out which two teams are playing which is sad! In the past, I knew immediately by the team colors. They also do these non-stop changes with the court paint designs! Why?! Can we go back to teams having their own identities where fans can immediately recognize who is playing and feel proud wearing their team colors? The NBA has made team colors not special which was a really dumb decision.

[@mr.e5791]

Man I'm with you on this.

[@KickNWG]

Change is normal. Get used to it old lady

[@ghettogov6161]

Only you care they trying to move more merch.. I ain't mad.... Only when the uni trash is this relevant lol

[@hexcaster7718]

Nike makes money from the jersey sales, there' a video about this, something about investing 1B $

[@ajmk2845]

I agree bro

[@BigTex45]

Trae and Wemby duo would be scary

[@NTFCNathan]

Trae's lobs to wemby or an easy floater instead would be insane

[@IluvYuna]

it really depends on trey being willing to work with the coaches/staff his ego is out the roof

[@Shine13373]

Sounds kinda like Portland and Lillard a few years back. Team builds around a star guard and falls short in the playoffs year after year.

[@mollyanderson657]

To be Fair, the western conference ain't a cake walk

[@BORDER_BUNNY181]

Trae young is probably not gonna win a ring unless his Gm isn’t dumb Edit: I ain’t tryna be a casual because obviously you gotta have a smart gm to win a ring but Trae Young is a short pg who can’t play a lick of defense to save his life and I get that the dejounte Murray trade was supposed to solve that but you are going to have to do what the warriors did with Steph Curry because they had Klay, Draymond, And Iggy to help support his defensive issues and dejounte and Clint capela are diet versions of draymond and Klay

[@pocoyo4876]

Tffff

[@pocoyo4876]

Ttff

[@pocoyo4876]

​Rffffffff

[@kalithechamp1412]

Just like trae is diet Steph 😅

[@jackzhou7451]

Agree with the diet version statement. Also, if you look at the defensive stats trend specifically of the steals n blocks category, whoever was the lead stats of the previous yr, the likelihood of them getting the same lvl of “leading stats” in those categories for the 2nd consecutive yr is practically nonexistent in the history of NBA, unless ur bron on steroids

[@aydendonley9660]

On the road to a million, been waiting awhile now. You continue to make quality NBA content, news, and takes like this video.Wish you had way more subs honestly…keep going strong👍

[@kaiwhitfield4039]

Great video as always Mike!

[@frederickdelius1106]

you know josh primo is sitting at home crying his eyes out.

[@oggalaxyxxryuma7702]

He really had solid stints with us, but at the same time if we didn’t waive him, we probably don’t end up with wemby. Thats how I predicted last draft to go for us despite only having the 3rd worst record leaguewise with 22 wins. Should easily pass that this szn with wemby but i hope the raptors fall out the top 6 for our sakes.

[@pj_tha_saint]

Any team with a 6ft 185 pound gaurd is gonna have a hard time defending most guards now are 6”6. Defense is something most people don’t consider when saying someone is a superstar instead of a scorer.

[@BlueRevolt24]

Bing

[@krazydae]

Wassup mike I love your videos NBA NFL your coverage and content is amazing. As a hawks fan I feel what Trae said I don’t know what’s gonna happen man💔

[@SarcasticSloth69]

Luka's team and Trae's team are somewhat similar, it's funny. For Trae and dejounte to work they need to play more like Luka and Kyrie, taking turns leading the offense and willing to be a spot up shooter from time to time. The hawks trading away John collins for Rudy Gay(who retired never playing a single game for the Hawks) and a 2nd round pick was a really bad move cause the Hawks currently don't have any athletic bigs for Trae and Dejounte to pass/lob to besides Capela and he's getting old. It's stupid that the Hawks have 2 guards that averaged 10+ assists in a season and they're not running a p&r style offense. The hawks are instead running a 4 out 1 in, 3pt centric style. Which works when you've got ONE dominant point guard, but it doesn't work when you have 2. (That's why the Hawks are doing good right now with only Dejounte)

[@michaeltucker5881]

The problem is they are the worst def back court in the NBA . That why they drafted Bupkin in the 1st round for his defense. And they tried trading Murray at the trade deadline

[@justinsullivan7284]

Love the channel mike

[@lbest254]

Been subbed for a couple years now and youve been one of my most consistent and accurate nba info sources so please keep up the great work i also watch your nfl channel as well great work there to

[@cl5rys]

ive been waiting for this trae and wemby duo, i will be there when it happens, thropugh sickness and health im sticking with trae and future goat wemby when that happens

[@smokescreenOG]

Trae Young is fools gold, god damn diva

[@Oldschool811]

Facts I want him gone from my team he's not worth 40 million

[@lawrencedanao7648]

Trae has only one season with a winning record. Trae still has a losing record with hawks overall. Hawks head office tried to fleece the fans into believing this guys is a first option after the blunder with luka.

[@adamwatson2132]

30 and 10 is a first option on almost every team in the league, tell me what trae could do better? He’s grown as a defender and shot well this season

[@harrislaurent429]

1. They tanked the first two seasons HARD 2. Trae has two winning seasons 3. Hawks are 2 games over 500. With just Murray all time so it’s clearly a roster construction issue

[@lawrencedanao7648]

@@adamwatson2132 he hasn’t shot well this season. He literally had the worst fg% out of the top 50 scorers in the league in the first part of the season. Hawks with Murray as their leader are above 500. Before Trae was injured hawks were below 500. Trae is literally a stat padder his numbers does not relate to wins.

[@lawrencedanao7648]

@@harrislaurent429 they tanked because they couldn’t win. I think hawks fans think he’s irreplaceable but Murray has shown you he can be replaced and hawks have better defence without him. You can’t win with trae as your number one because he’s to small, he’s a bad defender, and he’s not an efficient scorer. He should be mainly a facilitator and a number 2 that’s why I say hawks fleeced the fans trying to make him into something he isn’t after the luka trade.

[@marcusbrown4933]

@@lawrencedanao7648He literally took them to a ECF, you yapping

[@jHXSportsBets]

Spurs can offer two top 10 picks next year draft .

[@radiologicphysicist1083]

For this dude? lol no

[@4evadrill698]

@@radiologicphysicist1083 This dude? do you not know who Ice Cold Trae is?

[@radiologicphysicist1083]

@@4evadrill698 I’m well aware, hence my comment

[@iwhite111]

A first and some role players. He can’t play a lick of defense

[@x1nformal]

ngl. trae, vassell and wemby is not a bad trio. hope spurs get trae this offseason

[@raizarslaxterhaha]

The thing is unless you put him behind a really really good defense, you are toasted with him. San Antonio do have some guys there that can play some defense but this dude needs Timberwolves level defender behind him. The other thing is, depends also what you have to trade for him to get him. I would say that only Wemby and Vasell are untouchable, so...well see. San Antonio can get the defense around him and Wemby for sure, but if you make are bad mistake you are doomed

[@514Exc]

The way Dejountay been hooping you could tell hes been given the keys to the franchise, hes a bucket and a playermaker but hes no defender, they are already looking nice with addition of D Hunter and Saddiq. I need to see Boston vs hawks playoff.

[@TheMilitiaGuy]

Trae Young is too much of a head case. He's not Spurs material. A.M. Hoops has it correct...Spurs should wait for a frustrated Giannis or Luka to become free agents.

[@Oldschool811]

Facts I'd trade him for .80 cents on the $ at this pt his impact on winning isn't worth 40 million. Defensive liability and a ball hog on offense

[@TheMilitiaGuy]

Agreed, @@Oldschool811

[@hood_TheJoker]

ice trae gonna end up in the west...book it

[@jazz9236]

Lakers…book it

[@presidentialkingdom2201]

@@jazz9236horrible decision

[@notyouraverage10k95]

Trae isn’t goin anywhere he’s a Hawk 4L if anyone gonna get traded it’s Dejounte or a player from the bench

[@hood_TheJoker]

@@notyouraverage10k95 😭😭

[@hood_TheJoker]

@@notyouraverage10k95 🤣🤣🤣

[@Merkseason]

a lot of things here as you detailed the reason it hasn't worked. Murray has been asked to guard a lot of wings in Atlanta opposed to guards is why his defense hasn't been as good he's has his best offensives season next to trae as everything is up trae has play great as well. They need more defense on this team. Surround those two with great defenders they'll be fine. If they had did what the Knicks did and made that trade for og this team would looked a lot different obvi barring the injures to trae and bey

[@gualagangsmoke]

I’ve always been pissed bout the Luka and Trae trade I like Trae just thought Luka was the better player

[@mr.e5791]

The Spurs need to trade for Trae

[@nathanielperryii296]

As a Spurs fan I disagree.

[@MarquisVegan]

As a Spurs fan I would love to see Wemby and Trae team up.

[@nathanielperryii296]

​@@MarquisVeganThat would be a bad trade.

[@MarquisVegan]

@@nathanielperryii296 Respectfully I disagree but you're entitled to your own opinion and I have mines.

[@RuthlessVibesBB]

Salary 48M Hell no

[@michaeltucker5881]

The reason the Hawks drafted PG Kobe Bupkin is his defense ability. That is why we are trying to trade Young or Murray because they depulicate player who don't work together on the floor. The Hawks played better with Kobe as the back up.

[@tonytooshort]

It's criminal that Mike still hasn't surpassed 1m subs. The intro alone is worth 2m.

[@Cameron-mg1nu]

W vid keep up the work

[@TraJonR3D]

When we wake up we all try to make situations better by the time we go to bed..everyday.. except where it matters most.. with the fans.

[@juliencdj8976]

Damn you got me with the thumbnail

[@rosedimejia4530]

8:30 that ref saved the bucks season

[@1andonlydasilent1]

Damn I feel old Landry Fields is the president of operations with Atlanta Wow! 😮

[@TheFlightMike]

I always think of this

[@nickotto-bernstein7267]

I think it’s kinda stupid that they traded John Collin’s for nothing in return, a very old Rudy Gay that they waived and a pick and I’m sure some cash considerations, but as far as an actual player for a team with championship expectations, not a smart move at all, with that kind of move u either gotta go all in on a rebuild or trade for a decent big that has a similar skill level and skill set as Collins, always thought that made the difference in play last year in comparison to this year.

[@_ben_miller]

any team without elite defensive players around trae will just repeat what happened in atlanta. steph wouldn't have had so much success without klay,dray, iggy, gp2, looney, bogut being reliable defenders that can hide steph's chicken legs on defense. the only team i see actually benefiting from adding trae is NOP, or maybe BRK. trae's salary as a one-way player is something i'd avoid like the plague. i'd much rather have a way cheaper guard who can defend at a B or better level, and maybe scores 14 points a game with 3-4 assists than just pure offensive volume with no defense and 20+ more mil to not spend on depth

[@Dunk1It1Hard]

Trae Young most likely will be a spur Spurs drafting Zaccharie Risacher

[@TheCattDaddie]

I’m a hawks fan we need to drop Trae should’ve did it this season so we can get pieces. But I’d love to see him on Golden State

[@dpelton63]

I agree but if you’re a fan of the NBA, you know who’s who anyway. I’d rather go back to a time when they didn’t focus on offense only and when teams like the 04 Pistons hung their hat on defense. The game is pretty dang soft IMO…I really enjoyed watching the grind of the early 2000’s ear of basketball and they need to do something before the NBA ratings get even worse than they already are.

[@bigowiththejam4333]

In 2019, I supported the move to trade up to draft De'Andre Hunter at #4. Now, I can't even stand to look at De'Andre anymore. He's the highest drafted player on the Hawks, but no one ever talks about him. He's a bust. It's time to admit it.

[@martymcflywilliams9050]

He’s been playing well lately

[@pauloigbokwe]

Either the Lakers or Spurs need to get him

[@theetruth8626]

No Philly will get him

[@SuchNoodle]

2:09 mike sounding like mickey mouse on helium

[@SamSamSamJ]

I don't know shit about the NBA. This is just my opinion from what I know and watch. Every one of their players is too skinny. None of the Hawks players have muscle. They don't put fear into anyone. They need a Center and PF that will put fear into any player that tries to drive to the basket. And they don't, especially Trae Young, make smart and/or right decisions.

[@mcronn1002]

Murray will be the point guard in Atlanta going forward.!! Not a bad replacement

[@fredfredburger8764]

Ice Trae the gang

[@southernsmoke8391]

AshTrae

[@ShreksNvt]

trae is a score first pass second player he needs to be on a team where he isnt the main scoring option besides murray, i think trae would work good on a team with more depth that being said definitely not the lakers i heard there was a rumor a while back

[@j.s.friedman9649]

One thing missing from Young's highlight film is him dunking, which is why I'm surprised they let him be a main offensive cog in the nba

[@Rickle_Pick23]

lol so you thought teams were all “Fine, nobody can stop him in these drills or scrimmages. Clearly the best player by a mile. Time for the final test.. Need you to dunk this or it’s a no-go.”

[@iMacaroniCheese]

trae to the heat

[@theetruth8626]

Stop it u don't have nothing to offer just like with Dame

[@iMacaroniCheese]

@@theetruth8626 dame and trae have differences, trae is a better playmaker than ame by a mile than dame and heat needs a guy who can facilitate offense and throw lobs to bam

[@theetruth8626]

@@iMacaroniCheese what u don't get Miami doesn't have nothing to offer for any superstar

[@IIHEAVYHEAD]

Home crowds gotta know that the "overrated" chants only fuel the fire.

[@BallinVlogs]

LUKA SHOULD OF BEEN THE HAWKS AND TRAE YOUNG TO DALLAS

[@ypinkphoto]

Not an era yet... tired of watching the media pump up these one dimensional players as the it.. he dont play defense

[@marcusbrown4933]

Why do yall be concerned with a PG being a great defender? That’s the point of building around him lol.

[@realdreamerschangetheworld7470]

Old narrative

[@Userrr4566]

Best thing they had 😂 & wanna move on from it diz explains y they always dumpster booty

[@SamSamSamJ]

Trae Young's dad needs to stop arguing and wanting to fight with my favorite KZbinr. Just focus on his son.

[@slim8943]

Wait what

[@SamSamSamJ]

Google Tommy Sotomayor argues with Trae Young's dad during the game.

[@ZachSmith-go9uk]

The Atlanta Hawks made the wrong decision. If they haven’t done that trade or if they kept Luka, we could’ve see Luka in a Hawks jersey, they failed to win a championship in 2019, and his consistent flopping is just a meme now. They went through 3 head coaches just because they couldn’t get along for him and his constant winning and complaining like a pestilent child is just a Parity (paradoy). Atlanta deserves better, they deserve a better team, and they gotta trade or get rid of Trea Young. If they kept Luka they would have a way way better team than this pile of shit that they have now.

[@Jayson_Tatum]

I've honestly liked DJ Murray more than Trae Young. More size, just as, if not more athletic, incredible scoring ability. He's a great player.

[@4Ranchise]

Zach Levine for Trae Young this off season, lets do it lol #Chicago!!

[@ThatNBAguy]

NY MAYOR since 2019 😂😅🤣🤣 Imagine if he comes to NYC, Let’s go Knicks🟠🔵🗽!!!

[@eltoro_ttv]

Knick fans literally hate him

[@EmphasisOnJ]

He’d go anywhere but there

[@manejd]

Why go through the entire history narrative that we all know already. Go straight to your end of the world scenerio.

[@t004sm0ke]

I mean i don't think its a random coincidence that before al star break we was 30th in defense. 130ppg given up. Since then weve came up to the 13th ranked def. And only giving up around 110 ppg which i don't think people get how HUGE of a jump that is. And basically been the whole time dejonate taking the superstar role. While trae recovering from his hand murray Has multiple triple doubles in this span , dropped 40 twice in a week . But When they are on the court together especially when Trae isnt bringing the ball up I think he feels outta place and like they sre giving his pg minutes to the better shot selection guy and by far one of best defebsive wings in the nba so Trae will just go stand in the corner. And it's weird cuz I remember a specific interview where Trey was talking about in high school when his coach got mad at him and took him at a point guard for a game and he was like I didn't know what to do so I just stood in the corner of the whole game that makes perfect sense he kind of feels like he's getting his point guard take not not like his full position taken away but he's like you know he thinks he should be bringing it up at all times and then deshante should be the one getting better off Ball but really Trey needs to develop those skills kind of like Curry did you know being able to come off those screens off ball and not just have to create your own shot he would be so much more dynamic

[@triplekillerable]

He is short. 6". Turns over. and always has the ball. His stats mean shit. EXPOSED

[@number1sun]

Any team lead by a max player that isn't efficient on offense and too small to play defense will never will a championship.

[@maurygoldblat8982]

Spurs better not trade for this guy. He's CANCER

[@vladedivac5672]

Vít Krejčí... nothing about him? Atlanta is balling with him in the starting lineup.

[@FirstUnlock]

Trae is a great player but he might need to be on a team focused around defense

[@beaumac]

He would only be good as a third option on a team. He’s too inconsistent and too much of a defensive liability to be a leader on a contender.

[@PatrickBradshaw-uy7wt]

Trae Young to N.Y KNICKS!!! PRODIGAL SUN BABY!!!!

[@thegameng]

Get Luka and Trae to the Spurs🔥🔥🔥

[@mrbeaverstate]

Yeah send him to the Lakers, help that outside defense....

[@NeedSomeAyde]

I’m a fan of you Mike but we’ve won 4 straight games, two against the best team in the league. To say we have nothing here is really disrespectful to the team we have

[@SuperSid87]

Trae is my favorite young buck to watch

[@AddisTime]

sounds gay

[@t004sm0ke]

You should have researched more. Yeah overall on the season def is bottom five. But the 24 games since all star break were giving up 20+ ppg less and were almost a top 10 def since all star break where as the 40 something games before we was giving up 132 ppg. Thats pathetic. But its not like its all better def because traes not out ther i think trae and dj still struggle playing TOGETHER. Most times when ones bringing ball up. Other stands in a corner . Trae needs to do like Curry good. Start developing off ball moves to get open. Run his fast lil ass off some big ass capella pin down screens. If trae can only hit off dribble and not catch and shoot as much as i love him and my hawks he'll always just be the guy who dished sick dimes and took borderline dumb 3s at times. But hes gotten better and better every year at that. First year or two the shot clock wouldn't even be offf the 20s yet and hes logo pullin lmao

[@thebaddest5680]

Lol good content but I highly doubt they will trade away Icetrae. Murray is OK not like that if he was he would still be in San Antonio let’s be honest.

[@Danielbond10]

Bru we don’t need to trade trea he is the guy

[@Oldschool811]

If coach quin's oppion matters trae's gone

[@asura4429]

I hope spurs don’t get Trae he doesn’t fit the timeline, we have draft picks we can go after instead of him, better to let Atlanta collapse and spurs bank in on the unprotected Atlanta pick.

[@Nomad7222]

There is no scenario where Trae Young doesn't fit the spurs timeline but SGA fits OKCs timeline

[@branislavlukic3919]

Guy is simply not good enough to lead the team to success. Overrated as hell. The hawks are 22-29 with him, 12-11 without him this season. He doesn't influence winning, just puts empty stats, and makes his teammates worse than they are

[@NeedSomeAyde]

Trae isn’t going anywhere so don’t hold your breath. All these rumors are stupid especially now when the Hawks are hitting their stride

[@smokeyeasleyTV]

Just keep our players stop trading fan favorites

[@AnthonyGagne-t3v]

They should've kept Luka and they would be so much better and if they still couldn't figure out what to do Luka could be traded for much more than trae

[@JustAnAccountLmao810]

Except the hawks literally said he’s untouchable

[@cheddaboy44]

I’ve never seen someone average the numbers trae does with this much hate mfs do not know basketball

[@FreedomMonster1]

When was there ever a Trae Young era?

[@DoughBoy2024]

IMHO, Trae is more of a secondary star player.....not a primary star player. That's why Luka has a better career. That's what you get for not having faith in the Euro ball, ATL.

[@adamwatson2132]

How many chips Luka got? What about finals trips? Oh… well how about conference finals? Literally the same amount. sUcH a bEtTer CaRrEer

[@snupedummy]

Ain’t nun wrong with it either

[@j.s.friedman9649]

Only Allen Iverson ever got to the finals at that height, maybe he should play for a church team and they could win the finals and still be a star

[@DylanBennett-v7q]

Isiah Thomas? Chauncey billups? That height? Like there haven’t been a bunch of small guards to play in the finals. And even if you meant as a star at that size that’s not even true. Some times people make comments and it offends me that as much as I watch hoop that I somehow find myself in the realm of part timers like you

[@j.s.friedman9649]

Ok, that Isiah Thomas and Chauncy Billups was 30 years ago, when they could foul the crap out of you, the Pistons were the biggest bullies on the block, just knock your freakin head off when you went to the basket, and Thomas was the leader of bashing other players upside the head so they could win a championship, it was because of them, that there are no flagrant fouls today--what a blood bath that era was, I wouldn't count Thomas and Billups because of this.

[@j.s.friedman9649]

Well that remark wasn't researched, little guys can't guard big men, guess who Isiah Thomas had-- can you say "Dennis Rodman>"

[@edwardluo1120]

When was there even a Trae Young era??

[@rachelhall124]

When they tried to make him the face of franchise, past couple years

[@sonfroku420]

When he took them to the eastern conference finals.

[@edwardluo1120]

oh thats an era? so everybody got a an era? @@sonfroku420

[@Yourcousinjoseph]

@@rachelhall124lol man’s is cooked

[@Covaslookout]

Spur will get Trae year 3 or 4 of the Wemby Era we don’t need him rn. We want Wemby to get his wheels first . Just my opinion

[@sehitgoker5073]

you cant win with trae it s obvious. They gotta trade him and get whatever they can get before it s too late

[@shade0180]

What trae young era, it never even happened.

[@defnotsmoj6760]

Trae for Wemby. We got a deal

[@justified9537]

He needs a change he needs to leave Atl, it’s just not working

[@tydayoungin562]

How does an era end that only had 1 legit season lmfaoooooooo

[@eisernfront8549]

I guess we can all say that Trae ain't Young anymore

[@MrWiz26]

Since Dominique? I think Joe Johnson was better than both and his team was better than both

[@theconservative2216]

And that is a perfect reason and example why nobody wants to go to the New York Knicks because their fans are 100% trash

[@mrbeaverstate]

I have no real reason not to like Trae, but dang, do something with that birds nest on top of your head.

[@nathanp9684]

wemby just dropped 40/20/7 while being 2nd in dpoy consideration at 20yrs old... get him a trae young an its joever

[@ggisold]

He for sure is gonna go to spurs to pair with wemby

[@Ilooksleepy]

He’s a back up point guard at best. There’s actually g league guards better than trae

[@Richxwolf]

Wait was that Max Kellerman in the beginning? Where does he work at now?

[@sundeath23]

Footlocker

[@KY502SouthSide]

Well we know he’s not the problem. Hawks will never be good.

[@chrisscottjr4124]

IF I SKIP AN AD IT DONT MEAN I WANNA SEE THE SECOND ONE TOO KZbin (sorry I just had to say it that shit made me mad😂)

[@alexanderg.i1991]

Wembanyama is so much better than I even thought he’d be. That I think the spurs have to strongly consider making a big move. Usually I think a team with a star player going into their second year should proceed with patience, especially when you have the amount of draft assets as the spurs. But wembanyama is truly something we’ve never seen.

[@Rickle_Pick23]

How many star free agents you see willingly choose SA

[@alexanderg.i1991]

@@Rickle_Pick23 well that’s always the issue with being a small market team. That being said, it helps when you have a guy with the potential of a wembanyama. Also, the spurs have so many firsts in the near future, they might not need to score big names in free agency, as they can trade for one or stick it out and draft players.

[@Rickle_Pick23]

@@alexanderg.i1991 the Wemby glaze is unbearable. I just can’t

[@alexanderg.i1991]

@@Rickle_Pick23 have you watched a single one of his games? I’m guessing not. Here’s an interesting stat, when wembanyama is off the court the spurs have the 22nd ranked defense. When wembanyama is on the court, they have the best ranked defense. It’s not glazing.

[@Rickle_Pick23]

@@alexanderg.i1991 yea I watched when Sengun gave him 45 and he had like 13. He has potential but still soft every other night.

[@Reselling777]

It’s not trae fault. There’s just better teams. If curry wouldn’t have been born Lebron would have 9 rings

[@UrthrashKid-yj9ec]

The hawks gave the spurs a first round in 2023 so does that mean they gave them wemby