"The Atlanta Hawks traded star point guard Trae Young to the Washington Wizards for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Wednesday. The Hawks' decision to move on from the four-time All-Star comes in the middle of his eighth season in Atlanta, choosing instead to build around their young core of Jalen Johnson, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, Onyeka Okongwu and Zaccharie Risacher."
"Grade for Atlanta: B Less than five years ago, the Hawks reached the 2021 conference finals behind a star-making performance from Young, who averaged 28.8 PPG and 9.5 APG in the playoffs at age 22. It seemed like the start of a run for Atlanta, which had just one key player older than 27. Instead, the Young-era Hawks had already peaked."
One month before the NBA trade deadline, the Atlanta Hawks sent Trae Young to the Washington Wizards for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert. The trade occurs during Young's eighth season as Atlanta elects to build around a young core that includes Jalen Johnson, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, Onyeka Okongwu and Zaccharie Risacher. The Hawks had reached the 2021 conference finals on Young's star-making playoff performance, but suffered early playoff eliminations in 2022 and 2023 and started this season poorly, going 2-8 in the 10 games Young played.
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