No matter the coach or the personnel, when Young doesn’t have the ball, he often stands in the corner like a statue or drifts 40 feet from the basket, rarely looking for chances to cut behind sleeping defenders. But of the 52 qualifying players to make over 40 percent of their catch-and-shoot 3s since 2017-18, Young is the only player with under 1.5 attempts per game, according to Second Spectrum (minimum 500 attempts).
Trae can be shifty moving without the ball when he wants to be, and he’s shot 40.3 percent on 3s off the catch over his career.
It would’ve been a game changer this season if Young had tapped into his college style. The Hawks hoped that Murray would weaponize Young, reminiscent of his Oklahoma days, when he played more like Damian Lillard, using screens and handoffs. Young has always resisted sustaining off-ball activity though, even after pushing the old front-office regime to move three first-round picks for another ballhandling guard in Dejounte Murray last summer. A transformation will have to wait until the next training camp. The Hawks have gone 10-11 since inking Snyder to a five-year deal in February. However, given the limited practice time during the season and the fact that Snyder has yet to assemble his own coaching staff, it’s unrealistic to expect drastic changes from Atlanta in the middle of a season. The Hawks half-court offense still stagnates though, best exemplified by Young dribbling the clock out for 24 seconds at the end of regulation in Atlanta’s loss to Philadelphia last Friday. Most notably, the Hawks are playing at a brisker pace-from ninth in possession time under Nate McMillan to first since dismissing him, per Inpredictable. Hawks players have mentioned the motion concepts that Snyder is introducing, and while there have been glimpses of movement, it’s nothing close to the scale of his best offenses in Utah, where he coached for eight seasons and boasted a. So, that begs the question: What do the Hawks and Snyder hope to build? In any case, it’s typical for incoming management to restructure a team in line with their own vision. Though Atlanta’s front-office dynamic is described as a collaborative effort, many high-level decision-makers from opposing teams believe that it’s now Snyder who has the final say. League sources say during months of negotiations in the lead-up to his February hiring, Snyder demanded-and now wields-significant influence over personnel decisions. This Could Be the Start of Something Special in Oklahoma City Regardless of Trae’s desire to stay, it could be the Hawks that decide to change course following a likely early exit from the play-in or the postseason.Īfter former general manager Travis Schlenk stepped down in December following the Hawks’ shaky start, a new regime was tabbed to call the shots: general manager Landry Fields, assistant general manager Kyle Korver, and head coach Quin Snyder, who was officially hired in February. Things got so ugly that TNT’s Chris Haynes reported that Young could request a trade this summer if the Hawks fail to make “inroads’’ in the playoffs. Players reportedly sided with the coach over their star player. Months earlier, Shams Charania and Sam Amick reported on escalating tensions between Young and former head coach Nate McMillan, leading to team meetings and questions about Young’s leadership. In March, Hawks owner Tony Ressler told The Athletic’s Jeff Schultz he’s neither opening nor closing the door on any players being moved. This should come as no real surprise considering what’s transpired over the course of the season. Our Top 100 players, the most exciting guys to tune into on League Pass, and more
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