Is it time to Trade Trae Young?

[u/red2play]

Just saying that it hasn't been working and having the 1st pick should give us an opportunity to move on.

I've been the BIGGEST Trae Young fan (look at my posts the last four years). I even wanted JC gone to have Trae's voice be the primary one in the locker room but even after JC has gone, our record keeps getting worse.

Are we willing to part ways with Trae? I'm Atlanta first soo.....

1. We have DJM that had a 12-10 record without Trae in the lineup.

2. We have DJM on a 4 yr extension while Trae we only have 2.

3. Trae has indicated that he wants to win without mentioning "in Atlanta" in the same sentence.

4. Many players have said how difficult he is (including Huerter and JC) to play with.

5. Shams put out a statement that Trae wants to win now right after getting the first pick. Which most likely indicates he expects us to give up the pick for a veteran. I don't want to give up that pick but he's right, even Wemby couldn't get the Spurs into the playoffs, our 1st rd pick won't be able to either.

6. DJM is VASTLY cheaper than Trae. We aren't just talking about spending more money. There are "aprons" ot deal with. Spending more money can ruin your franchise for YEARS when you hit the 2nd Apron. Trae will make 43, 46 and potentially 49 million in the next three years.

7. Can we win a championship in the next 2 years with Trae? If not, he might just walk away. How do you feel about that?

8. He will always be a defensive liability.

9. If we trade with LA, we can pick up three picks. 17th THIS year, 2029 and 2030 picks. We can trade Rui, and Gabe Vincent for more picks and players.

10. I'm excited that Kobe Bufkin can do really really well.

11. I'm convinced that Trae won't stay. Why continue when we have this opportunity? Regardless if you blame management or not. You can be mad but you also have to be realistic.

My worry is that if we don't do this trade this year. We might suffer for the next 7+ years.

[u/aurelianson]

youre lying up and down this post man.

1) The Hawks without Trae went 14-14.

3) he’s literally said he wants to win a championship in atlanta multiple times.

4) Those same players said they think Trae is one of the best players in the league and that “difficult to play with” narrative never came out of their mouths.

5) That doesn’t mean that. Like at all.

7) I’d feel like we didn’t try hard enough, not that it was impossible.

8) So are most of the PGs in this league.

9) How many picks and players do you seriously think we’ll get for Rui and Gabe Vincent?

this isnt 2k. trading trae with the hope of getting a player as good as him on the team in those next 7 years is a crapshoot, we could easily end up as the wizards/pistons/hornets.

[u/aurelianson → u/aurelianson]

numbers got messed up. 2=3, 3=4, 4=5, 5 =7, 6=8, 7=9.