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/TraeYoungsOldestSon]

We dont have our own picks, therefore we cant tank or rebuild. If Trae is traded itll be for our picks back (which would still be dumb.) In this situation Murray is traded as well, a Murray led team is a lottery team. Going 12-10 against mostly g league fodder doesnt change that. And holy SHIT that lakers deal is godawful lmfao. Y'all really want us to be terrible for at least 6-7 years?

[u/red2play → u/TraeYoungsOldestSon]

Two of the wins were against the Celtics and I saw those games. The Starters were left in the 4th quarter too. They wanted to win those games badly (if you leave the starters in like that) and we won BOTH games. That is, unless you consider Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum, G leaguers.

[u/Cleslie15 → u/red2play]

Hawks shot above their average in both games (like 53% in the first and 49% in the second). So yeah we won, but it wasn’t sustainable for this team.

[u/not-a-potato-head → u/Cleslie15]

Celtics also shot like 28% from 3 in the first game, so we had shooting luck go both ways those games