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Atlanta Hawks: Revisiting the Luka Doncic/Trae Young trade

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The Atlanta Hawks made a decision back in 2018 that they wanted Trae Young as their franchise point guard. They traded back to pick five, in the process giving up the rights to Luka Doncic who was taken with the third pick. When the Slovenian first hit the court, a lot of NBA pundits believed the Hawks made a mistake.

Doncic has become a triple-double machine, collecting 34 in his two and a half seasons so far. He is averaging 25.