Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks took a while to get acclimated to the NBA, but once he did, the 20-year-old rookie did not look back and carried an Atlanta Hawks team to some scintillating victories along the way.
He did it all with a style and panache all his own that’s propagated by his indelible passing ability, smooth handle and extremely deep pull-up triples.
Though Young got walloped in Rookie of the Year voting by Luka Doncic (players that were traded for one another on draft night), Young was named unanimously to the All-Rookie First Team – underscoring the fact that the major awards are solely narrative-based, nothing more.