Hawks General Manager Travis Schlenk put all his eggs in Young’s basket, believing that teams were silly to pass on a player who projected to be the next Stephen Curry.
Young’s collegiate brilliance has been well reported, but again, just for clarity, he was the only player in NCAA history to lead the nation in both scoring (27.4) and assists (8.7).
None of that offensive prowess was on display in the Utah Summer League, as he finished the three games with a final field goal percentage of 23 – going 12 of 52 from the field, and an alarming 3 of 24 from deep (12%).