Atlanta • It’s not that Trae Young and Donovan Mitchell have very similar games: one is an any-distance sharpshooter, with a passing game that belies his age. The other, a scoring wizard with a set of tricks deeper than a Las Vegas magician’s.
But there is a similarity in this: both started their rookie years relatively slowly, before taking the world by storm in the latter portions of their first season.
“The biggest thing is the explosiveness late in the season," Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce said. “I recall playing Donovan in December, with Philly last year, and he was 4-of-21, I believe.