Trae Young Talks the Art of the Assist and Future in Atlanta
There is so much that goes into a perfect assist. It’s about timing and vision, sure, but really it’s an act of faith, an offer of trust in the teammates whose habits you know so intimately the ball starts to travel to where they’re headed before they even quite know they’re going there.
Trae Young knows how to deliver a perfect assist. In fact, for all Chris Paul’s razzle and Nikola Jokic’s dazzle, it’s Young who’s having an exceptional season in this regard, so definitively topping the NBA’s assist chart he should probably have his own page. He’s crossed the 20-assist mark multiple times and spent most of the year hovering around 12 per game. For reference, Magic Johnson spent his career averaging around 11. John Stockton averaged 10-and-a-half.
Not many expected this from Young, not now. Things had been getting more and more sticky in Atlanta over each of the past three years, the Hawks finishing lower and lower in the Eastern Conference standings.
But the truth is, Young started prepping for this nearly two decades ago.
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