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Even prior to the Atlanta Hawks making the trade to secure the services of Trae Young, the talk has always been that he is too small. Add to that he goes hunting for fouls and that he can’t defend and you have a narrative of a one-way hero player who wants stats over wins.
Well, having watched the maturation of Young this season, he is still small. He still can’t defend to the level that he or his coach would want to.