It doesn’t mean as much in the NBA as it does in other leagues and sports but the Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic are division rivals.
That does mean they play each other more than they do other teams around the league. And, with a front-row seat for Magic rookie Paolo Banchero’s Rookie of the Year campaign, Hawks star Trae Young offered up high praise for the No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft whom he will see plenty of for the foreseeable future.
Paolo…you can tell he’s their franchise guy going forward,” Young said on ‘From the Point by Trae Young’ on June 9.