Before the season, if you had suggested the idea that the Atlanta Hawks' best path to winning a championship might involved trading Trae Young to the Minnesota Timberwolves, you would have sounded a little crazy. And yet, that's the exact reality we now find ourselves living in.
It's becoming impossible to ignore what the reality of this Hawks team is. In previous seasons, this group was completely falling apart at times when he wasn't on the floor. Now, they're absolutely built to succeed without him, and in fact they're even performing better without their point guard in certain areas.