The Atlanta Hawks are clearly wary of handing a lucrative new contract extension to Trae Young this offseason. If they were hoping to find their way to some sort of a discount, however, that ship has likely sailed as one of Young's fellow point guards just landed a massive new deal and set the market for what Young will expect.
The impasse between Young and the Hawks is understandable. On the one hand, he is a magnetic star point guard, the face of the franchise, the player whose jersey all of the kids (and adults) wear into State Farm Arena in Atlanta.