Despite a remarkable eight-year career, the NBA just proved it does not value Trae Young, trading him for pennies on the dollar on Wednesday night. Even more insulting, they finalized the deal while both the Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards were in the midst of a game.
Young was traded for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert, neither of whom are particularly inspiring assets. McCollum is 34 and has been on the decline for some time now. He is clearly a worse player than Young – the real value of McCollum is in his expiring contract. Atlanta was willing to downgrade simply to get Young’s $49 million player option off the books.