Trae Young was in Atlanta when he first put the basketball world on notice.
He arrived in the city as many other names and top talent received more attention. Once the games began, however, it immediately became clear Young had an advantage over some of the best defenders in the country.
Young left his impression on respected basketball minds for the first time in Atlanta, but it wasn’t in the 2021 NBA Playoffs. It wasn’t even in his 2018-19 rookie season campaign with the Atlanta Hawks.
It was when a lanky 6-foot-1 ninth grader participated in the Future150 Prospect camp in Atlanta in fall 2013.