Trae Young and John Collins are broadly considered the best young players on the Atlanta Hawks roster. In early January, I wrote about the type of big man Atlanta should look to pair with Collins in the future. Later that month, I broke down every pick-and-roll Young executed during an 18-game stretch. In that analysis, you can see that the Hawks’ rookie point guard had faced only 20 traps on those 312 possessions.
Well, that has changed of late. Teams are opting to try use the trap to force the ball out of Young’s hands, with the objective to force someone else on the floor to create offense.