When the Mavericks and Hawks swapped prospects on draft night, basketball fans knew Trae Young and Luka Donu010diu0107 would be forever linked.
Let’s take a look at the early returns of the draft-day trade for both teams, and why an overall “winner” of the trade can’t be decided just yet.
Starting with Young, his arrival in the NBA has been highly anticipated ever since his days of pulling up from 30+ feet and nailing clutch three-point bombs at Oklahoma. The college sensation was the sole reason a flawed Oklahoma team even made the NCAA tournament last March, and in the time since arriving in Atlanta, he’s shown signs of both major promise and major concern.