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Trae Young, Kevin Love and the future of mental health in the NBA

TRAE YOUNG WAS already accustomed to having all eyes pinned on him, so it wasn't startling that nearly every fan in the Utah Jazz Summer League gymnasium intently followed the flight of the ball as he lofted his first official shot as a member of the Atlanta Hawks and ... missed everything.

Air ball.

The reaction was predictable: a cacophony of sympathetic groans blended with derisive "I told you so" cackles. Twitter was soon aflutter with hot takes on the Hawks rookie, whom the team had traded for (thereby passing on the highly rated Luka Doncic) on draft night.