NY Post · Jul 24, 2019
Trae Young has some advice for Knicks’ RJ Barrett
Getty ImagesKnicks fans went into the draft lottery this spring pining for Zion Williamson and came out of the draft instead with his Duke teammate, R.J. Barrett, who is going to have plenty of eyes on his play and pressure on his shoulders.
Trae Young can relate. Better than most.
Young — at the NBPA/Five-Star Camp at Basketball City on Wednesday — faced scrutiny as the fifth-overall section in the 2018 NBA Draft after the Hawks traded out of a chance to get eventual rookie of the year Luka Doncic. But Young came through by focusing on his own game, and that’s the same advice he would give to the Knicks’ highest draft pick since Patrick Ewing.
