Trae Young is the next James Harden

Photo by Jasear Thompson/NBAE via Getty ImagesWatching Trae Young one thought kept going through my head — is it just me or does Trae Young look like a little old man? I mean, it’s like one of those movie where Trae and George Burns trade identities and all of a sudden the guy from Oh, God! has mad skills.

Anyway, watching Trae Young run circles around the Spurs last night elicited an old, familiar feeling. The former Oklahoma standout has all the makings of an MVP. In fact, he brings to mind a younger James Harden.

From a Spurs perspective, one has to respect and simultaneously despise what Harden’s Rockets did against the Spurs. And make no mistake, it was Harden’s Rockets. He was the star,…