Trae Young is a fantastic NBA player, and after five and a half seasons in the NBA, he’s on a Hall of Fame path. But it’s also true that Luka Doncic is clearly better than him. At least, so far.
Those two young stars will forever be linked since the Atlanta Hawks drafted the Slovenian guard from Real Madrid at No. 3 in the 2018 draft, then traded him to the Dallas Mavericks for Young, who was picked at No. 5.
Here’s what NBA fans and media tweeted when the deal went down: