All-Star point guard Trae Young is open to getting traded by the Atlanta Hawks, according to NBA insider Marc J. Spears of ESPN.
The Hawks have played better without Young in the lineup this season and could trade him.
Extension talks between Young and the Hawks haven’t progressed and Atlanta has been gathering intel about Young’s marketplace dating back to this past offseason, sources told Grant Afseth of DallasHoopsJournal.
Young is making $45.9 million this season. The Oklahoma product can become an unrestricted free agent next offseason by declining his 2026-27 player option worth $48.9 million.
A four-time All-Star, Young is averaging 19.3 points and 8.9 assists per game this season while shooting 41.5% from the field, 30.5% from beyond the arc and 86.3% from the free-throw line. The Hawks are only 2-8 with him in the lineup.
The 27-year-old Young has career averages of 25.2 points and 9.8 assists per game. Many people around the NBA expect the one-time assists champion to be traded by the Hawks this season.
Young doesn’t have a no-trade clause in his contract, preventing him from controlling his future.
The Hawks are interested in trading for Dallas Mavericks star big man Anthony Davis, sources told Afseth, but Dallas doesn’t want to acquire Young, sources told Afseth.
The Mavericks and Hawks don’t have meaningful traction on a Davis trade, according to NBA insider Marc Stein of The Stein Line.
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