I'm happy Trae Young is locked up for years to come. It's ridiculous The Hawks had to pay the same as Dallas paid Doncic though. Doncic is a far more complete player than Trae is right now. The scale almost assures any elite player gets the max though. Whether he's 3 like Luka and Giannis or top 30 like Trae..same money.
The NBA pay scale is messed up..
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Has anyone ever told you that you have the mouth of a whore and it needs to be shut?
Also, please name 25 players in the league better than Trae Young.
Better yet, name 15.
Trae is clearly a top 15 player and he's closer to being top 10 than being outside the top 15.
Did you even see the NBA playoffs this year or did you stop watching after Luka bailed out round 1?
@JimboBBN, come talk some sense into this fool?
trust me, no one takes offense at anything you say. That would be like taking offense to a bird chirping in your backyard.
Oh, god, who cares. He isnt worth that much money. He cant get you a basket at any time, he plays awful defense. He steps over half court and shoots. Some go in. Whoopee. That is not basketball.
And btw, used to like Curry, now he is just a clown/entertainer. In my day, he would have been lying in the 3rd or 4th row or on his ass with a tooth knocked out.
STFU, you are an idiot. Doesnt surprise me you worship Trae Young. He is just a pussy playing in the NBA.
Seems like you covered it, big dog.
I don't think Trae is as good as Luka is, but he's the best player on the Hawks and they would have been stupid to not pay him. He will make them relevant for a long, long time. I would give him top 15
NBA fans are still basketball fans. If we are comparing NBA to college, the product is actually way better in the pros. Your diehards like you get on this message board will always pick CBB, but most casual basketball fans would watch the NBA all day over college.
I definitely wondered where you stood on this
Maybe. And if you like No D until the playoffs, one on one or the two man game, with only the stars scoring and getting all the breaks. The refs calling fouls 5 seconds after the play because the star missed the shot, the clown acts by guys making a 3 point shot or a lay up and staring down the opponent, like they have done something, good for you. I think it sucks and is not basketball that i enjoy.
No offense intended. I’m always curious where all of my favorite posters, especially Duke ones, stand on interesting, basketball related questions
I’m sure a lot of people share your sentiments. The fact is though, that the NBA is more skilled, and that is more appealing to the average basketball fan.
Trae such a non star the NBA just gave him a Christmas game. rematch in the Garden! First time this Jew has been excited about Christmas since MJ was a Bull.
I can give him my address if the internet tough guy wants to try.
Is he playing 1 on 5. Is it just him playing for the Hawks. Do you think he will get a better hair dont for that day. Heres to Randle knocking the little pussy into the 5th row.
lol, Randle might still have PTSD from the Hawks making him their bitch in the playoffs.
Good one with the hair comment, definitely a sign of a guy who has of valid points about Trae to talk about the hair.
https://nbamath.com/crystalbasketball-ranking-all-nba-players-after-2020-21/
These guys have him #15 for this year. Also seen him as high as #13.
But yea, not close to top 10.
PLease list all the players who are clearly better than Trae. Good luck getting past 10.
How can you not love LaMelo? Kid is awesome and knows what he is doing on and off the court.
oh yea, that asshole of a father is about to have all 3 of his kids playing in the NBA. And all 3 of them have nothing but great praise for their father. Definitely must be the biggest asshole on the planet.
There's probably 20 guys who were drafted this year who would've loved to have Lavar Ball as a father.
You dont get second, third or fourth chance to make a first impression. Because the kids became successful in spite of their father has nothing to do with him being an asshole.
You have really weird view of the world.
Trae already getting read to ruin Christmas for everyone in NYC. Love it.
Looking at that list, I would take quite a few guys on that list behind him in addition to the ones in front. So he's top ~25ish on my book, not exactly close to top 10 but on the trajectory to be sooner than later.
This guy probably believes and takes to the bank preseason rankings.
Anyone can make facts lie.
Trae Young is really not fun to watch. He hits a deep, off balance, no-look, behind the back, between the legs, over the shoulder, three from 3/4 court and you go, “oh, that was nice.”
Then he flails around in the lane, throws the ball over the backboard and acts like he just got hit in the face with a machete the next possession.
Ruins it.
Then he flails around in the lane, throws the ball over the backboard and acts like he just got hit in the face with a machete the next possession.
Ruins it.
Hoping the rules changes helps with that. Harden is an incredible player who I've always hated because of that same shit.
Lebron
Giannis
Durant
Kawhi
Luka
Steph
Harden
Jokic
Embiid
AD
PG-13
Butler
Dame
That’s 13 before you start getting to the debatable category.
Personally, I’d take Tatum, Zion, Mitchell, Chris Paul, Booker, and Beal all over him depending on the roster I had.
Casual.
The rule changes aren't going to make much of a difference for Trae. He doesn't kick his leg out and he rarely does the thing where you get the defender in the air and then jump into him while shooting. His big thing is getting a player on his hip and then stopping abruptly for a pull up jumper in the lane. This will still be and always will be a foul.
Everyone said Trae would suffer in the playoffs when the games are called more tightly. Everyone was wrong as Trae flourished and still got to the line 9x per game.
I'll give you the bolded 10, but PG-13, Dame and Butler are very debatable. Trae definitely better than Dame. Scores as much, but passes way more and is about the same on defense.
He's also clearly better than Zion, Mitchell, CP3, Booker and Beal. Tatum is debatable I guess.
Offensively he's better than all those guys. It comes down to how much you believe his defense detracts from his overall rank.
How about that, I agree with brooky on something. NBA is becoming very close to soccer. Shot by a sniper only to get back up and finish the lay up at the other end. Sad.
