Trae Young Biography

Trae Young born Rayford Trae Young on September 19, 1998 is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Trae Young Age

He was born on September 19, 1998. He is 20 years old as of 2018.

Trae Young Height

He is 1.88 metres tall.

Trae Young Family

Trae is the son of Candice and Rayford Young, who played basketball at Texas Tech and professionally in Europe. He has a younger brother, Timothy, and two younger sisters, Caitlyn and Camryn.

Trae Young Recruiting

In the 2017 recruiting class by Scout.com, Rivals.com and ESPN, Young was considered one of the best players . While the other websites considered him the third-best point guard of the recruiting class that year, ESPN considered him the second-best point guard prospect that year. Young on February 16, 2017, committed to the Oklahoma Sooners, having him stay in his home state for his college career. He was among the University of Oklahoma’s first five-star recruit since Tiny Gallon in 2010.

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Young went to Norman North High School in his hometown of Norman, Oklahoma. Although he did not play basketball in his freshman year at Norman North, he ended up playing for the team in his sophomore year. He averaged 25 points, 5 assists, and 4 rebounds per game that year as he helped Norman North win the 2015 area championship and was named Oklahoma’s Sophomore of the Year.

He significantly improved his game, during his junior year of high school, averaging 34.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 4.6 assists as he led the team to a 28–4 record that year, winning the regional title and placing runner up in the 2016 Oklahoma Class 6A championship game. Young was also named by multiple sources, Oklahoma’s Player of the Year . During his senior season, he averaged 42.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game while also shooting at a 48.9% rate.

Trae Young Career

Trae committed to the Oklahoma Sooners, on February 16, 2017. On November 12, at the start of the season, Young recorded 15 points, 10 assists, and 6 rebounds in a win over University of Nebraska Omaha. Young recorded 22 points three days after his college debut, and a then season-high 13 assists in a win over Ball State University. Young recorded a season-high 43 points and 7 assists in a 90–80 win over the Oregon Ducks, on November 26. The game had his name draw multiple comparisons to Stephen Curry in terms of his playing style. On December 19, Young tied with Sherman Douglas, Tony Fairley, and Avery Johnson, the NCAA single-game assists record with 22, while also recording 26 points in a blowout 105–68 win against the Northwestern State Demons.

Young throughout the season, rose from being a late first-round or a second-round pick to being a potential top-three pick for the 2018 NBA draft. He was highly praised by both LeBron James and Stephen Curry for his season with Oklahoma. He however, ran into a rough patch when West Virginia University’s Press Virginia defense forced him into 8 turnovers on January 5, 2018. Furthermore, His individual defense has further been rated as “poor”. Young however, recovered with a season-high 43 points and 11 rebounds with 7 assists in a 102–97 overtime win over Texas Christian University a week later on January 13. Three days later, Young winded up with a season-high 12 turnovers in a blowout loss to Kansas State University, which surpassed his previous season-high a few weeks ago. Young on January 20, recorded a new career-high 48 points in a close 83–81 overtime loss to rival Oklahoma State University. He recovered from that with a 9 assist, 26 point effort in an 85-80 win over #5-ranked University of Kansas on January 23rd.

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Young has agreed to his rookie contract with the Atlanta Hawks. Per Real GM, under the NBA’s rookie wage scale, Young will earn $15,167,700 over the first three years of his rookie deal.

The Dallas Mavericks originally selected Young, but the Mavs and Hawks had already worked out a deal by then to ensure he would never play a game for Dallas.

Atlanta sent Luka Doncic’s draft rights to the Mavericks in return for Young and a lottery-protected first-round pick next year.

Trae Young Agent

Trae Young signed with same agency as Steph Curry in April 2008. Some have referred to Trae Young , former Oklahoma guard as “the next Steph Curry.” That comparison adds another layer as the two are now represented by the same sports agency, Octagon.

The two sides announced an agreement on 13th Friday, which explained that Young will be represented by the same agent, Jeff Austin, that represents Curry, a two-time NBA MVP with the Golden State Warriors, along with Omar Wilkes, based out of Los Angeles, where Young was recently spotted preparing for the 2018 NBA Draft.

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Young announced his intention to forgo his final three seasons of collegiate eligibility following Oklahoma’s loss in the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament,and declare for the 2018 NBA draft.

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Bulls worked out Trae Young in June, then worked him over Saturday

ATLANTA — Point guard Trae Young wasn’t merely on the Bulls’ radar leading up to the NBA Draft in June; he was actually in their building.

Before the draft, Bulls general manager Gar Forman and vice president John Paxson brought Young in for a private workout at the Advocate Center in an effort to gauge his makeup in case he was still around for the No. 7 overall pick.

It didn’t happen because Young was selected No. 5 overall by the Mavericks and traded to the Hawks for swingman Luka Doncic.

The consolation prize — if 6-11 and 19 years old could be considered a consolation — was big man Wendell Carter Jr.

On Saturday, at least, the Bulls had to feel pretty good about how things have worked out with that.

While Young was making questionable decision after questionable decision in the Bulls’ 97-85 victory, not to mention going 3-for-12 from the field and 0-for-6 from three-point range, Carter notched the first double-double of his career by scoring 10 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

‘‘It was great to see for Wendell, great for his confidence,’’ coach Fred Hoiberg said.

Hoiberg also had to like that his players executed the game plan and didn’t criticize it afterward.

Twice in the last week — inadvertently or not — guard Zach LaVine and forward Jabari Parker had questioned the Bulls’ play-calling and schemes after losses.

Both had big games against the Hawks, with LaVine scoring 27 points and grabbing 11 rebounds and Parker scoring 18 points off the bench and making an effort on defense.

The Bulls allowed only 19 points in the second and third quarters, a far cry from their defensive disaster in a 135-106 loss Friday to the Hornets.

‘‘They didn’t like how [Friday] went,’’ Hoiberg said. ‘‘They watched the film session, and they were embarrassed. I could see it in their eyes that they were going to come out with a good effort.

‘‘When the ball wasn’t going in the hoop, we stuck with it. That’s been the problem the first five games, but we stayed with it, did a good job with our schemes. I couldn’t be prouder with the effort.’’

LaVine agreed.

‘‘It was good to get a win, to come back and bounce back after [Friday],’’ LaVine said. ‘‘I was upset with the effort that we gave. ... It wasn’t a good feeling, not even being able to compete, really, because we really didn’t play in the fourth quarter. It was upsetting, but it was good to bounce back now and get a win.

‘‘That’s the thing about the NBA: You can’t dwell on it.’’

The player who had the locker room the most excited after the game was guard Ryan Arcidiacono, who used his physicality to take Young out of the game. That was one of the knocks on Young coming out of Oklahoma, and Arcidiacono exploited it. He also matched Young by scoring 13 points, including three three-pointers.

‘‘We were just trying to be aggressive,’’ Arcidiacono said. ‘‘I know I’m really not a proven player in this league, but I’m just going to shoot it with confidence.

‘‘We had a bad taste in our mouths [after Friday]. We knew that wasn’t us.’’

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