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Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young has been dominated out for Sunday’s sport against the Orlando Magic with a left finger damage, the team introduced.
The 25-twelve months-extinct presumably injured his finger in Friday’s 123-121 loss to the Toronto Raptors, despite the incontrovertible truth that he silent played 35 minutes.
Young has been basically wholesome this season, despite the incontrovertible truth that the Hawks comprise struggled mightily in spite of the three-time All-Huge title’s easiest efforts and sit 10th within the Jap Conference with a 24-32 file.
Thru 51 video games, Young is averaging 26.4 capabilities, 2.7 rebounds and 10.8 assists while shooting 42.6 p.c from the bottom and 37.1 p.c from beyond the arc.
With Young sidelined for Sunday’s matchup, Patty Mills, Wesley Matthews and Kobe Bufkin might perchance maybe glance more playing time alongside Dejounte Murray and Bogdan Bogdanovic in Quin Snyder’s rotation.
With the Hawks on tempo to neglect the playoffs, Young has found himself included in a huge willpower of change rumors this twelve months.
Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports activities reported earlier this month that there are “quite loads of front places of work that listened to Atlanta’s pre-closing date chatter and came a ways from conversations with the Hawks of the assumption Trae Young might perchance maybe turn out to be readily within the market for change this summer season.”
He listed the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs as potential destinations.
NBA insider Marc Stein also reported that the Hawks “know” they deserve to alter one amongst Young or Murray at some stage within the offseason.
“As one other league observer — one well-conversant in the Hawks’ dynamics — set up it to me nowadays: ‘They know they deserve to alter one or the more than a few,'” Stein wrote.
If the Hawks fabricate lumber on from Young this summer season, the team’s asking imprint will doubtless be excessive as it goals to provide a factual championship contender.
