Hawks Move On From Trae Young in Shocking Trade to Wizards

The Trae Young era in Atlanta is officially over. The Atlanta Hawks have traded the four-time All-Star to the Washington Wizards in exchange for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert, according to ESPN. Notably, no draft compensation was included, signaling a clean philosophical reset rather than a traditional asset-collection move. The deal ends Young’s seven-plus-season run as Atlanta’s franchise centerpiece and reunites him with Travis Schlenk, the architect who drafted him in 2018 and now serves as Washington’s vice president of player personnel. Why Atlanta Finally Moved On ATLANTA, GEORGIA -...