In a game between the Hawks and the Magic that ended earlier, the Hawks' Trae Young still scored a team-high 28 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists with 50% shooting of 11 of 22 with 50% shooting of 11 of 22, leading the team to a 111-99 victory over the opponent, temporarily walking out of the shadow of the last game to lose the Rockets by 6 points. In this game, Trae Young's sense of three-pointer is not good, coupled with the threat of free throws is not high (only 5 free throws in the whole game), more are shooting some mid-range jump shots that have been almost lost in the NBA, which is accustomed to the farer three-point shooting, and now the distance is shortened, which is not a difficult thing for Trae Young.
Trae Young, who was known for his projection in college, did not forget this old line after entering the NBA in 18 years, and he was able to hand over excellent data of 19.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 8.1 assists in the rookie season, but because he was new to the university, he could not adapt to the NBA's three-point distance for a while and a half, and also made him shoot only 32.4% of the shooting rate outside the three-point line, and in the second season, Trae Young not only found the accuracy of shooting on the outside, but also increased the three-point shooting rate to 36.1%, Harden also stole from harden on the free throw line, becoming one of the most free throw-making defenders in the league, taking 9.3 free throws per game and shooting a good 86%.
Benefiting from the "welfare" of the free throw line in the past two seasons, Trae Young has also maintained his scoring at more than 25+ thresholds, coupled with the ability to assist has not been lost, averaging more than 9+ per game, which makes Yang Shaoxia one of the top point guards in the league, especially last season's single core led the Hawks to the Eastern Conference Finals, which made him famous. This season, after the league revised the rules related to foul making, Young fell into a low ebb at the beginning of the season, but after a period of adjustment, he began to regain his accurate shooting, shooting a career-best 38.3% outside the three-point line, while averaging 27 points, 4.1 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game.
However, as strong as Curry can not get an easy shot outside the three-point line, not to mention Yang, a young man with only 4 years of NBA resume, in the case of a three-point shooting rate of the highest value in his career, Trae Young has also become a thorn in the eyes of defensive players, but whenever he makes him feel shot, the other party will take a bag clip, and even directly sacrifice a four-point defensive strategy like Curry, and in the case of not getting enough shooting space outside the three-point line, Trae Young will also choose to play more blocks with Capela and Collins on the inside. Intentionally increasing the middle distance shot, it is precisely because of the strengthening of the grasp of the middle distance, coupled with the already good ability to break through the layup, Trae Young also set a career high of 46.1% in terms of shooting percentage.
Not surprisingly, Trae Young has a good chance to be selected for the All-Star stage again this season, after all, there are not many good defenders in the East, especially in the absence of Irving and Harden's unstable state, if Trae Young can still maintain such a stable output, it may even be directly among the starting positions.
As for whether it can win the honor of the best team, I am afraid it depends on the eagles' record, the current eagles with a record of 14 wins and 14 losses are temporarily ranked ninth in the East, and the Hornets who are 6th are only 1 win difference, in view of the recent state of the Eagles has been warming up, if Yang can keep the Eagles' ranking in the top four or so positions in the East, the honor of the best team should be impossible to run away.