Once he’s healthy, the former Hawk is something to see, and that’s more than Washington basketball has had in a bit.
Trae Young gets up a shot from the bench before a recent game. (Dale Zanine/IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)
Now that Trae Young will become the Washington Wizards’ starting point guard, racking up assists, launching impossibly deep threes, rubbing his arms and pretending to shiver, let’s think of him in these terms: like an ice cube placed atop a scorching hot stove. He will provide some chills before soon melting away.