{"id":466624,"date":"2025-10-27T21:48:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=466624"},"modified":"2025-10-27T21:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:48:26","slug":"why-this-season-is-pivotal-for-trae-young-and-the-atlanta-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/why-this-season-is-pivotal-for-trae-young-and-the-atlanta-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this season is pivotal for Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1501\">For <strong data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1274\">Trae Young<\/strong>, the 2025-26 campaign feels \u201cspecial.\u201d The <strong data-start=\"1318\" data-end=\"1335\">Atlanta Hawks<\/strong> guard told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46701366\/nba-atlanta-hawks-trae-young-silence-haters-2025-2026-new-teammates\"><em data-start=\"1347\" data-end=\"1353\">ESPN<\/em><\/a> it\u2019s \u201cdefinitely the biggest season\u201d of his career, as he looks to prove he\u2019s still the franchise cornerstone after years of playoff frustration.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1503\" data-end=\"1867\">At 27 and eligible for a <strong data-start=\"1528\" data-end=\"1558\">$229 million max extension<\/strong>, Young leads a revamped roster featuring <strong data-start=\"1600\" data-end=\"1622\">Kristaps Porzingis<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1624\" data-end=\"1652\">Nickeil Alexander-Walker<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1658\" data-end=\"1674\">Luke Kennard<\/strong>, alongside young talents <strong data-start=\"1700\" data-end=\"1717\">Jalen Johnson<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1722\" data-end=\"1744\">Zaccharie Risacher<\/strong>. Coach <strong data-start=\"1752\" data-end=\"1767\">Quin Snyder<\/strong> has emphasized efficiency and teamwork, pushing Young to thrive both as a scorer and facilitator.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1869\" data-end=\"2067\">\u201cIf we\u2019re healthy,\u201d Young said, \u201cthe world better be ready for what\u2019s coming.\u201d For Atlanta, after years of mediocrity, this season could define the direction of the franchise \u2014 and Young\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Trae Young, the 2025-26 campaign feels \u201cspecial.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":372098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-466624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Atlanta-Hawks.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466624"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=466624"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=466624"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=466624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}