{"id":477746,"date":"2026-01-07T21:13:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=477746"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:13:39","slug":"wizards-emerge-as-trae-youngs-preferred-landing-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wizards-emerge-as-trae-youngs-preferred-landing-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards emerge as Trae Young\u2019s preferred landing spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Shams Charania, the Washington Wizards are Trae Young\u2019s preferred destination as the four-time All-Star point guard looks set to leave the Atlanta Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia-based franchise has reportedly begun working with Young\u2019s representatives to find a solution that would satisfy all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, Young would join a young, talent-rich roster that could benefit from his playmaking and creativity as the group continues to develop.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there is significant optimism within the Hawks organization about the future. Next summer, Atlanta\u2019s front office is expected to have substantial salary cap flexibility, along with an unprotected first-round pick from the New Orleans Pelicans\u2014currently holding the league\u2019s second-worst record, making it a potentially very high selection in the upcoming NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trae Young has the Washington Wizards as his top preferred trade destination, sources tell ESPN. Atlanta is working to move Young, who has a $49 million player option in offseason that would make him an expiring contract; or opt out, leave and give Hawks significant cap space. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LUm2hJCj1z\">https:\/\/t.co\/LUm2hJCj1z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2008990783165354053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The four-time All-Star is expected to leave the Hawks before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":476727,"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":[175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-477746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/trae-young-atlanta-hawks.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477746","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\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477746"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=477746"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=477746"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=477746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}