Trae Young - The Man, The Viper, and The Prosecution aka The MVP aka Ice Trae

[RedDawg#8]

2 hours ago, macdaddy said:

 

 

Better than Brunson 

[RedDawg#8]

Sad but, true lol

 

[REHawksFan]

On 7/10/2024 at 5:13 PM, macdaddy said:

 

 

Steph: 74 games / 43 clutch games

DD:  79 games / 40 clutch

Dame:  73 games / 37 clutch

Joker:  79 games / 36 clutch

Fox:  74 games / 35 clutch

Mikal:  82 games / 32 clutch

SGA:  75 games / 34 clutch

Trae: 54 games / 31 clutch

DJM:  78 games / 42 clutch 

Brunson:  77 games / 30 clutch

What stands out here?

Edited July 11 by REHawksFan

[RedDawg#8]

Twice in one day, they are really feeling Trae lol

 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

2 hours ago, RedDawg#8 said:

Twice in one day, they are really feeling Trae lol

 

Maybe "Ash Trae" is the true villain version of "Ice Trae".

[Final_quest]

Trae tweets about Reed Shepphard but not Risacher.  Fans not happy:

[JayBirdHawk]

16 minutes ago, Final_quest said:

Trae tweets about Reed Shepphard but not Risacher.  Fans not happy:

That makes me uncomfortable  

[Spud2nique]

Just now, JayBirdHawk said:

Don’t worry it’s cuz he got ice lite in him a bit .. Trae self compliment right there  

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[RedDawg#8]

3 hours ago, Final_quest said:

Trae tweets about Reed Shepphard but not Risacher.  Fans not happy:

Trae mentioned during his interview that Reed Sheppard is signed to Trae’s agency and they share the same agent so they have gotten to know each other.

Again, another nothing burger.

[REHawksFan]

7 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

"Chill"

"We move"

"Rent Free"

"I am ATL"

This is some next level trolling of the dumb Twitter fans that crucify him for speaking, not speaking, and anything else he does or doesn't do. LOL

Tops it off with the, "Real $***" comment. 

 

[JeffS17]

2 hours ago, REHawksFan said:

"Chill"

"We move"

"Rent Free"

"I am ATL"

This is some next level trolling of the dumb Twitter fans that crucify him for speaking, not speaking, and anything else he does or doesn't do. LOL

Tops it off with the, "Real $***" comment. 

 

Maybe.  No need to go full Sherlock Holmes on Trae this offseason, but I can understand why some people are concerned with his behavior.  A simple tweet itself might not be meaningful, or the absence of one, but it is a change of behavior-- I'm pretty sure he used to welcome all of our rookie draft picks via twitter.  I also recall him watching summer league games with his teammates.  But this summer he's tweeting about Reed Sheppard and I haven't seen him any teammates all offseason.

Again, easy to dismiss everything on the surface but it's the change from the norm that concerns people.  My guess is this is either because 1. he's privately asked the Hawks to consider deals where he can go to a team he thinks is a contender or 2. a distancing reaction [that he will get over] from him that he no longer has a voice in front office decisions (presumably around drafting at #1 rather than trading it).  

[macdaddy]

17 minutes ago, JeffS17 said:

Maybe.  No need to go full Sherlock Holmes on Trae this offseason, but I can understand why some people are concerned with his behavior.  A simple tweet itself might not be meaningful, or the absence of one, but it is a change of behavior-- I'm pretty sure he used to welcome all of our rookie draft picks via twitter.  I also recall him watching summer league games with his teammates.  But this summer he's tweeting about Reed Sheppard and I haven't seen him any teammates all offseason.

Again, easy to dismiss everything on the surface but it's the change from the norm that concerns people.  My guess is this is either because 1. he's privately asked the Hawks to consider deals where he can go to a team he thinks is a contender or 2. a distancing reaction [that he will get over] from him that he no longer has a voice in front office decisions (presumably around drafting at #1 rather than trading it).  

I agree that something seems different.  In the interview they talked about east teams getting better and he said something like 'but we'll try to come out and shock everybody'.   Which is fine but it's definitely not 'we got a lot better too'.  

This season has to go near perfect for him to be here next year is my opinion.  

[REHawksFan]

27 minutes ago, JeffS17 said:

Maybe.  No need to go full Sherlock Holmes on Trae this offseason, but I can understand why some people are concerned with his behavior.  A simple tweet itself might not be meaningful, or the absence of one, but it is a change of behavior-- I'm pretty sure he used to welcome all of our rookie draft picks via twitter.  I also recall him watching summer league games with his teammates.  But this summer he's tweeting about Reed Sheppard and I haven't seen him any teammates all offseason.

Again, easy to dismiss everything on the surface but it's the change from the norm that concerns people.  My guess is this is either because 1. he's privately asked the Hawks to consider deals where he can go to a team he thinks is a contender or 2. a distancing reaction [that he will get over] from him that he no longer has a voice in front office decisions (presumably around drafting at #1 rather than trading it).  

I just disagree with this whole line of thinking. I posted the words from his actual tweet. CHILL. RENT FREE. I AM ATL.

You are jumping to a conclusion that hes asking for a trade or distancing himself based on nothing. Literally based on him not tweeting. 

It's far more likely based on that tweet that he's calling out people just like you that think you know what he's doing or what he thinks. 

 

[Gray Mule]

Another possibility.  Hawks may not be finished trading before the season begins.  Trae knows this.  If he had a lot of the current team around him and then some got traded - - Well, that would be different.  Before this summer we didn't think this way.

[macdaddy]

20 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

I just disagree with this whole line of thinking. I posted the words from his actual tweet. CHILL. RENT FREE. I AM ATL.

You are jumping to a conclusion that hes asking for a trade or distancing himself based on nothing. Literally based on him not tweeting. 

It's far more likely based on that tweet that he's calling out people just like you that think you know what he's doing or what he thinks. 

 

Definitely could be but if he knows people are questioning his relationship with the team and getting the wrong idea then why not just directly set the record straight rather than being so cryptic?   He easily could be seen wearing Hawks gear which hasn't happened since the season ended.  Everyone knows he was in vegas all week but didn't go to the game when his other teammates did.  That's weird stuff.  

[JeffS17]

31 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

I just disagree with this whole line of thinking. I posted the words from his actual tweet. CHILL. RENT FREE. I AM ATL.

You are jumping to a conclusion that hes asking for a trade or distancing himself based on nothing. Literally based on him not tweeting. 

It's far more likely based on that tweet that he's calling out people just like you that think you know what he's doing or what he thinks. 

 

Yeah, all speculative for sure, I understand the argument and @Gray Mule could absolutely be right that Trae knows we're not done dealing and is waiting for that.  Still odd not to welcome a first pick that there is zero chance of being shipped out at this point.  Waiting until after the draft day is prudent, but is he waiting until after summer league?  Until training camp?  It's just odd man, no one can deny it's odd we had the number one pick for the first time ever and our franchise player has zero excitement about it or any public comment about the pick or the player.  Feels like he's starting to treat his role with the Hawks as a 9-5 instead of as our franchise player, which is pretty telling to me.

[REHawksFan]

50 minutes ago, JeffS17 said:

Yeah, all speculative for sure, I understand the argument and @Gray Mule could absolutely be right that Trae knows we're not done dealing and is waiting for that.  Still odd not to welcome a first pick that there is zero chance of being shipped out at this point.  Waiting until after the draft day is prudent, but is he waiting until after summer league?  Until training camp?  It's just odd man, no one can deny it's odd we had the number one pick for the first time ever and our franchise player has zero excitement about it or any public comment about the pick or the player.  Feels like he's starting to treat his role with the Hawks as a 9-5 instead of as our franchise player, which is pretty telling to me.

You see what you want to see I guess. I just don't think there's anything to it. He's already publicly stated that he's texted with ZR. But because he didn't tweet about him for you to see, it must mean he wants to be traded or he's distancing himself? That's some Grade A horse . 

Did JJ tweet about ZR and welcome him to the team? 

Did Bogi? 

Did anyone?

I don't know, maybe they did. But i haven't seen it. Even so, it still doesn't mean anything. Especially when he's literally now wearing a hat that says, I AM ATL. 

I guess the RENT FREE hat is more applicable for some of yall. 

But maybe the CHILL hat is what ya actually need. 

 

[Wretch]

12 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

For the record, there isn't a bigger Trae supporter on this board than I am.  However, I've lived through 30+ years of wild things happening in the NBA - like the day we traded the biggest star in franchise history.  I have also seen enough "Hawks-like" things that letting Trae slip away would just be SSDD.

That said, I love this post by Trae.  Marquee players have to be careful about what they say (or don't say) for a lot of reasons.  He's sending the right message here.  Especially "CHILL" and "I AM ATL."  It's encouraging.  I'm not going to be fully at ease until we get a legit team around him, but I will turn the dial back to Defcon 4 lol.