Knicks followers aren’t the one ones who’ve an issue with Trae Young lately.
Ahead of his return to MSG on Wednesday, the Hawks level guard reportedly argued along with his coach and refused to attend a house sport final week.
Rather than take duty, Young targeted on media leaks.
“It’s hard for people who don’t know the full situation to understand it,” Young stated in a tense back-and-forth with an Atlanta reporter. “Like I said, it’s a private matter made public, which was unfortunate. If it stayed private it probably wouldn’t have been as big of a deal.”
The purpose for the heated trade with Hawks coach Nate McMillan, in line with the Athletic, was Young declining to take part within the morning shootaround so he may rehab his shoulder. The incident dug up issues with Young’s subpar management because the Hawks’ franchise face.
It’s potential fodder for Knicks followers who like to torment Young with chants at MSG, whether or not they’re shouting “F— Trae Young” or “Trae Young’s bald.”
How about: “Your coach hates you.”
Young has embraced his villain standing in New York and responded by burying the Knicks in consecutive seasons. In the final matchup on Nov. 2, he shot poorly however the Hawks nonetheless steamrolled the Knicks as a result of Dejounte Murray dropped 36 factors.
Counting the playoffs, Young has gained 4 of his final 5 video games at MSG. Still, Derrick Rose, who was the Knicks place to begin guard throughout the 2021 playoff sequence towards the Hawks, stated the fan’s vitriol doesn’t lengthen to New York’s locker room.
“It’s only the fans,” Rose stated. “I think they created something, but, nah, we don’t look at him that way or talk about him any differently in the locker room. It’s something that I guess started with the Reggie Miller stuff. And I guess it’s the new version of that, or trying to create something around it, which is not there. I don’t get it. But we don’t talk about it like that.”
Atlanta’s locker room might need the larger challenge.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com