2018 NBA Summer League: Ranking the top 10 rookies

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2. Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks

Point guard Trae Young looked to assert himself as the floor general for the Atlanta Hawks. Young struggled to open Summer League, but he adjusted as time progressed and worked out the early kinks.

In the Hawks’ opening game in Utah back on July 2, he scored 16 points on 4-of-20 shooting from the field and 1-of-11 from 3-point range. The Hawks lost that game to the Memphis Grizzlies, 103-88. He struggled shooting the next night against the San Antonio Spurs, putting up 12 points while going 5-of-16 from the floor and 1-of-5 from 3-point range.

It wasn’t until his arrival in Las Vegas that Young found his stride shooting the basketball. He averaged 17.0 points per game on 38 percent shooting from the floor through four appearances in Vegas. During his three appearances in Utah, he shot 12-of-52 (23 percent). His assists also drastically went up. He went from averaging 4.3 per game in Utah to 6.8 in Las Vegas, earning Second Team All- Summer League honors.

One thing he’s done is try to model his game more like Steve Nash than Stephen Curry. That’s a solid step going forward considering the Hawks went 24-58 in 2017-18.