Atlanta Hawks: Trae Young’s stock is rising as an All-Star starter

The Atlanta Hawks deserve an All-Star this year. The question is who, and how many, will it be?

For about a week, investors and stock junkies drooled over the increase of the market with the businesses of GameStop and AMC rising. If you had bought stock with those companies, then you may have been rolling out with a lot of money. If you didn’t buy any stock from those companies… well, you just missed out.

Like any investor would tell you, it’s good to invest early because you may just hit the jackpot in the future.

For voters, I hope they invested in putting Trae Young in as an All-Star starter because his stock just went up.

“Your apology needs to be as loud as the disrespect was”

Last year, Young received backlash for being voted in as a starter in his second season in the league. The main argument was that Young was putting up big numbers on the worst team in the Eastern Conference (they were 11-34), which didn’t account for anything. In today’s age, it’s called ‘stat-padding’ or ‘empty stats’.

This year is different, because the Hawks look like a good team, and Young has continued putting up big numbers.

Young was averaging 29.1 points and 8.8 assists when he was selected as an All-Star last season. This season, he’s averaging 26.9 points and 9.0 assists. The numbers are not far off, and the only reason there is a point decrease is that he has more help than he did last year.

De’Andre Hunter’s second-year ascension, John Collins’ offensive improvement, the addition of Clint Capela, and the play of other role players on the team has taken the Hawks to sixth in the Eastern Conference with a 10-10 record. That explains the slight increase in his assist average, where he currently ranks third in the NBA.