00:00Trey Young of the Atlanta Hawks, the face of the franchise, arguably one of the best players in
00:05the history of the franchise, is going to the Wizards. In return, Corey Kispert and CJ McCollum
00:11are now going to Atlanta. Now, Gilbert, you can speak on this far more better than I can.
00:19All I can tell you is social media tells me that this return was light for Trey Young. No first
00:25round pick, etc. Is that the case here? Or, I mean, is Washington trading for damaged goods,
00:31so to speak? What do you make of the trade? Yeah, the fact that there were no draft picks
00:35involved in this trade is pretty surprising. I think to me and everybody else who was following
00:39this, you thought that that would be the case, but they bought low. Trey Young obviously was no
00:44longer a fit with this Hawks team. Jalen Johnson has made an all-star leap, and quite frankly,
00:49the team was playing better when he wasn't on the floor. And I think the Hawks, I mean,
00:52the Hawks recognized that, but the Wizards recognized that as well. And also, there wasn't
00:55much of a trade market for Trey Young out there. All the teams who maybe could have made a deal
01:00didn't necessarily have the assets, so it really was just one team that was in the mix to get him.
01:06And I think the Wizards recognized that, their front office recognized that, and ends up being
01:09a pretty fair deal, all things considered. I mean, Trey Young has had his deficiencies in the past
01:14and has his deficiencies still as a defender specifically, but he is one of the best playmakers in
01:19the NBA. The Wizards have a young team, but a young, talented team. So you take a risk on a guy
01:24who is going to be, could enter free agency this summer. I'm sure they've had an agreement working
01:28for the long term with him there. He said he wants to be, and Washington was not something we hear
01:32often with respect to the Wizards franchise. So all those things working together, it should be
01:37interesting to see how it plays out with him, playing with guys like Trey Johnson and Alex R,
01:43two young talents, two young recent top picks that the Wizards have made.
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