Sunday Social: Trae Young shines as he records his career-high
By Alex Mcewen
After appearing in his first career All-Star game, Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young has continued his rapid ascension coming out of the break.
Trae Young started in the 2020 NBA All-Star game, many griped about it because it was fans who voted him in, and his team currently resides in the bottom-five in the association. However, Young did not let the criticism dissuade him from putting on a show, as he swished an impressive heave from far beyond the arc, 40-feet to be exact.
Like many rising stars from the past, Young is using his success from All-Star weekend as a springboard. In his first game after the break, he registered a new career-high, scoring an efficient 50 points. In his follow-up performance, Young posted half that scoring total, 25.
Young led the Hawks to wins in both contests, earning victories over the Heat and Mavericks.
Wild stuff
Not so Spurs-esque
So, the Spurs....
— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) February 17, 2020
-flipped Davis Bertans to open up cap space for Marcus Morris
-lost out on Morris to the Knicks
-signed DeMarre Carroll
-proceeded not to play Carroll, then bought him out
Do I have that right or
The Rockets now have four former Thunder players under contract
https://twitter.com/MKESZN/status/1229552982741704704?s=20
Sticking with super small ball
Can he play center? https://t.co/pUxtdkJh7s
— SirCharlesInCharge (@SirCharlesIC) February 17, 2020
Good question?
Has he followed back yet? https://t.co/0v7I6ghNSh
— RED is here♒️ (@shesforRussy) February 17, 2020
Just a champ and his coyote
Just a couple of friends hanging out!#GoSpursGo pic.twitter.com/v9nrv7Ea9d
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) February 17, 2020
A series of unfortunate events
Cousins was
— , (@dbs408) February 22, 2020
-Months away from the supermax in Sacramento then traded
-Months away from max deal before tearing his Achilles with Pels
-signs w/GS for MLE, rehabs for playoffs & tears his quad in round 1 then loses in Finals
-signs w/Lakers for vet Min then tears ACL & cut
Oh Bill
Bill Simmons: Buddy Hield won the 3-point shootout and "... for some reason Trae Young was the first person to congratulate him? Which I didn't really understand-"
— Stephen Dolan (@SteveThunderfan) February 18, 2020
Bill. Bill.
Bill.
This sums up how the NBA works
Idk if this makes sense, but
— Eric (@PointGods) February 18, 2020
I think Rockets biggest fear in the playoffs would be the Lakers
Lakers biggest fear would be the Clippers
and Clippers biggest fear would be the Rockets
Remember your manners, please
Ingles is taking a strong stance
https://twitter.com/Joeingles7/status/1229847590906163200?s=20
This description could fit a lot of different teams
https://twitter.com/Leestewart281/status/1231072538089881600?s=20
It makes ZERO sense
It’s fun that we live and world where Ben Simmons is killed for not shooting 3s and Russell Westbrook is overly praised for not shooting 3s.
— Andrew Schlecht (@AndrewKSchlecht) February 18, 2020
Both can’t shoot... what are we doing?
Are the Rockets days in H-Town numbered?
https://twitter.com/TheSlanderGawwd/status/1229860225076715524?s=20
The Withdraw was Real
Phenomenal Point
Far and away the dumbest common basketball narrative is the notion that NBA Finals losses are emblematic of anything beyond being the second-best team. Somehow losing in the NBA Finals makes you a choker who can't win important games, yet losing in the second round is just dandy.
— Brady Klopfer (@BradyKlopferNBA) February 21, 2020
LeBron James receives far too much criticism for his Finals record, the above accurately depicts the situation.
It’s good to be kind
https://twitter.com/kendrakay1225/status/1231069489275510784?s=20
Jokic is moving up the social pecking order
jokic is a treasure. try and find a better quote today, i’ll wait pic.twitter.com/amVCSPlgqV
— tyler dunn (@itstylerdunn) February 22, 2020
Giant Grammatical Fail
Gods will what https://t.co/yDRYEIRgIS
— Matty Double Dribbles (@MattTyranny) February 22, 2020
LOOPHOLES!
NBA rules allow a player waived when injured to continue rehabbing with that team. DeMarcus Cousins is unlikely to be formally released by the Lakers until Sunday ... and is expected to be granted access to keep using Laker facilities in his comeback from an ACL tear if needed
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) February 22, 2020
No Sleep for Shaq
An excerpt from @shaq on coping with Kobe Bryant grief as Monday’s memorial service in Los Angeles draws near ... pic.twitter.com/iCfiYKf8xw
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) February 22, 2020
This is where things stand in Detroit
Two of these Piston playoff veterans are out with injuries and one is on a minutes restriction, fwiw https://t.co/URxuVTISdF
— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) February 22, 2020
The Clips are in a bad spot right now
Totally disjointed effort from the Clippers today. After that last Lou Williams turnover, immediately following the Fox dunk, Doc Rivers shot him an expression that seemed to say, what just happened there?
— Andrew Greif (@AndrewGreif) February 22, 2020
Elite company
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1230743897426382849?s=20
Good ole jersey exchange
Trae Young had a legendary quote about why he let Quavo have his jersey from the 50-point game (via @ChrisKirschner) pic.twitter.com/eOXOwJE7Pd
— Larry Brown (@LBSports) February 22, 2020
Serious shade alert
https://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1230717843878006784?s=20
Russ’ facial expressions in this video are classic
https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/1231444825632845824?s=20
Does this count as tampering?
https://twitter.com/thebig3/status/1231450539021352962?s=20
*Inserts chin-scratching emoji*
That winning feeling
https://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/1231419360851480577?s=20
Ending on a high note
Sticking with Trae Young, this week’s high note is a photo of Young receiving his community assist award, shared by Hawks legend Dikembe Mutombo.
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Have a great week, and check back next Sunday for the latest edition of Sunday Social.