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The Sports Junkies

Calls On Trae Young's Possible Shut Down

The Sports Junkies

Audacy

Sports

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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From 01/09 Hour 3: The Sports Junkies break down Trae Young with callers.

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0:00.0

All right, we're talking about the Trey Young deal, and there are reports.

0:05.1

You can quibble with it.

0:06.5

This is from Total Sports Network.

0:10.7

They write, per the athletics, Joshua Robbins, reported January 7, 2026.

0:16.4

Young is unlikely to play much or possibly at all this season.

0:20.6

Officially, he's listed out with the quad contusion while also managing the

0:23.9

after effects of earlier MCL issue.

0:27.3

He hasn't played since December 27th against the Knicks and there's no timetable for a return.

0:32.6

How disappointing would that be?

0:34.4

Yesterday in this studio there was a lot of excitement about seeing Trey on the court.

0:38.3

Well, eventually he will be on the court. Now, it might not be for a few weeks. Fans will be naturally disappointed. Fans will be pissed if he doesn't play at all, but I don't believe that. Fans want to see him on the court. They don't, I mean. If he doesn't play for a couple weeks, they're going to be fine because that gap is going to widen where they're going to be very safe in that top eight.

0:55.1

I think the all-star break is a good target.

0:57.9

Yeah. for a couple weeks, they're going to be fine because that gap is going to widen where they're going to be very safe in that top eight.

1:11.5

I think the all-star break is a good target. Yeah. Right? They'll say, yeah, we're going to get him up, get him right. Meanwhile, he's grinding his ass off in the gym. And come, all-star break. They start to get him back out there. And the Wizards have distanced themselves by losing more games. and they'll be fine that top eight.

1:12.2

Yep.

1:14.0

So, and then you'll see them play.

1:14.4

Yeah.

1:10.9

You'll see them play. Yeah. You'll see them play in the meaningless games down the stretch.

1:17.8

They're going to have a roster full of G League guys if they're in any threat to losing that.

1:23.3

Call all those dudes up. Yeah. Bring them up. Don't even sweat it.

1:26.6

All right. Let's go to,

1:28.5

yeah, let's take some calls.

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