Welcome to the Saturday Slamin' Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily.

On today's show, we're going to do the good, the bad, and the what?

We're back.

We're going to have Jared Weiss on to talk about the San Antonio Spurs, who are a very good team, and we're going to do some

trivia. But before we get to all that, Al, tell me what happened in the NBA this week.

Well, Andrew, our top story this week was the first trade of the NBA season. After months of

listening to NBA fans wonder whether the Hawks would be better off without face of the NBA season. After months of listening to NBA fans wonder whether the Hawks would be

better off without face of the franchise, Trey Young, Atlanta decided they were also kind of

wondering the same thing. In a move that involved zero draft assets on either side, the Hawks

sent Trey Young to the Washington Wizards for C.J. McCollum, who was on expiring contract and Corey Kispert.

Now, there were reports that the Hawks tried to get the Wizards to include beatwriter Josh Robbins in the deal.

The Washington refused telling the Hawks hands off America's sweetheart.

Now, Robbins tweeted after the deal that he would be surprised if Trey plays much, if at all, the remainder of the season for the Wizards.

The highlight of Trey Young's time in Atlanta was, of course, the Eastern Conference Finals run in 2021, which included the infamous second round series with Philadelphia and Ben Simmons.

The Hawks were never able to capitalize on that run, however, never

winning more than 43 games in the subsequent seasons. The Hawks are currently 18 and 21,

but Sham Sharano reports that the Hawks see this as the first domino, intending to pursue a trade

for a large salary player with Anthony Davis as the prime target. As one high-level league source told the athletic, quote,

every team in the East believes they're an Anthony Davis away from making the finals.

Of note, Anthony Davis left the Mavericks Thursday night game against the Jazz in the fourth

quarter with a left-hand injury.

While the East does seem quite wide open right now, the Detroit Pistons keep trying to tell us

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