Trae Young: The Making of the NBA’s Favorite Villain

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🗓️ 18 February 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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With a 3-pointer and a bow at Madison Square Garden’s center court, the Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young added to his growing legend in last year’s playoffs. To understand that moment, and the 23-year-old NBA All Star that authored it, ESPN’s Dotun Akintoye traced Young’s roots back to tiny Pampa, Texas and a love for basketball passed down through generations. Akintoye explains the mental makeup and leadership potential of a young man who's not afraid to play the villain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	ESPN Daily is presented by supercuts, the smarter, easier way to get a haircut.
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0:11.5	Toon Akintoye, there is really one place and one place only where we could begin a story about Trey Young.
0:19.5	So just set the stage for us, man.
0:21.8	Where are we?
0:22.8	When are we?
0:27.1	It's June 2nd, 2021, in Madison Square Garden.
0:31.5	It's the first round of the NBA playoffs.
0:34.2	It's game five of what has been a contentious, closely contested, but ultimately
0:41.2	one-sided series between the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks.
0:46.7	The Harkin filled with the best fans in sports came back, as did the Knicks come back,
0:53.4	make the playoffs for the first time in eight years.
0:57.0	The Hawks are up 3-1 in the series, and they're up 12 points in game five with less than a minute to go.
1:04.0	And Trey Young has the ball in his hands, and he's dribbling, you can call it, or it's closer to idling, really.
1:12.1	He seems to be waiting for something.
1:15.2	And then suddenly he steps back with his feet on the edge of the Nix logo
1:21.3	and drains a deep three-pointer with 43 seconds to go.
1:27.4	He then turns and walks to Half Court, glaring, rinkled. a deep three-pointer with 43 seconds to go.
1:33.4	He then turns and walks to half court, glaring right back in an arena that had spent weeks glaring and cursing and one time spitting at him, and he takes a bow.
1:41.0	As young fires from way down, it takes him out.
1:47.5	Not appreciated.
1:50.2	It should be added.
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