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Atlanta Hawks: 3 Positive Takeaways from Sunday’s Loss to Bucks

By Dallin Duffy

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 13: Jeremy Lin #7 of the Atlanta Hawks handles the ball against the Milwaukee Bucks on January 13, 2019 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 13: Jeremy Lin #7 of the Atlanta Hawks handles the ball against the Milwaukee Bucks on January 13, 2019 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – JANUARY 11: Trae Young #11 of the Atlanta Hawks (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /

Grit and grind Trae

In what has to be the most positive of takeaways for Atlanta Hawks fans, Trae Young continues to shake off his rough start.

He led the Hawks in scoring tonight, with 26 points, and added another double-double to his season tally, but not in the way you would expect. Young finished with a surprising 10 rebounds to go along with his 4 assists. Those boards easily beat out his previous career high of 7 boards. Also impressive about Young’s 10 rebounds? 4 of them were offensive boards, showing off the hustle and speed of “Ice Trae”.

Sunday marked his fifth-straight game with at least 17 points, and he’s made at least one triple in 11 consecutive, while still improving his inside game. He’s definitely heating up.

Young also seems to be getting off the leash a bit more, and posted 33 minutes yesterday, an amount he’s only topped 4 times this season. With Jeremy Lin —the only other point guard on the active roster—being a leading candidate to be traded at the deadline, that number should only go up.

Like most rookie point guards, he has had difficultly finding his way in the league early on, but he has steadily improved since around the middle of December, which is earlier than most could of expected.

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