NBA: Hawks trade 4-time All-Star PG Trae Young to Wizards

The Atlanta Hawks are trading four-time All-Star point guard Trae Young to the Washington Wizards, multiple outlets reported Wednesday night.

In return, the Wizards are reportedly sending veteran guard CJ McCollum and forward Corey Kispert to Atlanta.

Young, 27, has spent his entire career in Atlanta since being acquired from Dallas immediately after the Mavericks selected him with the fifth overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.

He led the Hawks to the Eastern Conference Finals in the 2020-21 season, but the team experienced first-round exits in the following two seasons and has been eliminated in the play-in tournament the last two years.

Young, the franchise’s all-time leader in assists (4,837) and 3-pointers made (1,295), has averaged 25.2 points, 9.8 assists, 3.5 rebounds, and one steal per game over 493 contests, all starts, with Atlanta.

However, he has appeared in just 10 of the team’s 39 games this season, missing an extended stretch with a sprained MCL and currently sitting out due to a right quad contusion.

The Hawks (18-21) went 2-8 in the 10 games Young played this season and are positioned for the play-in for the third consecutive year as the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference.

McCollum, 34, is in his first season with the Wizards after spending most of his career in Portland (2013-22) and the last three-plus seasons in New Orleans (2022-25).

The 2015-16 NBA Most Improved Player is averaging 18.8 points (his fewest since 2014-15) and 3.6 assists over 35 games this season.

Kispert, 26, was selected 15th overall in the 2021 NBA Draft by Washington. He has averaged 10.9 points and shot 38.3% from three-point range over 311 games (105 starts) in five seasons with the Wizards. This season, he is averaging 9.2 points per game while shooting 39.5% from beyond the arc.

—Field Level Media/Reuters