1. Rayford Trae Young was born on September 19,1998 and is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.
34 Facts About Trae Young
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Trae Young joined Doncic in a unanimous selection to the 2019 NBA All-Rookie First Team.
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Trae Young is a four-time NBA All-Star, and has led the Hawks to three playoff runs, including a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2021.
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Trae Young has a younger brother and two younger sisters.
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Trae Young has an uncle who played college basketball in the NAIA.
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Trae Young was raised in Pampa, Texas, by his mother and paternal grandparents, as his father played basketball overseas.
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Trae Young was considered one of the best players in the 2017 recruiting class by Scout.
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On February 16,2017, Trae Young committed to the Oklahoma Sooners.
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Trae Young was the University of Oklahoma's first five-star recruit since Tiny Gallon in 2010.
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Trae Young garnered praise from both LeBron James and Stephen Curry for his season with Oklahoma.
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Trae Young finished his freshman regular season leading the country in many statistics: assists, points, points per game, assists per game, and assist percentage.
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Trae Young became the only player to ever lead the NCAA in both points and assists in a single season.
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On March 7,2018, Trae Young was announced as the winner of the Wayman Tisdale Award for National Freshman of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association.
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Trae Young joined 2018's top two selections Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley III as the first consensus All-American First-Team to have three freshman players be named there.
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Trae Young became the second freshman to record similar numbers of points in an NCAA Tournament game, with Chris Paul being the first player back in 2004.
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On June 21,2018, Trae Young was selected with the fifth overall pick by his hometown team the Dallas Mavericks in the 2018 NBA draft, but was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, along with a protected future first round pick in exchange for the rights to the third overall pick Luka Doncic.
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On July 1,2018, Trae Young officially signed with the Hawks.
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Trae Young joined Doncic in a unanimous selection to the 2019 NBA All-Rookie First Team.
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Trae Young wore No 8 in the first eight seconds of the game in memory of Kobe Bryant, just hours after his death in a California helicopter crash.
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Trae Young joined LeBron James, Chris Paul, and Derrick Rose as the only players in league history to record 30 points and 10 assists in their playoff debuts.
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In Game 7 of the Conference Semifinals, Trae Young put up 21 points to lead the Hawks past the Sixers en route to their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 2015.
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Trae Young missed games 4 and 5 due to a bone bruise in his right foot.
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On January 27, Trae Young was selected for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game as a backcourt starter.
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Trae Young scored 32 of his points in the second half.
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In Game 1 of the first round against the Miami Heat, Trae Young scored a career playoff-low 8 points on 1-for-12 shooting and had more turnovers than assists.
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Trae Young's season began on October 19,2022, against the Houston Rockets.
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Trae Young joined Dejounte Murray as the first pair of Hawks teammates to each put up at least 25 points, five rebounds, and five assists in a playoff game since Lenny Wilkens and Bill Bridges in 1966.
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Trae Young joined Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA history to have back-to-back games with at least 30 points and 10 assists to start a season.
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Trae Young became the first player in NBA history to have a game with 30+ points, 20+ assists and 5+ three-pointers.
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Trae Young became the 11th player in NBA history to have a game with 30 points and 20 assists.
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Trae Young was a member of the US men's national U18 team that won a gold medal at the 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.
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Trae Young married his longtime partner, Shelby Miller, in July 2023.
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Trae Young followed in the footsteps of Donovan Mitchell by being featured in the second season of the Trae Young Hollywood original docu-series Rookie on the Rise.
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In November 2023, he had a street named after him, Trae Young Drive, outside the Young Family Athletic Center in his hometown.