6 people scored 14+ points, and the Hawks won 2 of 3 games without Trae Young! 3 reasons why he should be traded for Morant?

6 players scored 14+ points. After Trae Young was absent, the Hawks rebounded strongly and won 2 out of 3 games! 3 reasons why the Hawks should trade him for Morant, who is also in an embarrassing situation with the Grizzlies?

The Hawks have won 2 out of 3 games

After regretfully losing to the Cavaliers in the previous game, the Hawks, who lacked Trae Young, faced off against another strong team in the Eastern Conference, the Magic. The latter packaged 4 first-round 1-for-7-for-1 trades during the offseason to acquire Bane, aiming to compete for the championship.

As a result, Bain's performance was still terrible. Not only did he pull down Okongwu with a big move, but he also hit someone with the ball. He was directly called a first-level flagrant foul + technical foul and was expelled. In the end, the Hawks defeated the Magic 127-112 and won.

Compared with the Magic, who lost and failed to bet on the 7-for-1 trade, the Hawks, who lack Trae Young, have rebounded strongly with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss in the past three games. The three major reasons prove that the Hawks should try to package Trae Young to trade the Grizzlies backcourt core Morant.

Reason 1: 6 players scored 14+ points

After the absence of Trae Young, the core player who needs to hold the ball for a long time, the Eagles have released the ball, and instead entered a good operating situation where everyone is working hard.

In this game against the Magic, 6 Hawks players scored 14+ points. No. 1 pick Lisa Xie played the best game of the season and scored 21+4.

Daniels, a defensive champion who has been in a sluggish offensive state before, scored 8 of 9 efficiently and scored 18+6+6+2 steals in an all-round performance. His plus-minus value of +25 ranked first in the game. He has provided steals in 60 consecutive games, which is only one game away from Doc Rivers' 61 games in the history of the Eagles. At the same time, he ranks ninth in history. The first is Paul's 180 consecutive games.

The other four players are the new Eagle Jaylen Johnson who scored 17+6+5, new aid Walker with 20 points, new aid Boshen with 15 points, and substitute Okongwu with 14 points and 7 rebounds.

This kind of performance is not accidental. In the last game against the Cavaliers and the Hawks, 5 players scored 15+ points. In the first game without Trae Young, the Hawks defeated the Pacers, and 7 players from the team scored in double figures.

The multi-point performance in three consecutive games is due to the successful operations of the Hawks in the offseason. Whether it is completing a one-sided transaction with the Pelicans or introducing Alexander Walker and Porridge in the market, the Hawks have become one of the recognized big winners in the offseason.

As a result, with such an excellent staffing around them, the Eagles under Trae Young only had 2 wins and 3 losses in the first 5 games of the season. On the contrary, after Trae Young was absent, the Eagles had 2 wins from 3 games in the past three games.

This is not a situation where the Hawks' record has been inverted due to Trae Young's absence. This has been the case in the past few seasons. Last season, Jaylen Johnson also took advantage of Trae Young's absence to quickly seize the opportunity to grow.

It can only be said that the Hawks have been extremely benevolent to Trae Young and introduced different big-name helpers to him almost every season. As a result, Trae Young led the team to repeatedly disappoint the team and the record always hovered near the first round.

Reason 2: Trae Young is in terrible form.

The fundamental reason for the record inversion is that Trae Young is in too bad a state. As a typical offensive player, Trae Young must continue to perform impressively on the offensive end to make up for the damage he does to the team on the defensive end.

As a result, since the beginning of the season, Trae Young has only averaged 17.8 points per game, shooting as low as 37.1%, and his three-point shooting percentage is only a pitiful 19.2%. All statistics have reached career lows.

Reason 3: Morant is also in trouble

The conflict between Morant and the Grizzlies has become public, but it is not easy for the Grizzlies to trade Morant. ESPN reporters also pointed out two major difficulties. First, Morant's contract is too large, and second, the NBA currently lacks teams in urgent need of such guards, making it difficult for the Grizzlies to sell Morant at a price.

These two items also apply to Trae Young. It is also difficult for the Hawks to sell Trae Young at a high price. However, for the Grizzlies, who have previously completed Bane's "reconstruction" transaction, the only advantage of Trae Young compared to Morant is that there is not much left in the contract. If they can still get a certain amount of draft picks in return in the transaction, the Grizzlies may indeed complete a win-win deal with the Hawks.

Especially considering that the Eagles have bet on immediate combat capabilities such as Porsha and Alexander Walker, this season they obviously want to take advantage of the serious injuries of Tatum and Haliburton to break out of the Eastern Conference. Morant will be a good substitute for Trae Young. In the prediction of Morant's next home announced by the US "BF", the Eagles are currently ranked fifth.