Trae Younger is coming into his seventh season within the NBA (all with the Atlanta Hawks).
The previous Oklahoma star is coming off one other spectacular 12 months the place he averaged 25.7 factors, 2.8 rebounds, 10.8 assists and 1.3 steals per recreation whereas taking pictures 43.0 % from the sphere and 37.3% from three factors in 54 video games.
After media day in Atlanta, the Hawks traveled to Athens, Georgia for coaching camp.
Day 2 in Athens 🐶 pic.twitter.com/4eNqSkfjAz
– Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) October 3, 2024
On Friday, Younger made a job on Instagram which acquired greater than 41,000 likes in three hours.
Younger captioned his publish: “The camp was value it…”
Two of his Hawks teammates left feedback on the publish.
Larry Nance Jr.: “HIM”
Bogdan Bogdanovic: “🧊🧊”
Hawks followers will doubtless love seeing the 2 veterans on the roster react to Younger’s message.
Nance Jr. was acquired from Dejounte Murray commerceand he brings a whole lot of expertise to a younger locker room.
He completed final 12 months averaging 5.7 factors, 5.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 steals per recreation whereas taking pictures 57.3 % from the sphere and 41.5 % from the sphere. three-pointer in 61 video games for the New Orleans Pelicans.
In the meantime, Bogdanovic was Younger’s teammate on the Hawks in every of the earlier 4 seasons.
The 32-year-old completed final season averaging 16.9 factors, 3.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.2 steals per recreation whereas taking pictures 42.8 % from the sphere and 37 .4% from three factors in 79 video games.
The Hawks will play their first recreation of the season on October 23 once they host Ben Simmons and the Brooklyn Nets at State Farm Area.
