The Hawks All-Star needs to make a much greater commitment to moving without the ball by Brad Botkin Apr 21, 2020 at 6:17 pm ET • 8 min read When Trae Young was coming out of college, the most low-hanging NBA comp to make was Golden State Warriors MVP Stephen Curry. To be sure the similarities were, and are, striking. Slight build. Globetrotter ball skills. Limited defense and athleticism counteracted by unlimited shooting range. Curry, as the theory goes, paved the way for guys like Young. That said, Young has always stated that he aimed to emulate Steve Nash’s game, and the similarities there are perhaps even more striking. World-class pick-and-roll initiators. Sixth-sense passers. Of course, deadly shooters. Atlanta Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce will often invoke the term “Nashing” when describing Young’s penchant for keeping his dribble alive as he probes the paint and waits, for what can feel like a basketball eternity, for an open teammate to emerge. For his part, Curry has also said he patterned his game after Nash as a young player, but his ambitions didn’t stop there. Curry aimed to “combine” Nash’s on-ball wizardry — shooting off the dribble, passing with both hands, probing the lane, etc…. Read full this story
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