Trae Young On Playing The Villain, Fighting Adversity, The Knicks, The Luka Comparison and More 

Great conversation! As someone who plays the guard & (oddly, the wing like JJ & Reggie Miller did), I completely got all the references here. I think CP and John Stockton don't get enough credit; and AI doesn't get enough credit for his impact on defense (of course bigger guards like MJ and Kobe get all the credit but AI was in those gaps; something Trae can definitely improve on. He's not going to grow any taller but he can definitely get in those gaps and create transition offense). Nash was great but today he'd be more like a Fred Van Vleet, they basically do the same thing. Nash was just slightly ahead of his time. I really like this episode for guards. Bigs are probably not going to get much out of this, other than, run the breaks and show early. If you're a guard though, you have to understand the origin of these plays. Also, when JJ talks about him shooting over his left shoulder, you have to know what that is. For me, I love shooting over my right; because I can go over/under, draw a foul, step back, or just shoot fading away (like Klay does. LeBron occasionally too). Shooting over my left always feels uncomfortable because a good defender can just jump ahead. Going over my right though, that's crazy. I can just pick apart the defender off the dribble. I do agree with JJ though on the threes. 30 feet and in, I'm super comfortable. Past that though, that's like Steph, Dame, and Trae. I don't think anybody else is even close. Great convo, keep it coming. I really like this pod. Great for basketball fans like myself; and probably you guys too. This is the stuff kids need to know because, they need to watch Tony Parker, Gary Payton, John Stockton, Chris Paul, Steve Nash, Fred Van Vleet, AI, J. Kidd, Steph, and Chauncey; those guys are going to give you everything you need to be elite (watch JJ, Reggie, and Klay too, if you're a sniper). [Sorry, Trae, you have to pick your moments. That's what you need to improve on. In the Playoffs, you were too patient. You can't be patient in the Playoffs; look at Ja]

reddish, sexton, ant or Kuminga would be valid

TIMESTAMPS PLEASEEEEE WE BEEN ASKING FOR MONTHS.

PLEASE HAVE SGA ON

@@messishaanika7698 for real, took it off after 2m

Yeah another really great one is draymonds podcast very similar to this.

JJ really does his research prior to these episodes & it shows

sounds like someone enjoys spankin' it to sports podcasts a little too much.

@@hahawow1804 L comment.

Player owned podcasts held by long time respected NBA vets

He not 6 feet lol.

I'm 6'2 and when I was playing on an organized team where everyone was taller. I did feel kind of short lol

Seems like u didnt play basketball really

@@rareindianshe is

@@rareindians6 feet .5 inches in socks

Easy. He's massively arrogant with no reason to be or anything to his name to back it up. He's extremely extremely inefficient meanwhile the most casual fans on the planet correlate him with Steph somehow. He plays the worst defense of anyone in the league, starters or bench unit. His personality is garbage every time he opens up in something like this. Literally, what is there to actually like?

@@derpderpin1568 wow you’ve got some issues 💀💀💀💀

@@derpderpin1568 he’s a small guy embarrassing ur favorite big guys, he’s the perfect underdog with a good sense of humility from always being hated on. Trae Young’s great!

@@derpderpin1568 guess you're a Knicks fan?

@@derpderpin1568 what is there to like? Let’s see, for his entire career, dating back to middle school, he has had people like you saying he is “massively arrogant” for no reason..... he is undersized as hell and puts up points your favorite players dreams of doing. Say what you want about casual fans comparisons but actually listen to the players, they completely respect his game

Facts 🥶

Literally😤💯

@@itzkyehrbecool5458 p

Mavs fan here and Trae is one of my favorite players to watch. Dude's got the biggest balls in the league

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Thank you!

Consistently funny and informative in ways that other basketball interviews simply aren’t

I’m a huge fan of this podcast. Each episode gets better and better!

JJ been asking for over a year, please try to get Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on!

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Stay strong Kyle you ain’t alone man

Blessings!

We love you Kyle! Keep riding the wave, I promise you won’t drown. You got this brotha !

Hoops heals all

Stay strong man you got this

Thats not how north americana vote... If its about number so There is no need to vote, just open Excel and see who have the best numbers...

@@Rukhasu nobody in nba history has ever averaged 28 and 10 and not made all nba. Numbers are not everything but they prove a lot

@@Rukhasu do you think Trae Young should not be on an all nba team?

@@wheezus232 rhey vote with " context" their narrative. Like west being mvp was totally about narrative. They dont use numbers and thing, at least its not their priority to vote

I know why guys he hasn't been on a All NBA Team... Steph Curry, Luka Donic, Damian Lilard, Ja Morant, Chris Paul, Kyrie Erving, Only 3 can be picked and they take a look at a players complete game offense/defense when they vote...

NAH. As a REAL new yorker it’s always f*ck trae young. It’s like your cousin getting into a fight and you saying “But I’m cool with that dude”. Fawck that. You mess with one and the whole block fighting. It’s always f*ck trae young. You either with us or against us. On everything 😤

I hate the way he plays basketball. James Harden in a smaller body. No where close to Curry.

No one really hater trae it’s all respect

@@jhank0cean Yeah you definitely just going off narratives and don't actually watch hawks games lmao

I feel like all Knicks fans secretly like Trae...they love to hate him but you know if he signed there they'd be ecstatic lmao

Cos you know these two personalities would mesh well. They have similarities. Where as with jj and doncic the podcast was really awkward and they weren’t vibing at all

TOTAL assists and points yes because he didn't miss games, but as far as averages, he's top 5, respectively.

@@reginaldnewby0215 Then how come no one else has done it recently

@@1999Supercooldudeman because people miss games lol

@@1999Supercooldudeman because nobody plays over 70 games a season in this era's NBA. Trae played 76. Not discrediting him, just calling facts

One of the best offensive players for sure.

A playoff wash the most turn overs in the league, locked down by good defense. Legend?

@@Connor-wf2zn wouldn’t say a legend but a good tier player I would say.

@@Connor-wf2zn You don’t know basketball my friend. Hawks had no healthy bigs this year. Yet, Trae still got a game winner against the 1 seed. Comeback win to eliminate the Cavs. Last year beat the 1 seed. Went to ECF. Game winner against the Knicks. 2 wins against the Bucks.

@@Rickygrines winning 1 or 2 games in a series you still lost means nothing, Cavs are a young inexperienced team - not sure why you think beating them is a flex, and last year he shot 5/23 in game 7 against Philly and only shot 39% that series overall

@@jjax3661 nice novel can’t be assed to read it

Both cold blooded killers

everyone looking for a reason to hate. you can love trae and luka at the same time! thank you - a hawks fan

Best basketball comment on RU-vid rn.

It's crazy bro. When they were in the series, all the of the media were acting like CC going down in the play in had no impact going forward.

@@CaptainSaminoz If clint was healthy we either win that series or it goes to seven.

All of the guys you just named except Lou are better than any of Luka's teammates

@@adamhammond9985 that’s crazy, almost as if all of them were playing past injuries!

Luka >>>>>>> Trae and it’s not close

and John Collins's finger was fucked up

I don't know about top 5. Steph, Luka, Kyrie, CP, Harden(who plays pg now) probably all ahead of him still. Phenomenal player though. Actually underrated somehow still despite proving everyone wrong.

As a Hawks fan I couldn’t agree more. The heat are a tough team not to mention they were smart enough not to activate his superpower

The Heat were playing full court press the entire series. They didn’t try that with the Sixers or Celtics. I expect the Hawks to counter the full count press and for Trae to improve his off ball game next season.

@@beastmry harden is washed

Nate should've played Sharife Cooper all season😴😴😴

Yoo I've been a Hawks fan since the Celtics X Hawks 7 game series back in 08, the year Celtics won the chip. He is by far the best player we have had on the team in the last 15 years 2. Joe Johnson 3. Al Horford. He also got us the furthest in the playoffs ecf game 6 in his first playoff appearance. I hope we don't waste his prime and build a championship contending team by any means.

I agree!! And Trae needs to get stronger in the upper and lower half of his body.

As a heat fan I respect trae a ton, came out and played his hardest against a really good defense, keep building around him, would of been harder if the hawks were healthy, very bright future

@@nickkostopoulos450 And I respect the Heat a ton. The defense you guys played was incredible. No one has been able to do what you guys did to Trae Young. Hope you guys make it to the finals and give the Warriors a run for their money.

It’s a good thing you live in Brooklyn. This interview would’ve hit different if you were a Knicks fan lol

@@pericopinero1035 well I am a New Yorker…

@@pericopinero1035 what do you think New York is?

@@TheNeutralizer27 Knicks fan?

@@kb5509 Trae’s city

Dude is 6'1 165 honestly a decent sized dude