What Makes Trae Young So Annoying?

Atlanta Hawks star point guard, Trae Young, has become public enemy number one in New York.

In his playoff debut, Young dropped 32 points and helped Atlanta steal Game 1 in front of a hostile Madison Square Garden crowd.

In his encore, he took a step back and decided to only score 30 points as the Knicks won to even the series 1-1 heading back to Atlanta for Game 3.

But this isn’t just a man averaging 31 points.

If Damian Lillard came to the Garden and scored 30 points a night, Knicks fans would simply tip their cap and brag to their coworkers about witnessing greatness live.

But there’s something especially grating about when Trae Young goes off that inspires this type of reaction from fans:

At college games some silly college kids yelling “f**ck” someone is one thing, but grown men chanting this at an NBA game is embarrassing pic.twitter.com/OxuuUdT8DH

— Ben Stinar (@BenStinar) May 24, 2021

Do you know how hated you have to be to get an entire section shouting ‘fuck you’ at you so loudly that it gets caught on the national television broadcast? I live about 50 miles away from where the Knicks play and my windows were shaking from those chants.

The hate starts with his skillset.

He has unlimited range and a willingness to shoot from the logo whenever he wants. Usually, he’ll take a deep 3 at the most heartbreaking time possible.

But due to Trae being too small to enjoy a day at Six Flags, all of his perimeter shooting looks less like a skill he’s mastered over years of practice and more like some trick shot a little boy would make in his driveway playing H.O.R.S.E. with his cooler, older brother.

Normally, I have no problem with guys who hunt fouls. James Harden is one of my favorite players in the NBA and I respect his ability to manipulate the referee’s vision in order to get to the free throw line.

When Trae Young beats a defender off the dribble, instead of looking to finish at the rim, Young will make a complete stop in hopes his defender who is chasing behind him doesn’t realize that he slowed down and Young will use the collision to then chuck the ball up at the rim and scam the refs into blowing their whistle.

It’s infuriating. T

here’s a difference between being clever and savvy when you drive and the nonsense Trae does. He doesn’t even look for the And-One. He doesn’t want to make the shot. It’s all a grift to get to the line.

Trae Young’s start-and-stop bullshit doesn’t even resemble basketball. Rarely does he put up a shot at the rim without pretending as if he was assaulted upon its release.

And his appearance is a massive part of this whole thing. I wouldn’t describe Trae as uh, handsome.

He has an edge up so he clearly visits a barber but the hair on the top of his head looks like he glued an Easter basket to the top of his head right before the game started. His hair is thin and dusty and I feel like I’d be allergic if I stood too close.

Young has an appropriate face to match his name. He is a frail boy that gets calls simply because he’s tiny and any physical contact sends him flying into the concession stands.

Oh, and he has a lisp.

Essentially, there is no reason for him to be anywhere near as confident as he is considering he looks like what I imagine all of the internet dweebs that have Steph Curry as their profile picture look like and spends all day commenting under Bleacher Report posts saying LeBron stinks and RATIO. LeMickey Mouse ring. Etc.

The hate went so far in Game 2 that a fan spit on Trae.

Did a Knicks fan spit on Trae Young? 😬

(@jamosramos4 ) pic.twitter.com/iOm44o0rgG

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) May 27, 2021

This is incredibly flagrant.

No respect for anyone who spends all their disposable income on expensive seats close enough to be in spitting range of an NBA player. This asshole should be thrown in a facility and forced to watch Trae Young floaters for the rest of his life.

This first-round matchup will have to come back to New York at some point. Let’s see what Trae does in Atlanta because he might be walking back into the entire city of Manhattan spitting at him from skyscrapers.

At the end of the day, this kid is extremely talented and the reason he gets so much hate is because he’s very good at his job.

If he continues this for years to come, he’ll eventually be praised for the same things he’s currently being hated for.

Also real quick, if we can make fun of LeBron and Durant visibly balding then we can make fun of Trae’s hair. Don’t make it weird and super serious. I don’t want to hear like, a clinical diagnosis. Let these jokes fly in peace.

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