{"id":121120,"date":"2025-01-31T06:30:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=121120"},"modified":"2025-01-31T05:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T10:20:37","slug":"trae-young-coins-getting-traed-all-star-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/31\/trae-young-coins-getting-traed-all-star-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"Trae Young Coins New Phrase For Being An All-Star Snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/2025-nba-all-star-game-reserves\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBA All-Star Game reserves<\/a> were announced. As always, people debated whether the correct players were selected and who got snubbed. One of those players who received the short end of the stick is Atlanta Hawks point guard <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngtr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trae Young<\/a>. This isn\u2019t the first time that the 26-year-old will find himself on <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/31\/biggest-snubs-from-the-2024-25-nba-all-star-game\/\" target=\"_self\">All-Star snub<\/a> lists. As a matter of fact, Young has coined a new phrase for getting snubbed in honor of himself.<\/p>\n<h2>Trae Young Coins Getting Traed For Being An All-Star Snub<\/h2>\n<h3>Getting Traed Again<\/h3>\n<p>Now, almost every year, some of these All-Star snubs end up getting in the game. Whether it\u2019s injury or personal reasons, players end up dropping out and needing to be replaced. That\u2019s what happened with Young last year, as he played after originally not being named a reserve. He was seen as one of the bigger snubs, and even <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeBron James<\/a> chimed in on Young not being invited.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AGREED!!! I\u2019m not quite understanding this! Cause it can\u2019t be about Ws\/Ls cause cats have definitely gotten in with wayyy nastier records in the past. He be cooking EVERY NIGHT! Stop it! He\u2019s an All-\u2b50\ufe0f for sure. Something is REAL \ud83d\udc20-E. \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LeBron James (@KingJames) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1753646465438671034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With it happening again this year, Young went on X to coin a new phrase for being snubbed, using his name in clever fashion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&amp; it\u2019s no longer getting \u201csnubbed\u201d it\u2019s getting \u201cTraed\u201d at this point\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>Sorry to my fans.. it\u2019ll change eventually! <br \/>All right, talk soon!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTraeYoung\/status\/1885174555494265252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So for the second straight year, \u2018getting Traed\u2019 happened to Young. Unfortunately, the Hawks recent play may have left a bad taste in the mouth for those that cast their votes late. Thursday was the Hawks seventh consecutive loss, and they now own a 22-26 record. That is currently ninth-best in the Eastern Conference. Not only that, but now <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsja05.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Johnson<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/29\/hawks-jalen-johnson-out-for-season\/\" target=\"_self\">out for the season with a torn labrum in his left shoulder.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The seven All-Star reserves in the Eastern Conference are <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lillada01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Damian Lillard<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garlada01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darius Garland<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brownja02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaylen Brown<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cunnica01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cade Cunningham<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/herroty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Herro<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mobleev01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Mobley<\/a>, and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/siakapa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pascal Siakam<\/a>. Other snubs in the East include <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/ballla01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LaMelo Ball<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/maxeyty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyrese Maxey<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/halibty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyrese Haliburton<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/allenja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarrett Allen<\/a>, and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hartjo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Hart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>All-Star Case<\/h3>\n<p>Now in his seventh season, last year was Young\u2019s third All-Star appearance as he and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barnesc01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scottie Barnes<\/a> were named injury replacements for <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Embiid<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/randlju01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julius Randle<\/a>. The 6-foot-1 guard must love even years, as he also played in the game in 2020 and 2022. Long one of the more polarizing figures in the league, Young puts up eye-popping numbers but also often gets exposed for his lack of size on defense. Other than a surprise Eastern Conference Finals appearance for Atlanta in 2021, Young\u2019s playoff appearances consisted of quick first round losses in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Young has played in 44 of the Hawks first 48 outings on the season. He is posting averages of 22.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 11.4 assists, and 1.3 steals. On the positive side, Young is leading the league in assists per contest. On the negative side, this certainly hasn\u2019t been Young\u2019s best season when it comes to shooting accuracy. Young has inefficient shooting marks of 40% from the field and 34% from beyond the arc. He also is <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.teamrankings.com\/nba\/player-stat\/turnovers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tied for the league lead in turnovers<\/a> per game at 4.6 with <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardeja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Harden<\/a> (although Harden was named a Western Conference reserve).<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s just another year of Young being a polarizing figure. Some will say it\u2019s absolutely crazy that he once again wasn\u2019t named a reserve. Others will point out to his inefficient scoring on the season. One thing is for sure though, Young shouldn\u2019t quite make other plans for All-Star Weekend as there\u2019s a fairly good chance a replacement (or replacements) may be needed.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: \u00a9 David Richard-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the NBA All-Star Game reserves were announced. As always, people debated whether the correct players were selected and who got snubbed. One of those players who received the short end of the stick is Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young. This isn\u2019t the first time that the 26-year-old will find himself on All-Star [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060,"featured_media":121142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,4,62,3],"tags":[639,2815,1349],"class_list":["post-121120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-hawks","category-nba","category-news","tag-nba-all-star","tag-nba-all-star-game","tag-trae-young"],"modified_by":"Kenny Kluska","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121144,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121120\/revisions\/121144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}