{"id":72857,"date":"2024-04-11T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T17:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=72857"},"modified":"2024-04-11T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T17:25:07","slug":"hawks-trae-young-mouhamed-gueye-notch-career-firsts-return-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/11\/hawks-trae-young-mouhamed-gueye-notch-career-firsts-return-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks Pair Notch Career-Firsts in Return from Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday night, 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> made <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/10\/hawks-imminent-injury-return-trae-young\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">his long-awaited return<\/a> to the court as the Hawks faced the Charlotte Hornets. The three-time All-Star was sidelined for six weeks as he recovered from finger surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Playing on a minutes restriction, Young finished the contest with 14 points on 5-5 shooting, 11 assists and one steal in 20 minutes. It was his first career game without a miss. However, afterward, all Young was focused on were his turnovers, as he finished with five.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tried to ask him about this and he brought up his turnovers \ud83d\ude15\ud83d\ude02 I appreciate the accountability, though. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0I7Ajm7omg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/0I7Ajm7omg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JJ (@JameelahJNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JameelahJNBA\/status\/1778281984680165680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To that point, the most important assessment of Young yesterday wasn\u2019t about his play. It was how he felt after the game. Of course, it\u2019s nice that he got off on the right foot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trae Young 14 pts 11 asts vs Hornets 23\/24 season\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cq0v4fGcSNs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, it\u2019s even more comforting if he and the Hawks aren\u2019t concerned about lingering issues.<\/p>\n<p>Young appeared a bit apprehensive about using his left hand early on. With that said, there\u2019s still a wrap on his fingers. Consequently, he may have been getting used to playing with the wrap as much as using his hand again.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the loss, the night was a success for Young.<\/p>\n<h3>First Career Points<\/h3>\n<p>Another player had a special night on Wednesday, as Hawks rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gueyemo02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mouhamed Gueye<\/a> scored his first career points.<\/p>\n<p>Gueye was selected by the Hawks with the 39th overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft out of Washington State. The Cougars have produced several NBA talents, including Golden State Warriors star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompkl01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klay Thompson<\/a>. Ironically, Gueye\u2019s first basket was a catch-and-shoot 3 from above the break.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">First career NBA three for Mo.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rassoul_gueye?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@rassoul_gueye<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLHawks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ATLHawks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bahIDateWU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/bahIDateWU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bally Sports: Hawks (@HawksOnBally) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawksOnBally\/status\/1778212345233207636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Though the 6-foot-11 big man isn\u2019t a Splash Brother, he made a big splash with his play in the Summer League. Turning heads in Atlanta with his skill, length, and athleticism, Gueye has <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/10\/hawks-rookie-mouhamed-gueye-putting-show-return-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">shown real promise<\/a> since being drafted. Injuries have limited his potential impact this season, as Wednesday was his first game playing more than three minutes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mo said &#8220;No&#8221;. \ud83d\udeab <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kZ8SSrW4U0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/kZ8SSrW4U0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bally Sports: Hawks (@HawksOnBally) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawksOnBally\/status\/1778215325722435925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, the 21-year-old believes he knows how to take care of his body better now that he\u2019s sustained significant injuries for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re not injured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/atlanta-hawks\/hawks-rookie-mo-gueye-reflects-on-lessons-learned-recovering-from-injuries\/RG2CMA2NRJEELCTYJ3PCX74NGU\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you really don\u2019t know how<\/a> to take care of your body,\u201d Gueye says, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u2019s Lauren Williams.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I learned \u2014 taking care of my body, icing every day, being disciplined. Not just doing it because you feel like it but do it every day because it\u2019s gonna pay off. And honestly just listening to guys like Ekpe (Udoh). He went through it his rookie year too like, just be patient and your time will come.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gueye finished Wednesday\u2019s game with three points (1-3 from the field), seven rebounds, three assists, one steal, and one block in 17 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday night, Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young made his long-awaited return to the court as the Hawks faced the Charlotte Hornets. The three-time All-Star was sidelined for six weeks as he recovered from finger surgery. Playing on a minutes restriction, Young finished the contest with 14 points on 5-5 shooting, 11 assists and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":72858,"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":[4,1608,62,3],"tags":[49104,4745,1349],"class_list":["post-72857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hawks","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-mouhamed-gueye","tag-nba-injuries","tag-trae-young"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72857","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\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}