All-Star guard Trae Young to make Wizards debut later this week

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/young-trae/CCUGKxek/"]Young[/a], 27, was acquired in a trade with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atlanta-hawks/xAO4gBas/"]Atlanta Hawks[/a] earlier in the season in exchange for players [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mccollum-c-j/tl29t9eg/"]CJ McCollum[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kispert-corey/S6l79KLa/"]Corey Kispert[/a].[/p][embed guid="bf7f86f3-f110-4765-81c3-8b3487a93d28" url="https://x.com/TSN_Sports/status/2028579974425239864?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]His 19.3 points and 8.9 assists per game are both the lowest they've been since his rookie season (2018-2019) - he's never averaged below 24.0/9.0 in any other seasons. [/p][p]Young is a four-time NBA All-Star who was part of the 2021-2022 All-NBA team after averaging 28.4 points and 9.7 assists while shooting 38% from three-point range. [/p][p]After the 2024-2025 season, Young was awarded the Assist Champion Award after leading the league with 880 assists and assists per game with 11.6 - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jokic-nikola/dUHaiJ5n/"]Nikola Jokic[/a] was second with 716 total while averaging 10.6. [/p][p]Young also led the league in total assists in back-to-back seasons (2020-2021) - he has finished every single season, except one (2023-2024), in the top four of total assists since entering the league. [/p][embed guid="d7ecba00-8dff-42c9-9bb4-fa3553642ec4" url="https://x.com/SportsCenter/status/2026469552163324376?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]