Trae Young - The Man, The Viper, and The Prosecution aka The MVP aka Ice Trae

[macdaddy]

11 hours ago, enrique said:

Adding the joy of another IceTrae performance...

 

what's the metric here?  >38 points >17 assists?  Before i start shouting this to everyone i know i want to make sure that this isn't only four other guys have exactly 39/18 or there are 100 that have had 37/17.   

[AHF]

21 minutes ago, enrique said:

My only issue is saying Doncic is a better passer...I'm not sold on that one statement...we will see. To me, Trae's vision and passing are really top tier. No doubt Doncic has a great BB IQ and that leads to anticipatory assists, but Trae is unreal in that arena too. My one issue is that Trae is still trying too many long passes that lead to TOs, but he also makes a lot of those too. Ironically, Trae's usage has gone up this year. His AST% has gone up this year. BUT (and this is a positive thing) his TO% has dropped from last year. 

Trae is definitely the better passer and that is no slam on Doncic who is excellent.

[AHF]

5 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

what's the metric here?  >38 points >17 assists?  Before i start shouting this to everyone i know i want to make sure that this isn't only four other guys have exactly 39/18 or there are 100 that have had 37/17.   

If it helps ease your mind, there are 24 games in NBA history where someone scored at least 37 points with 17 assists in a game according to basketball reference.

There are 9 such games with 38 and 18:

Oscar 5

Tiny Archibald 2

Trae Young 1

Lenny Wilkins 1

http://bkref.com/tiny/yPlnx

 

[enrique]

Here is a stat that surprised me. I know the volume isn’t mentioned but still!!!!!

this kids got game!!!!

it will be good to see Trae in more off-ball play if his % holds!!!

Edited February 5, 2020 by enrique

[enrique]

Just noticed that Trae has hit more 3s already this year than all of last year’s 81 games. In less attempts too. 
 

https://www.pbpstats.com/season-stats/nba?EntityType=Player&EntityId=1629027

Edited February 7, 2020 by enrique
Huuked on Fonix works four mee

[Thomas]

23 hours ago, enrique said:

Just noticed that Trae has hit more 3s already this year than all of last year’s 81 games. In less attempts too. 
 

https://www.pbpstats.com/season-stats/nba?EntityType=Player&EntityId=1629027

There are 30 games left. Very solid improvement there. Just guessing, Trae is a keeper.

[Spud2nique]

Might as well leave this here too.. why not! Have yourself a night Trae!

 

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[Thomas]

So where is Trae on that first two years in the league 40 points a game list? Gotta be real close to Shaq's record for number one and Trae has gotta be solely in second by now.

[enrique]

On 1/4/2020 at 9:57 PM, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

The Man, the Myth, the...

Okay, @Thomas , I'm getting carried away, but Trae is tied with Shaq with 10 40+ pt performances in his first 2 seasons. 

Some interesting tidbits, Trae has hit 39 points 3 other times with Shaq only once. Trae has averaged less FGA too. 

Edited February 10, 2020 by enrique
Grammatically challenged individual who can't simply write a short sentence w/out problems:)

[turnermx]

9 minutes ago, enrique said:

The Man, the Myth, the...

Okay, @Thomas , I'm getting carried away, but Trae is tied with Shaq with 10 40+ pt performances in his first 2 seasons. 

Some interesting tidbits, Trae has hit 39 points 3 other times with Shaq only once. Trae has averaged less FGA too. 

It helps when you can make your FTs, Shaq shooting 50% at the line vs Trae 80% lol

[Thomas]

5 minutes ago, turnermx said:

It helps when you can make your FTs, Shaq shooting 50% at the line vs Trae 80% lol

Trae's inner Gray Mule was on display at the line last night and we needed every bit of it.

[turnermx]

1 minute ago, Thomas said:

Trae's inner Gray Mule was on display at the line last night and we needed every bit of it.

I heard Knicks players trying to psych him out late in 4th and early 1st OT. "Theres your all star starter" etc lol

[Thomas]

6 hours ago, turnermx said:

I heard Knicks players trying to psych him out late in 4th and early 1st OT. "Theres your all star starter" etc lol

Trash talking at Trae really is a failing strategy. 

[turnermx]

2 minutes ago, Thomas said:

Trash talking Trae really is a failing strategy. 

I think that may have motivated him to try to take over the game, in hindsight.  Unleashed the bulldog.

[enrique]

Keeping these posts rolling

 

[Thomas]

19 hours ago, enrique said:

Keeping these posts rolling

 

Records are made to be broken. Enter Trae....

[enrique]

On behalf of Shaquille O'Neal and the other NBA Hall of Famers, Congratulations to Ice Trae for his 11th 40+pt game in the first two NBA seasons!!!! A new record!!!!

[enrique]

 

Truth!

[Thomas]

2 minutes ago, enrique said:

 

Truth!

The positive points are just amazing. This kid is 21 years old.

[enrique]

7 minutes ago, Thomas said:

The positive points are just amazing. This kid is 21 years old.

And as I like to tell my Dallas friends...only 5 months older than the 20 year old from Europe...

Edited February 21, 2020 by enrique