Certain-Slip9187

191 | 5 hours ago

I’m sure they are lmao

Rich-Teaching6838

57 | 5 hours ago

Tank season with a medical excuse 😭

The_MadStork | NYK

5 | an hour ago

Hawks had to include the doctor’s note to make the trade work

Burner_420_burner_69 | Hawks

153 | 5 hours ago

Shocked.

But aside from the Wizards tanking, Trae probably genuinely needs this. He has often been reported as playing through injuries for years.

NbaAllDAYger | Mavericks

4 | 5 hours ago

Trae needs to play or show smth because of his upcoming contract. Im sure he can play the Wizards as you stated probably just want to make sure they tank some games but i doubt keeping Trae out helps his individual situation unless the Wiz already have an under the table agreement with him.

John_Jack_Reed | Cavaliers

69 | 4 hours ago

Trae is going to exercise his player option, and then he’ll have time next year to show something.

NegativesPositives

15 | 5 hours ago

There is a DEFINITE agreement that Trae is accepting his PO.

vexxes | WAS

3 | 4 hours ago

He’ll be the main guy on the Wizards next year. Plenty of time to showcase his skills for a contract

metaslaves | Toronto Huskies

2 | 3 hours ago

Trae is 100% picking up his PO and an extension might be implied.

Historical_Main5261 | Hawks

1 | 35 minutes ago

Yeah he has played through injury for years and it shows

Looking at him move now compared to 21-22 shows you just how much speed he lost

Hour_Glass57 | Lebanon

49 | 5 hours ago

Wizards’ Trae Young

Crazy to read that

Dreamlion_Inc | Wizards

18 | 5 hours ago

“Reevaluated”

Shams you can just says he’s out for the season bro lol

solo118 | Knicks

21 | 5 hours ago

This MFer getting the last laugh against the Knicks doing this shit

Ilikesporks_ | Lakers

10 | 5 hours ago

smart decision. have trae play a couple months after ASB to see what it looks like to have a player of trae’s profile next to the young core and then draft and make trades based on that sample size

Relo_bate

1 | 41 minutes ago

He not playing this year lol

Jetssuckmysoul | Knicks

12 | 5 hours ago

Their pick is top 8 protected otherwise it goes to the Knicks

Odoaiden | Timberwolves

2 | 4 hours ago

To be honest even with Trae I think they would have a bottom 8 record

Dip_the_Dog | Wizards

7 | 4 hours ago

For sure, this is more about maximizing lottery odds in a loaded draft.

TomBahambadil

3 | 2 hours ago

Bottom 8 isn’t enough. Teams can jump them.

Odoaiden | Timberwolves

1 | 2 hours ago

True but if you atleast 6 I think the odds to drop lower than 8 is like >10%

TomBahambadil

2 | 2 hours ago

This year especially, I think team are going to aggressively tank

Champagnesoda | LAL

4 | 5 hours ago

Silver just lets teams do whatever the fuck they want

ZieMac7 | Raptors

3 | 3 hours ago

It’s probably no different than what we did when we traded for Brandon Ingram. The Wizards will punt this season, give Trae his contract and regroup for next season

FERFreak731 | Jazz

1 | 5 hours ago

That Lauri tweet from Shams that says the exact thing would cure my anxiety

Belieber_420 | Raptors

1 | 5 hours ago

Trae will be ready next season with Darryn Peterson

It-sOkBro | Raptors

1 | 5 hours ago

Absolutely shameful to trade for a guy and then hold him out

Darkblade511 | Wizards

4 | an hour ago

Raptors did this last season

likewoahitsaj | Bucks

1 | 5 hours ago

“Cautious Approach” is a weird way to spell tanking

The-Pharcyde | Raptors

1 | an hour ago

He’s out with the tankitis as they have to keep their pick.

DMmeNiceTitties | Warriors

0 | 5 hours ago

Man, I just wanna see a Trae Wizards vs Atlanta Hawks game already.

SlightlyAmbiguous1 | 76ers

-3 | 5 hours ago

Silver has no spine

RiskyBallaxd | Wizards

31 | 5 hours ago

Bit hypocritical considering it was the 76ers’ egregious tanking that forced the league to flatten the lottery odds

Thehelloman0 | Spurs

-5 | 4 hours ago

The sixers mostly traded away guys that were good, I don’t remember them sitting guys that could play. OKC benching Horford was definitely one of the most egregious examples of tanking I’ve seen. They sat him as a healthy scratch almost 2 months straight

RiskyBallaxd | Wizards

8 | 4 hours ago

Trae had been injured though. It’s not like they made the injury up. I don’t see how this is any different from what the raptors did with Ingram

Thehelloman0 | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

I agree Trae definitely did not look 100% I don’t think it’s a big deal sitting him for a while

Kimi7 | Lakers

-6 | 5 hours ago

This has nothing to do with the odds; it’s about manipulating injury reports.

Trae actually played after recovering from his injury, but now he has to rest for a month.

The NBA needs to take action against these dishonest, manipulated, and fake injury reports.

RiskyBallaxd | Wizards

23 | 5 hours ago

Tanking is tanking no matter what form it takes
It’s not like they’re fabricating an injury. He already missed 20+ games for the Hawks who are trying to compete this year. Just because a guy CAN play doesn’t mean he’s 100%. He’s had the worst statistical season of his career so far which is probably as the result of nagging injuries.

vexxes | WAS

4 | 4 hours ago

What if he is injured but in a way he can play through? The Wizards don’t need him right now at all, why wouldn’t they let him rest until the nagging injuries go away? Is it a requirement that players play through pain rather than fully healing? Is there a small chance of re-injury or making it somehow worse?

I do honestly think they’re primarily sitting him to tank. But those are the questions that tie Silver the NBA’s hands when it comes to stuff like this

kingfosa13 | Washington Bullets

5 | 4 hours ago

he was injured in atlanta as well

ThatBull_cj | 76ers Bandwagon

3 | 4 hours ago

Why? If they want to play him he won’t play. Doesn’t matter what the injury report says

ob_knoxious | Wizards

1 | 42 minutes ago

David Stern would have forced him to play through multiple leg injuries so that the 3,500 fans in Cap One can get their full $12 in value from their ticket. And he would have fined him for wearing baggy pants for good measure.

xebex1778 | Knicks

-10 | 5 hours ago

This should be fineable in some way- there should be limits on how teams can avoid giving up their already traded picks, and yes this should also apply to the jazz pick traded to the thunder

onionnurve | 76ers

14 | 5 hours ago

lol I’d be pissed too if my team owned the wizards pick.

But of all the tanking offences, I feel like resting someone with multiple injury on the same leg, when the team isn’t even seriously competing, is the least problematic thing ahha

kingfosa13 | Washington Bullets

5 | 4 hours ago

idk why they’d be pissed did they ever expect to get the pick at the start of the season

kcoe24 | Timberwolves

12 | 5 hours ago

No. Sorry but just no.

xebex1778 | Knicks

-14 | 5 hours ago

I’m not against tanking in general, but I think if some other team has the right to the pick, for competitive reasons that team can’t be allowed to tank.

_Wash | Timberwolves

11 | 5 hours ago

and how are you drawing the line between tanking and being bad? or how are you determining when a player is actually healthy or injured?

Hagdogrobinwood | Bullets

12 | 5 hours ago

Lol so fuck the conditions your front office agreed with huh?

xebex1778 | Knicks

-9 | 5 hours ago

I mean it assumes the team they traded with operates in good faith attempting to win lol

Hagdogrobinwood | Bullets

8 | 5 hours ago

So you know Trae isn’t hurt? I guess he also wasn’t hurt in ATL right?

colinzack

8 | 4 hours ago

Nobody is stupid enough to think that’s happening. When this season started nobody in the Knicks front office had any expectation of getting that pick and you know it.

MapleFlavouredKebab | Wizards

4 | 5 hours ago

if the Wiz were competing for something, sure bring Trae back even at like %80 capacity. But they have jack shit to play for and Trae has already been playing through injuries this season. He shouldn’t be on the court until he is %110, esp since he is possibly in the long-term plans of the team

GoZards18

6 | 4 hours ago

You’re being an entitled brat of a Knicks fan

kingfosa13 | Washington Bullets

2 | 4 hours ago

what is tanking and what is sucking

baldogwapito | Wizards

2 | an hour ago

Conceding when you know you will not win is a valid strategy too my man.

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

4 | 5 hours ago

This is always a possibility when you make these type of trades. I’d bet Presti is perfectly fine with a division rival sucking ass for multiple seasons.

beefJeRKy-LB | Lebanon

2 | 5 hours ago

I actually agree that one way to limit tanking IMO is to put a limit of 1 year on pick protections

kingfosa13 | Washington Bullets

3 | 4 hours ago

lmao what are you talking about how can you prove he’s not injured

FoolishPerformer | Timberwolves

-5 | 5 hours ago

These “tanking team trades for a player and rests him for the rest of the season” moves should 100% be fineable. Shameless tanking that hurts the product

Focused_Sky

-8 | 5 hours ago

Trae “I can’t grow facial hair” Young

CoulibalyMVP | Wizards

7 | 5 hours ago

That’s not his nickname.

[Charania] Sources: Wizards’ Trae Young still out through All-Star break