Wizards’ surprising plans for Trae Young come with a Knicks twist
NY Post
Wizards season ticket holders may have to wait until the 2026-27 season to see their new prized acquisition.
Guard Trae Young may not play for Washington this season after his stunning trade from the Hawks, according to The Athletic.
Young, 27, only played in 10 games this season for Atlanta due to injury before being shipped to lowly Washington for a pair of players.
One league executive speculated that Washington is going to be uber-conservative with Young’s rehab to ensure it does not lose its top-eight protected 2026 first-round pick to the Knicks.
Should the Wizards finish with a bottom-eight record this season, it instead will owe the Knicks a pair of second-round picks.
“This is what life is like under our [draft] lottery system, with partially protected draft picks,” one NBA executive told ESPN. “You have one team [in the Hawks] that doesn’t have its pick trading a player because they were losing too much when he was playing.
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