Trae Young is leaving the ATL and is formally headed to the nation’s capital.

​The Atlanta Hawks have traded the four-time All-Star to the Washington Wizards for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert. Young will convey a veteran presence to an up-and-coming crew. The squad contains Alex Sarr, Kyshawn George, Bilal Couliably, and Tre Johnson.

​Hawks coach Quin Snyder famous after Wednesday’s win in opposition to the Raptors that he couldn’t touch upon the commerce.

​”I do know you all have questions for me proper now. I’m not at liberty to speak about or reply,” Snyder mentioned. The commerce had not been accredited by the NBA but.

​On Jan. 5, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Young and his brokers have been working with the Hawks on a possible commerce.

​When Young was sidelined with an MCL harm from Oct. 31 to Dec. 14; the Hawks posted a 13-9 document with out him.

​When Young returned from his knee sprain on Dec. 18 and performed 5 video games the place the Hawks went 0-5. Young’s final recreation was on Dec. 27 earlier than struggling a proper quadriceps contusion.

​In his seven seasons with the  Hawks, Young established himself as probably the greatest gamers in franchise historical past. The Hawks acquired Young by way of a draft-night commerce in 2018, kicking off a tenure the place he earned 4 All-Star choices. He secured an All-NBA Third Team honor in 2022.

Young shattered franchise information to grow to be the all-time chief in each assists and regular-season three-pointers. He topped the NBA leaderboards in whole assists through the 2024-25 season. Young is the franchise’s all-time chief in assists and regular-season three-pointers made. He led the NBA in whole assists through the 2024-25 season.

In 2021, Young led the Hawks to their first Eastern Conference Finals look since 2015. Throughout his time in Atlanta, Young averaged 25.2 factors and 9.8 assists over 493 video games.

McCollum, in his thirteenth NBA season, is averaging 18.8 factors per recreation. He’s capturing 39.3 % from 3-point vary this season.

Kispert, in his fifth NBA season, is a profession 38.3 % 3-point shooter.