NBA 2018-19: Best Players - Week 23

#2 Trae Young (Atlanta Hawks)

Atlanta Hawks have a great youth revolution going on

Trae Young has been a good player this season but he has become a superstar these past few weeks, with this week not being any different. He has been on fire this week and the Hawks ended up winning 2 of their 3 games this week.

They have a 26-48 record and are 12th in the Eastern Conference. They are on a 2 game winning streak, but have won just 4 of their last 10 games. Young has averaged 18.7 points, 7.9 assists, 3.6 rebounds per game.

This week, he has had double digit assists in all 3 of his games. He scored 21 points, 12 assists and 4 rebounds in the loss against the Houston Rockets. He had a huge performance in the win over the Utah Jazz, 117-114, scoring 23 points, 11 assists, 2 rebounds.

He topped it all off with a huge game against the Philadelphia 76ers, where he had 32 points, 11 assists, 6 rebounds and a block, including a game winning layup for a 129-127 win.

The Hawks do not have much to play for this season but with Young performing like this, they need to play him more and more. His turnovers have been super high of late and that is something he has to improve.