The Atlanta Hawks are the clear big winners of the 2024 NBA Draft lottery, as they won the rights to the top pick. Somehow, people think that it means Trae Young is likely on his way to the Los Angeles Lakers via a trade. Many fans online added to the Trae Young to Lakers trade rumor noise with a surge of posts on social media linking the talented Hawks point guard to the Purple & Gold franchise over in the Western Conference.
Young to Los Angeles Lakers Gain Traction On Social Media After 2024 NBA Draft Lottery
Here are some of the several posts on X (formerly known as Twitter) from basketball fans about a potential trade involving the former Oklahoma Sooners star and the Lakers.
“Trae Young is even more likely to be a Laker after the Hawks landed the #1 pick…How we feeling Lakers fans?”
Trae Young is even more likely to be a Laker after the Hawks landed the #1 pick…
How we feeling Lakers fans? pic.twitter.com/OlKsMSGEF6
— 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞 (@SixthManJake) May 12, 2024
“Trae Young to the Lakers confirmed.”
Trae Young to the Lakers confirmed.
— Matthew Peralta (@_MatthewPeralta) May 12, 2024
“Pelicans got the #1 pick and dealt AD to the Lakers…Hawks just landed the #1 pick… Welcome to LA Trae Young.”
“If the Hawks trade Trae Young to the Spurs/Lakers this offseason after winning the lottery then it’s concrete proof the NBA is rigged. It would be a direct mirror of what happened in 2019.. rewarding smaller markets with a No. 1 Pick to compensate for driving out the star talent”
Lakers realize they don't have a trade package for trae young pic.twitter.com/k2iINmK06m
— dfs god (@bringbacksolo) May 13, 2024
“Just how New Orleans won the first round and AD went to the Lakers. Atlanta won the first round and Trae Young is going to the Lakers….”
At the moment, Young is still under contract with the Hawks. He can be a free agent in the 2026-27 season when he has an early termination option, but his hard free agency year will be in 2027.
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