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Trae Young quips after being fined for celebrating victory

An expensive ball throw. Trae Young was fined for showing a little too much enthusiasm, in the eyes of the league, during the Hawks’ buzzer victory over the Bulls.

In the wake of the crazy “alley-oop” signed by his teammate AJ Griffin, the leader had sent the ball into the stands. A gesture that will cost him 25,000 dollars.

Sorry to the Hawks fan(s) who had the chance to touch the victory ball. I didn’t know I couldn’t do this. We can’t celebrate this kind of thing anymore », reacted the star, with a lot of smileys crying with laughter, in a tweet full of irony.

For comparison, Draymond Green had to pay the same fine for insulting a Mavs fan…

Trae Young Percentage Bounces
Season Crew GM Minimum Shots 3 points LF Off Def Early pd party Int bp CT Points
2018-19 ATL 81 31 41.8 32.4 82.9 0.8 2.9 3.7 8.1 1.7 0.9 3.8 0.2 19.1
2019-20 ATL 60 35 43.7 36.1 86.0 0.5 3.7 4.3 9.3 1.7 1.1 4.8 0.1 29.6
2020-21 ATL 63 34 43.8 34.3 88.6 0.6 3.3 3.9 9.4 1.8 0.8 4.1 0.2 25.3
2021-22 ATL 76 35 46.0 38.2 90.4 0.7 3.1 3.7 9.7 1.7 1.0 4.0 0.1 28.4
2022-23 ATL 25 36 40.8 28.7 89.4 0.7 2.1 2.8 9.6 1.4 0.8 3.8 0.2 27.1
Total 305 34 43.7 34.9 87.5 0.7 3.1 3.8 9.1 1.7 0.9 4.1 0.2 25.4

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