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Another 17-point defeat! How can the Hawks match Double-A when the start of the game is far lower than expected? American fans call for investigation of Trae Young

12:54am, 27 October 2025【Basketball】

On October 26, the Atlanta Hawks suffered their second defeat of the new season when they defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-117. After defeating the Raptors by 20 points in the first game, they defeated the Thunder by 17 points. You must know that this Thunder team is a remnant whose physical fitness has reached the critical point. The Thunder have just experienced two double overtime games and Jay Wei is still injured. In a game like this, the Hawks are still lagging behind?

The defense of this Hawks is really hard to describe. There are 13 people in the team who are over 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 meters) tall. It is reasonable to build a top defensive team in the league. But Alexander scored 30+5+5 on 12 of 17 in 28 minutes; the Fire Tomb scored 31+11 on 8 of 12+8 three-pointers and 6 of 8 three-pointers in 27 minutes. The Thunder's two key players were completely unable to guard. What kind of defensive ability is this.

At present, the Hawks have suffered disastrous defeats in both home games and narrowly lost 4 points against the Magic in the away game. This Hawks is obviously far below the expected evaluation. After the Hawks signed Alexander Walker, traded for Porzingis, and selected Newell this summer, both ESPN and TA gave the Hawks an A-level operational rating. Are the Hawks worthy of Double-A now?

Trae Young scored 15 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds and 5 turnovers in 30 minutes of this campaign, 5 of 12 + three-pointers, 2 of 3, with a shooting percentage of 41.7%. The plus-minus value of -12 once again became the target of public criticism.

American fans criticized Trae Young one after another: 1. I won’t lie, the league should immediately launch an investigation into Trae Young;

2. Every time I put my chips on Trae Young, he turned into a monkey

3. American fans ridiculed Trae Young for not being afraid of being involved in the gambling scandals of Rozier and Billups.

4. The league should investigate Trae Young carefully. The team was 15 points behind but he was unwilling to take a shot. He should have taken more responsibility in the game without Jaylen Johnson, Porzingis, and Risashe, but he actually made a whistle before Okongwu's shot. This is too bad.

5. In the past, I actually ranked Trae Young among the five best offensive players in the league.