Trae Young didn’t need Washington Wizards followers to see him in motion along with his new uniform for the primary time like this.
A deepfake video of Young dancing within the locker room has surfaced on-line, and the person himself responded to the clip on Instagram Stories. “Nahhh A.I. is crazy,” he wrote, adopted by a number of laughing emojis.
ESPN senior NBA insider Shams Charania reported on Wednesday (Jan. 14) that Young can be held out, with MCL and quad accidents on his proper leg, till he is re-evaluated after the NBA All-Star Game subsequent month. Wizards head coach Brian Keefe instructed reporters that the workforce is prioritizing Young’s well being with this choice.
The Wizards acquired the four-time NBA All-Star from the Atlanta Hawks in alternate for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert final week.
According to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorstthe Wizards will choose up Young’s $49 million participant possibility for subsequent season. He can be an unrestricted free agent the next season, except each side can come to an settlement on a contract extension.
The Wizards’ cautious strategy in direction of Young aligns with the workforce’s finest curiosity for the rest of the 2024-25 season. As of this writing, the Wizards have a 10-29 file, the third-worst file within the NBA. If Washington’s first-round choose on this yr’s draft falls exterior the highest eight, it should belong to the New York Knicks.