‘It was time’: Wizards’ Trae Young talks Hawks departure

For Trae Young, the writing was on the wall heading into his eighth season in Atlanta last year. As the face of the franchise, the Atlanta Hawks followed where Young led, reaching the high of an Eastern Conference Final in 2021 and falling to the low of consecutive playoff misses in 2024 and 2025. Eventually, he was traded to the Washington Wizards midway through last season in a deal that saw Atlanta receive Corey Kispert and CJ McCollum in return. Speaking on his departure from the Hawks on a podcast with Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. released Tuesday, Young…