NBA fans went into a frenzy over the Atlanta Hawks' Trae Young and Jalen Johnson producing one of the coldest celebration pictures in the NBA. In their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, Young and Johnson ran a transition play after forcing a turnover from Donovan Mitchell.
Once Trae Young got the ball, he quickly sent a bounce pass to Johnson, who ran far ahead of the Cavs' defense. Once Johnson took flight for the dunk, Young stood behind him and celebrated with a capturing-the-moment gesture.
Reacting to the picture some of the fans wrote that Young clicking the picture of dunking Johnson was savage.
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"Ngl that’s tuff asf😂," a fan wrote.
"That’s hella savage," another fan wrote.
Young recently signed a multi-year deal with the Jordan Brand, which features the famous Jumpman logo. One of the fans had a hilarious take on the picture.
"A jumpman taking a pic of a jumpman 🔥," the fan wrote.
One fan also brought up the iconic picture of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade from the Miami Heat.
"We might just have got a colder pic than bron and dwade," a fan wrote.
While one of the fans called it a dope celebration another fan demanded the Hawks to release the wallpaper of the celebration.
"Hate Trae and hawks all you want, but that is a dope celly😂," the fan wrote.
"Release a wallpaper on it please," one of the fans wrote.
Austin Rivers urges Trae Young to leave Hawks for another team
Trae Young is playing his seventh season in the NBA after starting his career in the 2018-19 season. Free agent NBA player Austin Rivers believes it is time for the Hawks star to leave for a better team.
According to Rivers, Trae Young is wasting his talent in Atlanta since nobody cares about the franchise's wins or losses.
"I haven't seen Trae Young play a meaningful game since God knows when," Rivers said on Off Guard Podcast on Tuesday. "Every time I turn on the Hawks, it's a game that nobody gives a f*** about who wins. You're not going anywhere. Get out of there, get out."
Young had his best season with the Hawks in his third year. It was also the first time that Young played in the playoffs. The Hawks eventually lost to the Milwaukee Bucks in the Conference Finals.
Since then the Hawks have made the playoffs twice and both times exited in the first round. They are currently the 9th seed in the Eastern Conference with a 9-11 record.
This season, Trae Young has played 18 of the Hawks' 20 games so far. He is averaging 21.8 points per game and leading the league with 12.5 assists per game.
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