Atlanta Hawks Receive: C JaVale McGee, 2025 First-Round Pick (DAL) 

Dallas Mavericks Receive: C Onyeka Onkongwu 

Of course, opportunities aren’t handed out in the National Basketball Association. They’re earned. 

With that said, neither of these teams is easy to earn opportunities with. They both have a well-established pecking order that a young player would have to work hard to overcome. 

In Dallas, everything runs through Luka Doncic. Yes, they just acquired Kyrie Irving, but the point holds. The Slovenian wunderkind is this team’s north star. 

The same holds true for Trae Young in Atlanta. Yes, they also acquired a star backcourt mate for him in Dejounte Murray.

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It remains true that Young holds the keys to this organization. 

Is this move likely to satisfy him?