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Trae Young Washington Wizards · #3

Guard · 6'2", 164 lb · Lubbock, Texas · Age 28 · 9th season

Trae Young is a star scoring point guard and elite playmaker known for deep range and clutch shot-making — 'Ice Trae.' Drafted 5th in 2018 and immediately traded for Luka Dončić, he became a four-time All-Star, led the NBA in assists, and drove Atlanta's surprise run to the 2021 Eastern Conference Finals. In college he was the only player ever to lead the NCAA in both scoring and assists in one season.

MVP race · #606Guard rank · #54Balladex Impact · 71
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Trae Young
Season avg15.2 pts · 3.0 reb · 6.2 ast · .595 fg
Career avg25.1 pts · 3.5 reb · 9.8 ast · .433 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
15.2pts
3.0reb
6.2ast
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Scouting report

Trae Young — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

C+
Star Lead Guard · Creator · Impact 71
Trae Young is a star scoring point guard and elite playmaker known for deep range and clutch shot-making — 'Ice Trae.' Drafted 5th in 2018 and immedia
B-
Offense
D
Defense
B+
Feel / IQ
B+
Playmaking
Excellent creator
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B
Scoring
Strong scorer
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F
Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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C
3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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C
Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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F
Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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B
Clutch
Strong late
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B
Athleticism
Strong tools
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B+
Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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F
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Trae Young stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬
43%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
7%
5
Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #47 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
71Impact index
258Star score
Career scoring average25.1 ppg
Seasons in the index9
Accolades on file3
4× NBA All-Star · 1× All-NBA (2022)
Stat explorer

Trae Young — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

B
Scoring
15.2 PPG
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B+
Playmaking
6.2 APG
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F
Rebounding
3.0 RPG
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C
Shooting
.429 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Trae Young

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  70% confidence
17.5
pts
15.1–19.9
1.9
reb
1.0–2.8
8.1
ast
7.1–9.1
24.7
min
proj
42
gp
health
.428
fg%
~base
.348
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 8-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 17.9 → projected 17.5 PPG
Minutes / role
-0.5
Development (his trend)
-0.2
Age curve
+0.0
Live context
+0.3
Net vs last season-0.5 PPG
Everything it reads
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9 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 28 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 76 / 10 / 5 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Trae Young career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2018-198130.919.13.78.1.418.324
2019-206035.329.64.39.3.437.361
2020-216333.725.33.99.4.438.343
2021-227634.928.43.79.7.460.382
2022-237334.826.23.010.2.430.335
2023-245436.025.72.810.8.430.373
2024-257636.024.23.111.6.411.340
2025-26 (Atlanta)1027.919.31.58.9.415.305
2025-26 (Washington)520.615.23.06.2.595.429
Career49834.125.13.59.8
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
—raw PPG
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—in 2026 pace
why
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Washington Wizards built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

15–67proj record
#15conf seed
-10.9net rtg
110.1off rtg
121.1def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Deandre Ayton, Alex Sarr.
How his role moves
Projected 15–67, 15th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
71 of 99
Star starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
3 accolades
4× NBA All-Star · 1× All-NBA (2022) · 1× Assists leader (2025)
Act IV

The Ballad of Trae Young

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Sep 19, 1998

The beginning

A star scoring guard and elite playmaker — deep range and clutch shot-making, 'Ice Trae.'

Washington Wizards

Turning pro

Drafted 5th overall, 2018 as a Guard.

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A star scoring guard and elite playmaker — deep range and clutch shot-making, 'Ice Trae.'

Chapter

At Oklahoma, Young became the only player ever to lead the NCAA in both scoring and assists.

Chapter

Drafted and traded for Luka Dončić, he became a four-time All-Star in Atlanta.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 2"
Weight
164 lbs
College
Oklahoma
Experience
9th Season
NBA debut
2018
Draft
5th overall, 2018
Born
Lubbock, Texas
Age
28
Jersey
#3
Beyond the game

Young grew up around basketball — his father, Rayford, played at Texas Tech and professionally in Europe — and became a cultural figure for his fearless, deep-range game and his knack for silencing hostile road crowds (earning the 'Ice Trae' nickname). He married Shelby in 2023 and is a father, and in 2025 took on an assistant general manager role at his alma mater, Oklahoma.

His on-court identity is offensive engine — a ball-dominant lead guard with limitless range, elite pick-and-roll orchestration, a floater game, and foul-drawing craft. His scoring (career ~25 a game) and playmaking (a 2025 assists title) make him a franchise-level creator; his defense is the documented weakness, but as an offensive hub he can carry a unit.

The person

A ball-dominant offensive engine — deep-range shooting, elite passing, and clutch scoring.

Elite playmakerLed the NBA in assists; a career ~10 a game.
Logo-range shooterLimitless range and a deadly floater game.
Ice TraeFearless clutch scoring that silences road crowds.
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FAQ

Trae Young — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Trae Young, answered.

Why is Trae Young called 'Ice Trae'?
For his fearless, ice-in-the-veins clutch scoring — including deep, game-changing shots that silence hostile road crowds.
What did Trae Young do in college?
At Oklahoma he became the only player ever to lead the NCAA in both scoring (27.4 a game) and assists (8.7) in a single season.
What is Trae Young's biggest strength?
Elite offense — limitless three-point range, a floater game, and league-leading playmaking; he led the NBA in assists in 2025.
Trae Young career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
72%
9 seasons
Last 3 seasons
43%
75 games missed
Games missed
140
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
declining
Availability by season
81
18-19
60
19-20
63
20-21
76
21-22
73
22-23
54
23-24
76
24-25
10
25-26 (Atlanta)
5
25-26 (Washington)

Injury-prone. Availability trend is declining — 43% of games over the last three seasons, low of 13% in 2025-26 (Washington).

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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