Actually, Trae Young's dead stop play is basketball

It's not pretty, and free throws are boring. But wishing the play were illegitimate doesn't make it so.

Good morning. Happy New Year. Let’s basketball.

Connoisseurs of fine Atlanta Hawks basketball know that Trae Young is now drawing a ton of fouls and has perfect a certain flavor: the play where he comes off a pick, his defender goes over, Young veers to ensure the trailing defender is directly behind him and Young comes to a dead stop as he goes up for a…