[Charania] Sources: Hawks’ Trae Young and coach Nate McMillan had an exchange at Friday’s shootaround that led to Young choosing not to attend the team’s home win over Denver. Details on dynamics and managing tensions around Hawks – with @sam_amick at @TheAthletic

Can’t wait for TMZ to leak the footage

Then we find out that Nate one punched Trae to sleep.

Big perk: I have no issue with these actions. Allow the men to duke it out if they so choose. Carry on.

Richard Jefferson will get angry on ESPN when it happens again

TMZ c'mon help us out to get Thibs fired (or Randle traded) pretty plz

I heard Draymond punched Trae in the head.

I guess this is the start of McMillan getting fired?

Nah his job is safe for now.

It's the start of John Collins finally getting traded

We have a lightly used Kemba Walker if McMillan wins the power struggle

Inmates run the asylum…

Lool if you were to fire McMillan here with the hawks being 4th, with how bad they’ve been doing, ain’t no way you finding a coach.

so how long until Nate's fired?

star player will win everytime

Based on last time Trae did this, not long

Second coach Young doesn’t like. Interesting…

Trae Young player coach, who says no?

Might as well hire Mike D’Antoni and find a good defensive assistant.

Yeah no way they choosing him over Trae

I give it a week…maybe two.

a reddit user broke this story before shams lmaooo i love you guys

actually hawksfantv on twitter broke it before everybody lol couple days ago hawks fans new something was going on

Makes a klutch client look like a diva so there was no will in the journalistic community

Nice work here Reddit !!

Not a good look from McMillan, and not a good look from whoever tweeted out/wrote the headlines

Getting fired as a coach speedrun

This is a bad look from both imo. Nate telling his star he’s coming off the bench seems like he knew what he was setting up

Gotta keep perspective that Shams is a Klutch reporter so this reporting is probably skewed to make Trae look as good as possible and doesn’t include McMillan’s side of the story.

Based off this report if it’s accurate, Trae is in the right. Needs to get his treatment and see if he can play before the game. No need to aggravate it early on and be injured. Nate knew what he was doing by telling him come off the bench or don’t show up.

Honestly, I’m with Trae on this one. Nate was trying to assert his dominance with a grown man. I would have done the same thing in Trae’s shoes. For Nate, that’s not how you lead people. There has to be five. You can’t just do things your way or the high way. Might work in high school, doesn’t work with adults.

Hero

I recall McMillan having interactions with at least three different guards during his time in Portland that damaged his relationship with them and effected the team.

Yup, Nate enforces rules like the Catholic church. Players don't like it and he's too stubborn to change.

Damn that dude a few hours ago was right on the money

Could you link whatever you’re referencing? Would like to see it too

How can a player choose not to attend a game..? That’s a bad look Trae. Imagine buying tickets to see him and he simply chooses not to go.

DNP - Fuck You

He was already injured. Keyword “attend” not “play”

His coach gave him an ultimatum.

Bro read past a headline. He was already not going to play, he was testing a shoulder injury.

That’s not what happened. Trae was getting treatment for an injury and missed shoot around. Nate said you’re coming off the bench or not coming to the game because I didn’t give you permission to miss shootaround.

Nate gave him three choices, get your treatment for your shoulder at shoot around, play off the bench, or don’t bother showing up. Trae took option 3.

If they're injured i assume they don't need to show up. They can also call in sick and stay in the hotel. I have coworkers that do it all the time.

I don’t think he cares lmao

Another day, another opportunity

..to get Nate fired

Cycle continues. Team plays well with interim coach. They sign he coach then they underperform until issues happen

Trae’s tired of Nate’s dumbass standstill offense

Dread it, run from it, Nate being a terrible coach arrives all the same.

And Nate is probably tired of Trae playing zero defense and increasing his FGA with another all star added to the team

His “dumbass” system has them 4th in the east while Trae plays poorly. Maybe he should take some accountability instead of beefing every coach he has

and now its out there…

Welp McMillan once again overstayed his welcome

nate gone

McMillian has a known ceiling. Get someone new

And it was 2 seasons ago when his assistant coaches were Lloyd's offensive scheme guys after he got fired. As soon as Nate did what he wanted with "his guys" the offense has been shit besides Trae (and now AJ).

“Bud has a known ceiling. Get someone new”- this sub 3 years ago

Pacer fan. Was surprised the Hawks hired McMillan in the first place. He’s awful.

He took over and a .33 team went on a run to the ECF, been coasting off that goodwill since

Maybe I’m just a hater (I am) but a player choosing not to attend a game bc of a disagreement w coach is not a good look

I think the reporting makes it a more unclear. The fact that the conflict arose because McMillan wanted him to shootaround rather than focusing on treatment for his shoulder makes it a bad look for both imo.

It was about his injury apparently. He wanted to get treatment, skip earlier shoot around and be a game time decision. Coach wanted him to do shoot around and play, and even said if he doesn’t, he can come off the bench or don’t play.

he is currently dealing with a shoulder injury, stop acting like you know what's going on.

It is profoundly childish unless the coach said something truly awful to you imo.

Yeah like I'm a Hawks fan but wtf is going on

It’s you being a weird hater.

Ugh, no one is reading the article. I’m not even a Trae guy, but I’m with him on this one.

I hope this is upvoted because it reflects the cognitive processing of this sub.

So nate is fired basically soon

So uhh I'm gonna assume all of this is true and Trae is not a guy like to fake an injury probably. Then why the fuck would McMillan go after Trae over an issue like this? What is the point honestly??

I think this says more about McMillan than it does Young. If it was better for his shoulder to rehab it than to do shoot around, why would he as a star player cave to this unreasonable demand and compromise the health of his shoulder? This ain't childhood where you just do dumbass shit because some authority figure tells you to and they're too stupid or lazy to think if it's a good idea.

He gone

What the hell? I thought Trae was injured or something.

nope lol, hawks fans knew but it wasn’t out in the open yet

End of the McMillan era

"not attend team's home win"? What does that mean? Trae didn't go to the game? WTF is that writing.

Nate told him to get his hair cut.

"I said TRIM those sideburns!"

Not gonna lie, why is Trae in the wrong at all here. He’s rehabbing an injury. Shit happens daily on nba teams. Teams with players that are sick leave them out of practice and leave it as a game time decision, all the fucking time. Nate chose the wrong time to let his ego take control.

Wow finally a sensible take!

Nates exit from Portland looked a lot like this. I wonder what he does to consistently lose locker rooms

Not understand how to coach a professional basketball team

Surprised it took this long

I’m a huge Trae stan, but he looks childish and foolish for this. He’s never going to beat the arrogant and difficult allegations is he keeps doing stuff like this.

Did anyone ask Lebron for his opinion?

The comments in here are absolutely dumbfounding

I think it's likely that both Trae and Nate were in the wrong. But nuance takes effort...

Nah y'all totally deserve this shit with how you thought you were clowning on the Pacers when we fired him lmao. What comes around goes around. Maybe we knew what we were talking about the entire time

If true.. Nate is dumb for flexing against trae on either playing or not showing up in the arena. He puts himself and his job on a peril

He showed him the lollipop picture

russ and 2 frp

For McMillan.

You already have a coach

1 frp after Trae signs with Klutch and starts wearing ADs old shirts

Not trying to jump on the Trae hate train because I never understood hiring McMillan to begin with and always thought it was just a matter of time before the relationship soured. But this is incredibly selfish and unprofessional by Trae if he just chose to not show up.

New NBA drama just dropped

I mean, the Hawks should check if Frank Vogel's free.

Every report about Trae and injuries is that he constantly tries to fight through injuries he should sit for, and has to be watched lol, if he's taking a day off from injury he's either pissed at Nate or his arm is falling off

Knew this was eventually going to happen. McMillan has clashed with almost every star he’s coached. Payton, Allen, Roy, George now Trae. He’s an old school type of coach, but not much of a players coach type, quiet, demands respect and accountability from his players, no nonsense type of guy.

Not Ice tway.......

I wish I could have a disagreement with my boss and then just choose not to attend work without being fired.

Oh shit He gone

So is Trae just going to keep getting coaches fired until he finds one he likes?

until he finds one that doesnt ask him to play defense.

Where have seen this before? Oh yea portland years ago….

Lmao all the Trae haters didnt even take time To read the details just ready to spew hate like dumbasses. Trae was getting treatment for his shoulder and wanted to skip shootarounds, Nate literally gave him an ultimatum to come off the bench or not come at all if he wasnt going to go to shootaround. Trae chose to rest his shoulder and not play since Nate wanted to be a dick about it.

I hate this generation of players and their entitlement .

Listen Nate should be fired bc he’s just not a good coach period. Hawks fans have wanted this dude gone for a while and for good reason. We should not be anywhere near as bad as we are most nights offensively and we are bc Nate’s a dipshit who is clearly out of his depth when it comes to offensive game-planning. If he’s really handing out ridiculous ultimatums to the face of the franchise over a fucking shoot-around that’s just more fuel to the fire. Could Trae have handled the situation better, sure, but it’s begin pretty evident he’s fed up with having a HC who just stands around all game and does nothing to scheme up winning offensive strategies and I don’t blame him.

I don't get how he keeps getting coaching jobs...he has sucked for years now

trae just straight up skipped the game?

Trae young was asked to play defense and decided to not play in the game instead!

That's mature.

wtf is up with nba players not playing. Biggest pussys in sports

Hope someone calls you a pejorative next time you take a day off from work lmao

Didn't Trae also have a problem with Lloyd peirce? Seems like it's a Trae problem and not a coach problem

Yeah and what team is Lloyd Pierce the head coach of these days? And Nate has a long track record of success?? Yeah Hawks have no coaching problem Lolol.

So this makes two coaches that Trey has had 🥩 🤔

God these players are so fucking soft

Terrible look for Trae. But Nate is gone if they have to choose.

"Choosing not to attend"?

Did you actually read the article Lolol. Or did you just just read the headline and go down here and type

at the end of the day a player not going to a game because of an argument with coach is dogshit. there are your teammates and others counting on you and on top of that you have a contract/

So Trae Young is a problem 🤔

So give me your top 5 teams that actually have the assets to trade for Trae (meaning, not the Lakers)

Hawks would surely dump McMillan in a heartbeat if it meant keeping Trae

Trae's not getting traded.

Baffled by the comments in here.

Trae is absolutely in the wrong for not showing up regardless of what the coach said.

He’s one of the efficiency darlings of this sub. There will never be accountability for him.

Wait so Trae just didn’t show up to a game? Why wasn’t this news before lol

funnily enough a reddit user actually broke this story before shams……

There were rumors swirling but it’s not that uncommon for star players to miss games so I guess it wasn’t a huge red flag. The Hawks also have basically no reporters around the team, they ran off the last one from The Athletic because Trae hated him lol

Doesn't matter who the coach is, Trae Young flops and will never win the NBA Finals.

Young complained the moment he stepped in the league that he didn’t have enough help, then he didn’t like his first coach, and now he doesn’t like his second coach.

Not at all actually.

Trae is not a good enough player to act like this 💀

Sure looked like a good enough player when he dropped 42 on Holiday's head in October....

Oh man 1 yr removed from Con finals to this?

Wow! I wonder if the team was split of pissed at Trae over that decision. Kinda stinks to bail on the team like that

Trae will be a coach killer.

Trae’s kind of a bitch for not showing up to his own home game as the star of the team. People pay a lot of money for this.

How long til Trae starts questioning the roundness of the earth and wearing a 5%er chain?

Trae Young is Trash

Trae young is a diva man. Awful fg% and turnover machine. Second head coach he isint getting along with

Did you know Trae young was the most efficient PG in the league last year and was the primary ball handler on the team with the fewest turn overs in the league? He’s had an extremely poor start to the season, but this isn’t his norm. And let’s not act like Lloyd Pierce was an NBA caliber head coach lol

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Trae kinda look good with context. Why not just let Trae get treatment and see if he’s good to go after? Nate tried to embarrass him by giving the ultimatum of coming off the bench. Trae didn’t handle it the best but I don’t think the players would be mad about him missing shoot around to get treatment.

Hawks fans want to see Nate gone. Turns out this whole thing will start the conversation about Trae having enough and wanting to leave lol.

If Trae leaves and McMillan stays this ownership would get run out of town

I sympathize with Nate, it’s hard to be a contender with Trae.

I’ve been a Trae defender for a min now but I’m starting to think his ego might be inflated. I haven’t watched them a lot this season but it’s interesting how they added a solid number 2 player and Trae is somehow taking more shots. And now this, starting to think he thinks he more important than he is

He gone

Yikes

GIVE ME PRUNTY

Sarge is a solid coach for fixing up a team in shambles. But he has a ceiling, and it’s a little lower than the ECF. Hawks need an upgrade if they want to consistently go further than 1st round.

Sarge up to it again.

They still whipped our ass and then we lost to the Pels

Jabari smith jr and his mild porn addiction broke the hawks

Why is it a big deal for Trae to come off the bench?I think they were both in the wrong ultimately

ORLANDO LETS DO THIS!

Trae, shoot better

This is Iverson-Larry Brown levels of player-coach beef

Nate needs to do what Draymond did to Poole.

This is good news for the Hawks fans!

Quin snyder here we come!!!!!

Dejounte Murray with the black Air Force energy corrupting the Hawks like the forces of chaos from 40k

Is this saying Trae just decided not to go to a game? What could have happened?

Does anyone actually like Trey?

"shower"

Nate is fighting for his job

Hot take: they play better all around basketball without him (hides)

Swap Trae and Luka back, problem solved.

Worst defender in the league with some of the worst splits in the league, as inefficient as 27ppg ever comes. Whatever.

Anyone that’s watched more than 2 Hawks games this season should understand Trae’s frustration. I know Bogi just got back but the rotations Nate has played to start the season make no sense.

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