Trae Young enters the 2025-26 season in an interesting duality with the Atlanta Hawks.
He's entering the fourth year of a five-year, $215 million contract and has not been offered the four-year, $229 million extension he was eligible for this offseason.
But he's also surrounded by quite possibly the most talent-rich roster he's had during his NBA career.
The four-time All-Star point guard is choosing to focus on the latter as the season nears.
"I don't know (about) the word disappointment. I mean, maybe, for sure," Young said Monday at Hawks media day when asked if he's disappointed to not have signed a contract extension. "For me, I'm more happy about the team that we got going into this season. I'm blessed, bro. I wasn't stressing about anything. If something happened, it happened. I