Patrick Beverley let Trae Young have it after the Atlanta Hawks’ season opener turned into a rout , ripping into Young’s defense in a blistering film breakdown that stoked an old feud and amplified an ugly night for the franchise.

Beverley, the veteran guard, posted a clip on X that broke down Young’s defensive effort and mocked what he saw. “Why is he showing? Is he a European foreman? Why is he showing? Why is a guard showing on a guard? Look at that, no effort,” Beverley said, his tone part ridicule, part exasperation. The comments arrived after the Hawks fell 138-118 to the Toronto Raptors in a game Atlanta never really recovered from. Expand Tweet

The headlines were brutal. RJ Barrett led the Raptors with 25 points, and Toronto poured it on in the third quarter, opening a ga

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