Rumor: No Plans For Trae Young, Hawks To Engage In Extension Talks

August 10, 2025

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There are no plans for Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks to engage in extension talks, according to NBA insider Jake Fischer of The Stein Line.

Young is eligible for a four-year, $229 million extension.

“Yet league sources tell me there are no plans for Trae Young and the Hawks to engage in extension talks this summer,” Fischer wrote. “This, though, does not necessarily come as a surprise.”

Young will make $45.9 million next season. He can become an unrestricted free agent next offseason by declining his 2026-27 player option worth $48.9 million.

“Sources say Young’s side has actually been resigned for some time to the prospect of seeing out the final guaranteed year on his current contract rather than securing an extension, like his current contract, worth in excess of $200 million,” Fischer wrote. “He’d then have to make a decision about his $49 million player option for 2026-27.”

Young averaged 24.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 11.6 assists for the Hawks last season while shooting 41.1% from the field, 34.0% from beyond the arc and 87.5% from the free-throw line. He was first in the NBA in assists and assists per game.

Atlanta missed the 2025 playoffs. The franchise made the Eastern Conference Finals in 2021, losing to the Milwaukee Bucks in six games. The Hawks haven’t won a postseason series since then.

Young has career averages of 25.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 9.8 assists with the Hawks. He has made four All-Star teams and one All-NBA team.

Atlanta’s front office was busy this offseason, signing Luke Kennard and trading for Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Kristaps Porziņģis.

“The reported disappointment Young is said to be feeling about his contract status appears to stem largely from the fact that the Hawks never really broached an extension at all,” Fischer wrote. “Trae Young is confident, sources say, in his ability to lead the Hawks back to the playoffs, which could prove to be a meaningful inflection point for both Atlanta and Young himself to hold extension talks.”