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‘Overrated!’: Hawks’ Young dealing with more playoff misery

Atlanta Hawks players, from left, Onyeka Okongwu, Saddiq Bey, Jalen Johnson, Trae Young and Bogdan Bogdanovic walk to the bench at the end of the third quarter in Game 1 in the first round of the NBA basketball playoffs, Saturday, April 15, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Atlanta Hawks players, from left, Onyeka Okongwu, Saddiq Bey, Jalen Johnson, Trae Young and Bogdan Bogdanovic walk to the bench at the end of the third quarter in Game 1 in the first round of the NBA basketball playoffs, Saturday, April 15, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) Atlanta Hawks players, from left, Onyeka Okongwu, Saddiq Bey, Jalen Johnson, Trae Young and Bogdan Bogdanovic walk to the bench at the end of the third quarter in Game 1 in the first round of the NBA basketball playoffs, Saturday, April 15, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

By PAUL NEWBERRY / AP Sports Writer 6 min read

ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young was showered with chants of “overrated!” during two dismal games in Boston. The Atlanta star will need to find his playoff groove at home if the Hawks are going to have any chance of knocking off the Celtics.

Young shot just 35% (14 of 40) during a pair of double-digit losses that put the Hawks in an 0-2 hole heading into Game 3 Friday night at State Farm Arena.

And the Boston fans let him have it, demonstrating they don’t have a lot of respect for the 24-year-old point guard who is supposed to be one of the league’s most dynamic young players.

Atlanta coach Quin Snyder hasn’t lost faith in Young.

“I want Trae to be aggressive. He knows that,” Snyder said after Thursday’s practice. “I don’t want us to be deterred by the ball not going in and stop having that aggressive mindset — Trae in particular.”