Trae Young Next Team Odds: Where Could Hawks Star Land This Season?

By Christopher Boan

Jan 6th, 2026 10:38 AM EST

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Trae Young is an undeniable offensive talent. But he’s also considered by some to be a defensive liability, and his erratic shoot-first mentality for a point guard doesn’t mesh with all coaches and systems. 

Now that the Atlanta Hawks have missed two straight postseason and Young has been limited to just 10 games due to injury, he and the front office are working on giving the 27-year-old a fresh start, per ESPN. Young has this season and next season at $95 million total remaining on his deal, with a player option in the offseason.

Bookies.com has now updated his NBA future odds on where Young plays for the rest of the 2025-26 season. The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 5, with teams like the Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards and Brooklyn Nets atop our list right now.

Trae Young 2025-26 Team Odds

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Trae Young's Potential Destinations For The 2025-26 NBA Season 

Statistically, Young is a 6-foot-1 powerhouse. Over his career, he has averaged 25.2 ppg, and led the league in assists last season with 11.6 per game.

Defensively, the Hawks are historically bad with Young on the floor. This season, the team is 2-8 when he played and 15-12 when he hasn’t.

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While the best odds are for Young to either stay with the Hawks or go to a team that’s off our board (at +425), the top contender overall is the Mavericks, who are listed at +550, followed by the Brooklyn Nets and Washington Wizards at +650 apiece.  

Sadly for Young, none of the three are in better shape, championship contender wise, than the Hawks, with a combined record of 33-70 this year and none of them in the top 10 of their respective conference standings.  

The Hawks, on the other hand, are 17-21 and locked in a tie for 10th in the East alongside the Milwaukee Bucks, putting them on the edge of the league’s play-in bracket with more than half a season left to play.  

Outside of the three teams mentioned above, keep an eye on other potential Young pursuers like the Minnesota Timberwolves (+800), Bucks (+1100), Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings (+1750 each), Portland Trail Blazers and the Miami Heat (+2500 each) as potential landing spots for the four-time All-Star out of Oklahoma.  

Of the latter sextet of teams mentioned, Minnesota (23-13), Miami (20-16), Portland (17-20) and Los Angeles (13-22) are all either currently on the right side of the NBA’s play-in bubble or close (in the Clippers case).  

Where Does Trae Young Go From Here?  

What appears clear right now is that Young’s presence isn’t helping Atlanta’s cause, with a 2-8 record in the 10 games that the 27-year-old has played in and the Hawks’ defense sucking air when he’s on the floor, with a 126.2 defensive rating (compared to the team’s 115.5 rating overall).  

Another issue for Hawks’ GM Onsi Saleh revolves around the $45,999,660 salary cap hit attached to Young.

Moving such a large contract for a point guard that’s played 493 games in today’s NBA might prove difficult for all involved, though it appears a change of scenery is in store for Young in the near term.  

Now, the only question is whether Saleh can get a deal done ahead of the league’s Feb. 5 deadline, as all sides wait to see what happens with the team’s third-leading scorer in the coming days and weeks.  

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Christopher Boan has covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, with stops at ArizonaSports.com, Tucson Weekly and Green Valley News.

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