Four-time All-Star guard Trae Young took to social media Friday morning to address “another opportunity” with the Washington Wizards as well as his time spent with the Atlanta Hawks.

Trae Young posted his first statement Friday days after the Atlanta Hawks traded him to the Washington Wizards. “Never thought I’d be typing this... the last few years weren’t how I wanted them to be,” Young wrote to begin his statement. Young spent his whole NBA career with Atlanta and as the face as the franchise since he was drafted in 2018.

By now, almost the entire basketball world has been informed of the deal that sent Trae Young to the Washington Wizards in exchange for CJ McCollum and Corey Ki

It’s official: Trae Young is a Washington Wizard. The trade reported a couple of days ago — with Young going to Washington and CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert headed to Atlanta — became official on Friday morning. That is when Young released this statement on X.

The Trae Young era in Atlanta is officially over. The former No. 5 overall pick is on the move, headed to Washington to join the Wizards after almost eight years with the Hawks. In exchange, the Hawks will bring in the expiring contract of CJ McCollum alongside sharpshooter Corey Kispert.

Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones break down all angles of the Trae Young-to-Washington trade: how will he fit, who will he help, what does he have to prove, and what his situation says about the state of small guards in the NBA.

Young has been sidelined with a quad injury, which is usually not a season-ending ailment. Washington announced Friday that he will miss his first potential game with his new team against the Pelicans due to a right quad contusion and right MCL sprain. The Wizards, though, have little motivation to rush Young back.