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In theory, that’s what this team had. Young was the offensive centerpiece (13th in offensive DRIP), and the Hawks have a ton of great defenders and shooters to complement him.
But theory doesn’t always translate to practice, and while the Hawks should have been able to hide Young’s weaknesses, he’s been too poor a defender to scheme around. Young ranks 479th out of 488 players in defensive DRIP, and the Hawks have not had a top-10 defense (or even an average one) since he was drafted in 2019.
With him gone, Walker has stepped into the starting lineup, and with a lineup of Walker/Daniels/Risacher/Johnson/Okongwu (or Porzingis, when he’s healthy), their defense has looked impenetrable. Since Young got hurt (18 games), the Hawks boast the seventh-best defense in the NBA, per NBA.com.



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