The injury-ravaged Nuggets couldn’t recapture the magic of their improbable wins at Philadelphia and the Celtics to end their seven-game road trip. Peyton Watson led Denver with 25 points and Aaron Gordon scored 14 off the bench in his third game back after missing 19 with a hamstring injury.

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.

For Atlanta, the trade represents a philosophical reset, with the organization shifting its focus to developing a younger core that includes Jalen Johnson, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, Onyeka Okongwu and rookie Zaccharie Risacher.

After spending the past seven-plus seasons as the face of the franchise for the Atlanta Hawks, Trae Young will now continue his career as a member of the Washington Wizards. After several weeks of speculation and rumors, Young was traded to the Wizards in exchange for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert.

Trae Young is now a member of the Washington Wizards.

For the first time in eight seasons, the Hawks won't have Trae Young on their team. Atlanta kicked off the trade deadline by sending Young to the Washington Wiz

Zaccharie Risacher scored 25 points, Jalen Johnson added 19 and seven Atlanta players scored in double figures Wednesday night in a 117-100 win over the New Orleans Pelicans as the Hawks traded four-time All-Star Trae Young to Washington.

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