In the @ATLHawks& #39; 67 games in the & #39;19-20 season, per @bball_ref data, Trae Young had the team& #39;s worst Defensive Rating in 11 games.

In 3 of those 11, he tied with at least one teammate for the worst/highest

( @bball_ref, which may be my favorite Internet site after @boingboing, actually doesn& #39;t aggregate data in this way; I did so in Excel)

@ESPN& #39;s Real Plus Minus stat suggests that Trae is the worst defensive player in basketball. He& #39;s not good by any stretch. Folks should also appreciate / be dismayed by the wretched defense played by his teammates

And likewise be encouraged by the addition of Clint Capela, who in the last three seasons (per 36 min.) averaged 2.0 blocks, 14.2 rebounds, and 0.9 steals.

The point here is that Trae& #39;s defense was bad, sure, but so was his team& #39;s