Trae Young absolutely cherishes Kobe Bryant. That much is clear.
Last year, he was one of the players who made a tribute to Kobe after his untimely passing by changing his number to 8 and taking an 8-second violation to start the game off for the Hawks.
This year on the anniversary of Bryant’s death, Young made another tribute within the game. Young and the Hawks were having a big game against the Clippers. He dropped 38 points in total with 26 of them coming in the second half.
With the game winding down in the fourth quarter, the Clippers were making a comeback attempt. They cut the lead to 8 with just about two minutes left. Then Young dropped a deep 3 from the logo and signaled two and four with his hands as a nod to Bryant after the cold shot he just hit.
Trae hit the deep three, pointed to the court and held up 24 with his hands 💜💛 pic.twitter.com/1o53XGuf7L
— ESPN (@espn) January 27, 2021
He also wore purple and gold shoes as a nod to Bryant’s Lakers career.
Always with us💜💛 2♾8♾24 pic.twitter.com/o2CbAfZNCF
— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) January 27, 2021
What a gesture from Young and, yet another, tastefully done tribute from the Hawks start to Bryant.
