Trae Young named All-Star starter

Trae Young has been named to his first NBA All-Star Game, where he’ll be a starting guard for the Eastern Conference All-Star team.

Young has the second-most 30-point and 10-assist games (9) in the NBA this season, the second-most 40-point games (7), the third-most 30-point, 5-rebound and 5-assist games (13) and the third-most 30-point games (22).

He is the only Eastern Conference player to rank inside the top-10 in both points-per-game (29.2) and assists-per-game (8.6) this season.