Reports surfaced throughout last season that there was a disconnect between Hawks star Trae Young and former coach Nate McMillan, who was fired in February before Atlanta made its final playoff push.
The Hawks moved quickly in replacing McMillan, hiring former Jazz coach Quin Snyder, who is widely respected across the league as a very good coach, and quickly earned the trust of Young in ways that McMillan couldn’t.
It was clear throughout the postseason that Snyder and Young had a good working relationship, and Young’s recent comments on The Draymond Green Show only further cemented the belief about the relationship between star player and coach.