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Seen a very well put together piece this morning off ESPN site - -the show was called Connected , and it was hosted today by Isiah Thomas - -we all remember him right ?

Today he was interviewing Trae Young , & Trae Young is the one I am talking about. - The guy in reality is a very class guy, not Cocky, thought he was in College but I think I let my crimson & blue blind me. The just of today was really about how him and Isiah face the same up hill hurdles when growing up - -people saying they were to small would never make it - then realizing that were actually good.

Lots of good pieces about this story, but just think Trae really handled himself really well. Just a very polite - i know but yes I said it very polite well rounded kid. I'll be honest I didn't think he would have the input for a team like he has, has turned to be a pretty dam good player . - Just goes to show ya People can be wrong about a guy and I'll be the first to admit- - I WAS WRONG. -he just came across as a very respectual intelligent very good NBA player loved how he was showing respect to Thomas.

I dunno just came across as a totally different person as to what I had him tagged. . - -Just a great pierce on Trae today - -loved it and again I was totally WRONG kind of funny how their paths ran paralell with Trae & Iisah one another. - I now have total respect for him and wish him well. - Could be I was pissed when he choose Oklahoma over KU

I'm with you, and I've been impressed with Trae Young since going league... Isaiah Thomas on the other hand.....

@approxinfinity said in Totally changed my opinion of old foe/player:

I'm with you, and I've been impressed with Trae Young since going league... Isaiah Thomas on the other hand.....

very muc so, just listening to this inner view just very well done. A stand up young man

Never had a problem with Trae or Zion. Just the Espn slobber machine.

I'd take Dtae over him any day!

@DanR said in Totally changed my opinion of old foe/player:

Never had a problem with Trae or Zion. Just the Espn slobber machine.

ya maybe they are what once soured me on him in College days. - Guy is pretty dam good

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Totally changed my opinion of old foe/player:

I'd take Dtae over him any day!

that's not what this is about. taking one over another, simply says I mis judged him as a PERSON

Dtae made our team better, OU was about Trae young, hurt their team and most transferred the next yr. I'm glad you like him.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Totally changed my opinion of old foe/player:

Dtae made our team better, OU was about Trae young, hurt their team and most transferred the next yr. I'm glad you like him.

well ya I wouldn't trade Dante - -I' wa speaking totally as a person and how he portrayed himself. - -yet in the interview he did with Thomas the guy was nothing but class--- very respectful - down to earth straigh special kid. just totally mis judged him

To make it to the NBA at that size you have to have a lot of self confidence because there are a lot of coaches that are not going to give you a chance. There's always another kid that's 6-2 or 6-3 that they think could be better. That's the challenge for a lot of smaller guards. Does Trae Young play cocky? Absolutely. He would not be in the NBA if he didn't. He would have probably flamed out in college at some point.

The tough thing for him at OU was that he needed to be playing with better players. That OU team didn't have NBA or even fringe NBA talent. Young is at his best when surrounded by shooters and lob catchers. He also needs guys that can defend because, at his size, he will always be a bit of a liability on that end. Had Young come to KU he would have been a completely different player. I don't know if the results end up much different (KU went to the Final Four that year), but I think Young would have been tremendous at KU. A team with a ton of shooting already (Svi, Newman, Graham, Vick) and some lob catchers (Doke, De Sousa), plus a versatile defender like Garrett, it would have been interesting to see how teams handled KU.

Like I said, I don't know if it goes any better than the Final Four trip they got, but that team would have been scoring in the high 80s on a lot of nights.

@justanotherfan he wanted the keys, self wouldn't give him, lon did.