Trae Young Compared to Suns Legend

"Young and Nash represent two of the greatest passers of their generations, both packed into smaller, defensively-limited frames and topped with a clean shooting stroke," said Greg Swartz. 

"Naturally, it should come as no surprise who Young studied growing up.

"'Steve Nash is my favorite player of all time,'' Young said in 2018. 'With his size and my size, we're very similar. He's very cerebral, he can score from all three levels, he knows how to get his teammates involved and he's a winner. I feel like a lot of his characteristics are similar to mine.'

"It's hard to argue with Young's synopsis here.

"While it took Nash nine years to reach a double-digit assist average over a season, Young just reached this milestone in his fifth season. He holds a narrow lead over Nash in career assist average (9.3 to 8.5), although the Hall-of-Fame floor general ended his career with five assist titles while Young is still hunting for his first.

"Young also has far more of a green light than Nash ever had, as even Nash's career high in scoring (18.8 points per game in 2005-06) is lower than Young's worst season (19.1 points as a rookie in 2018-19). Young has been the offensive focal point of his Hawks teams, while Nash had other All-Stars like Dirk Nowitzki, Amar'e Stoudemire, Shawn Marion and Kobe Bryant to defer to.

"Both are/were prolific three-point shooters, with Young getting the edge in range and Nash the advantage in accuracy."