NBA All-Star Saturday Night: Trae Young Aims to Become the Hawks First Three-Point Contest Winner in Franchise History

A member of the Hawks has never won the Three-Point Contest

No member of the Atlanta Hawks has ever won a three-point contest on All-Star Saturday Night, but Trae Young is hoping to break that trend this weekend. 

This is not Young's first time competing in the contest, as he has done it twice before. Two years ago, Young lost to Karl Anthony-Towns (who is competing this year), and before that, Young lost to Buddy Hield. 

Kyle Korver lost in 2015 against Steph Curry and Mike Bibby lost in 2009 to Daequan Cook. Those are the only other Hawks players to ever enter the three

That all could change this season though. Young is third in the latest three-point contest odds from Fanduel and he has some things working in his favor. Young is 5th in the NBA in average three-pointers made per game and none of the four guys above him are participating in the contest. Young is third in the NBA in total three-pointers made, behind Steph Curry and Luka Doncic. After not being able to win the first two times, the third time could be the charm for Young. 

Trae Young shooting vs the Rockets / Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Lillard (+370) is the favorite to defend his title as the three-point champion, but not by much. Haliburton (+440), Young (+550), Beasley (+650), Brunson (+700), Towns (+700), Markkanen (+800), and Mitchell (+950) are all viable candidates to win the title.

I think that Beasley is an interesting pick for this weekend, as is Young. Of the players involved in the contest, Beasley has the highest three-point percentage among them at 45%, which is 7th in the NBA. I think if there is one player that is overvalued a little bit in the odds market, I think it is Haliburton. He is second in the odds, yet does not have as high of a three-point percentage as Beasley, Markkanen, and Brunson.

I think that Young is going to win his first All-Star Saturday night event. Picking these contests is hard, but I am going to go for the first-time winner and one player who can hit from a distance. 

How to Watch All-Star Saturday Night

What: All-Star Saturday Night

When: 8:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 17th

Where: Indianapolis, IN

Watch: TNT

Stream: WATCH TNT

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