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Hawks Social Media Team Joins Trae Young-Patrick Beverley Feud

The Hawks social media team found a creative way to show its support for Young.

Tim Capurso

Young and Beverley are going at it in a bizarre back-and-forth through their podcasts.
Young and Beverley are going at it in a bizarre back-and-forth through their podcasts. / Dale Zanine-Imagn Images
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The Atlanta Hawks social media team deserves a raise for figuring out a creative and fun way to join one of the most bizarre feuds in all of sports right now.

That is, of course, the squabble between former NBA guard Patrick Beverley and four-time All-Star Trae Young. The feud was ignited by a seemingly harmless interaction, in which Beverley replied to a question on X, where a user asked why players seemingly show more intensity during open runs in the summer as opposed to the All-Star Game. When Beverley said "All-Stars take the game for granted", Young responded and told Beverley to relax.

That's when all hell broke loose. Beverley, on his Pat Bev Podcast With Rone on Wednesday, said that he doesn't think Young has "won enough to even speak to me like that," questioned Young's stature as a star player and even his leadership skills. Young, in his own From the Point by Trae Young podcast, then responded in a lengthy 12-minute video, saying that Beverley "doesn't know what it's like" to be in his shoes.

But the best part of the feud might just be the aforementioned Hawks social media team, which seized its chance on X amid the back-and-forth between Young and Beverley, posting 1:39 of Young highlights in which he's exclusively scoring baskets on Beverley.

Well done. Credit the Hawks social media team with an assist here.

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Tim Capurso
TIM CAPURSO

Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in November 2023, he wrote for RotoBaller and ClutchPoints, where he was the lead editor for MLB, college football and NFL coverage. A lifelong Yankees and Giants fan, Capurso grew up just outside New York City and now lives near Philadelphia. When he's not writing, he enjoys reading, exercising and spending time with his family, including his three-legged cat Willow, who, unfortunately, is an Eagles fan.

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