Hawks star Trae Young placed in COVID protocols

Hawks star Trae Young has been placed in the NBA’s health and safety protocols, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

Young will definitely miss Sunday night’s game against the Cavaliers, Wojnarowski adds, and his status for a marquee Christmas Day contest with the Knicks is uncertain. If Young tested positive for COVID-19, he will stay in the protocols for 10 days unless he returns two negative tests more than 24 hours apart.

He’s putting together All-Star numbers again this season, averaging 27.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 9.3 assists through 29 games. Counting Sunday night’s game, the Hawks are scheduled to play six times over the next 10 days.

Young is the first Atlanta player to enter the protocols. Keep up to date with all the cases around the league in our daily tracker.