He's bigger than he looks on TV, which shouldn't come as a surprise. He has been working out three times a day and force-feeding himself protein shakes after each meal. If the fascination with Trae Young was rooted in his wispiness, the goal now is to make him thicker and more physically substantial. An actual chest has become visible through the outlines of his workout gear. At 178 pounds (with aspirations to begin next season at 186), Young can bench-press 185 pounds between 12 and 15 times, according to his strength coach. The pre-draft version of Kevin Durant, c. 2007, couldn't do that once. Then again, the basis for comparison isn't Durant. It's Stephen Curry. As measured at their respective combines, Young is 6-foot-1¾ in shoes, an inch and a half shorter than Curry and 3 pounds lighter. He's only 19, though. Curry was 21 when he went to Golden State with the seventh pick. The real similarities, however, seem less about measurables and more about aesthetics: mesmerizing ballhandling skills and shooting ranges that defy body type. Even 35 feet from the hoop, you can see traces of the children they once were, struggling to get the ball to the rim. The game they play is daring and improvisational, brilliance born of endless repetition -- the perfection of a style that began with Pete Maravich. read more http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23831582/nba-draft-trae-young-wants-do-never-done
