PHOENIX – Trae Young made this interview easy.



It’s an off day in the Valley of the Sun, where the Atlanta Hawks’ polarizing and popular point guard is just hours removed from one of the most prolific nights of his young career. Yet as if the 42-point, 11-assist, eight-3-pointer masterpiece in a road win against Denver wasn’t hot enough on its own – did you see what he did to Will Barton? – he set flames to the social media scene afterward with a fire tweet that belongs on a t-shirt or a promotional poster.



“YOUR APOLOGY NEEDS TO BE AS LOUD AS THE DISRESPECT WAS,” his message read above a picture of Young running the floor against the Nuggets.



Topic No. 1 in this conversation with one of the NBA’s best young showmen has been served up like one of his fancy dishes. The goal from here is to not get nutmegged.



But first…



As the 6-foot-1, 180-pound Young gets off the team bus and makes...