Luka Doncic and Trae Young will have a special connection until the end of their careers.

Both players are among the best NBA athletes and interestingly both were traded for each other on the draft night last year.

The Atlanta Hawks team originally drafted Luka Doncic with the third pick and the Dallas Mavericks chose Trae Young with the fifth pick of the first round of 2018 NBA Draft. Both have been playing very well since joining the league, but an overall evaluation would point to Luka Doncic as the best player so far.

In an interview with ESPN Young, he expressed how annoying the comparison with his draft colleague is, and stated the only one thing could end this:

“Retirement,” Young joked. “I think that’s what it’s gonna take. We’re going to be compared throughout our whole careers. That’s fine, that’s what it’s going to be — it happened on draft night, and I don’t think it’ll stop until we’re both retired.”

Although Trae Young thinks that it is understandable that there are comparisons between him and Doncic, the Hawks player finds the situation a bit tiresome.

“Yeah. For me, it bothers me — I just love playing basketball, I know he does. So it bothers me because it’s annoying just getting asked about it all the time,” Young said. “But I know it comes with it. I didn’t ask for it to happen, but it happened… It’s two totally different situations, two totally different players. He’s playing well, I’m playing well. Just let it be.”

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Trae Young is Hawks’ main offensive weapon and currently averages 28.7 points, 8.4 assists and 4 rebounds per game with an efficiency of 46.3% on 2-point shots and 39.3% from beyond the arc. Doncic has been a triple-double machine The star of the Mavs averages 30.3 points, 10.1 rebounds and 9.2 assists per game, with 47.8% efficiency on 2-point shots and 32.7% from beyond the arc. Luka has been key for this excellent form of the Dallas Mavericks franchise this season.