Who's trippin'? The answer might be Trae Young and Grayson Allen.
Allen, the third-year Grizzlies guard, has developed quite a negative reputation for supposedly tripping opponents on the basketball court, dating back to his days at Duke, and that seems to have followed him to the NBA.
Saturday's matchup showed potentially more of Allen's tripping ways in the Hawks' 122-112 win over the Grizzlies, and Atlanta star Trae Young took notice. Young posted a GIF of Allen playing a little bit of aggressive defense — maybe a bit too aggressive for Young's liking.
Damn... tell me what y’all see!! Smh🤦🏽♂️ this gotta stop.! #ifyoudontknownowyouknow pic.twitter.com/AgrPR1qRze
— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) December 27, 2020
Here's a super-zoomed and slowed video of Allen maybe getting a bit overzealous on D:
— Khari (@Khari_53) December 27, 2020
Allen took notice and responded to Young with a little bit of snark and a lot of sarcasm in a quote tweet of Young:
Damn that must’ve really really hurt. I’m sorry. I hope you’re okay https://t.co/Uwyl7s2Q2v
— Grayson Allen (@GraysonJAllen) December 27, 2020
"Damn that must've really really hurt," Allen's tweet reads. "I'm sorry. I hope you're okay."
The two have a small history, with Young earning a technical foul for shoving Allen in the back during a preseason game just a week ago.
Trae Young trying to scrap with Grayson Allen
— Hoops Alley (@thehoopsalley) December 20, 2020
Grayson Allen loves causing problems in basketball
pic.twitter.com/s5afUyg1y2
In fact, their history goes even further back, as far as 2018, when both were rookies in the league and were served up Ts for wrestling with each other during a summer league game.
Whether or not Allen's attempt to trap was malicious, maybe he hasn't earned the benefit of the doubt, just given his history. But for everyone's sake, hopefully they all stop trippin' one way or the other.
