Trae Young talks about Simmons empty basket not being famous: I just scared him and pretended to cover him

Basketball     9:58am, 16 September 2025

Recently, Trae Young participated in Teague's program "Club 520", talking about the famous scene of Simmons facing his empty basket and choosing to pass the ball in the 2021 Eastern Conference semi-finals.

Yang: "Yes, I just pretended to cover him. That picture looked exaggerated, like I was going to pretend to jump and block the shot."

Teag: "Trey Young is protecting the basket? OK."

Yang: "No, I just planned to do that. But he said, 'I thought he was going to foul on me'. And I might just grab his arm. I was going to wave my arm to grab his arm to make sure he didn't get a free throw."

source:7m cn