Trae Young Ejected From Wizards’ Loss — Days Before He Will Finally Play Game For Them

Trae Young gave Wizards fans a taste of his “energy” and “competitiveness” when he got ejected from a game he wasn’t even playing in Monday night. 

Young was thrown out of the Wizards’ 123-118 home loss to the Rockets after the newly acquired guard stormed onto the court to complain to an official.

It all started when the Rockets’ Tari Eason gave a hard push to the Wizards’ Jamir Watkins in the third quarter, which sent him to the ground, but the refs didn’t blow the whistle.

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It led to a brief scrum before order was restored, but Young came off the bench in street clothes to yell at the ref under the nearest basket and earned himself an automatic ejection. 

He didn’t seem to be too bothered by the situation after the game when he took to social media to make light of it. 

“Don’t expect me to get ejected too many more times D.C.,” Young wrote on X, along with a crying laughing emoji. “.. but I’m definitely bringing that energy & competitiveness when I’m back for my brothers!”

Young was traded to the Wizards in January in a deal with the Hawks for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert. 

He has not made his debut for his new squad while dealing with knee and quadriceps injuries that have kept him sidelined since Dec. 27.

Young has played in just 10 games this season, averaging 19.3 points and 8.9 assists per game. 

Young will finally take the court for the Wizards on Thursday when they host the Jazz at Capital One Arena. 

He posted a video of himself working out in Wizards gear on Instagram earlier on Monday and wrote in the caption, “March 5th.” 

“He’s trending in that direction,” Wizards coach Brian Keefe told reporters before Monday’s loss. “Obviously, we have a couple of days here of practice, but he’s done some 5-on-5 stuff with our group. But, yeah, he’s trending for Thursday. The expectations for him to start with [are] he’ll be on a [minutes] restriction, 17 to 20 minutes. He’s only played 10 games this year. The bulk of those will come in the first half with the normal rotation.”