Atlanta Hawks coach Quin Snyder has urged his team to come together as a collective to ensure Trae Young's injury does not derail their NBA season. 

The Hawks improved to 2-3 in their 2025-26 campaign with a 117-112 victory over the winless Brooklyn Nets, though the win was overshadowed by Young's withdrawal. 

Young injured his knee during the first quarter at Barclays Center after team-mate Mouhamed Gueye fell into him following a push by the Nets' Noah Clowney. 

The four-time All-Star had registered six points in seven minutes before he was withdrawn from the action, 17 seconds after the incident occurred. 

Atlanta were able to get over that setback, with Jalen Johnson leading the way with 23 points, while Young's replacement Nickeil Alexander-Walker chipped in with 18 of his own. 

Young led the NBA with a career-high 11.6 assists, and Snyder conceded that the Hawks will need everyone to work together to overcome the situation. 

"Anytime a player of Trae's calibre [gets injured], particularly someone that has the ball and is orchestrating situations on the offensive end, that's an adjustment we had to make," Snyder said.

"Whether it was Luke [Kennard] or Nickeil or Dyson [Daniels] or [Jalen Johnson], the key thing when we are playing that way is everybody has got to be willing to play with the pass, and try to get advantage that way.

"It's something we'll keep working on, depending on where Trae is with his health."

An @emoryhealthcare injury update:

Trae Young (right knee sprain) will not return to tonight’s game. pic.twitter.com/nsKFxLnq8I

— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) October 30, 2025

Snyder did reveal, however, that Young had avoided any damage to his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). 

"The most important thing is it is not his ACL," Snyder added. "He's going to get an MRI tonight or tomorrow, and make a determination from there.

"Not sure how long or what respect, but something he's hopefully going to be back from whenever possible."

Young entered the game having averaged 20.8 points and 9.5 assists, and showed signs he was not willing to be removed from the contest. 

"He didn't want to come out of the game," Snyder said. "He's such a competitor. He takes a lot of pride in being available. You saw it tonight, too.

"He tried to stay in there. He told me, 'Just give me a couple of minutes,' and I told him, 'If I don't like what I see, I'm taking you out.'"

Atlanta return to action against the Indiana Pacers on Friday before starting November with a match-up against the Cleveland Cavaliers.