One and done?

The clock is ticking and Trae Young has a decision to make: Oklahoma or the NBA?

He would be just 20 when he played his first game in the NBA, but his responsibility would skyrocket. This brings forward the question: Is Young ready to give up being a kid?

No more late-night runs to his favorite restaurant, Raising Cane’s — there are only seven NBA cities with Cane’s. No more losing to his current teammates in 2K — though this will probably still happen in the NBA. No more 15-minute trips home to see his family on the weekends. No more home-cooked meals.

No more playing in Norman.

For the past eight months, when a basketball hasn’t been in his hands, Young has been an average college student, living the college lifestyle and dealing with the everyday trials of freshman year. He has seen the struggles of writing papers and taking midterms, while also becoming an A-list celebrity around campus. Young will be giving up a lot if he chooses to take his talents to the next level, but it may just be an opportunity he can’t pass up.

“There’s positives on both ends, and those will be weighted as we sit down together and talk about what the pros and cons (are) on either the decision to go or the decision to stay,” said Young’s mother, Candice. “But we will wait until the end of the season and go over all the information we have and make the best decision for Trae and our family.”

Fast forward five months, and Young has seen the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in college basketball. He has experienced a rollercoaster of a season, something he may not care to go through again.

Since 2006, 17 percent of players have decided to ride the college basketball rollercoaster only once, with 123 players drafted as one-and-dones. The 2017 draft also marked the highest number, 20, of one-and-dones taken in a single draft. Of those 123 players, 54 percent went in the lottery — just like Young is expected to.

Before the one-and-done rule, 43 high school players decided to not even play in college, going straight to the NBA or ABA out of high school. LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett are three of the most well-known players to do this, while Kwame Brown, Robert Swift and Leon Smith were three of the biggest busts in NBA history.

“I personally needed those four years,” said Oklahoma City Thunder shooting guard and former Stanford standout Josh Huestis. “I wouldn’t have been ready after one or even two (years) … But everybody’s different, so if (Young) feels as if he’s ready, and his family thinks he’s ready, more power to him.”

Taken as the No. 29 pick in the 2014 draft, Huestis progressively got better during his four-year career at Stanford, eventually hitting his ceiling his senior year. But what if Young has already hit his college ceiling? Young can always improve his game, but what’s the point of hanging around for one more year with the risk of falling in the draft?

“It’s case-by-case, you can’t really put a blanket over it,” Huestis said. “With his situation, obviously he’s a guy that’s going to be picked high, why wouldn’t you take the opportunity to follow your dreams and be in the NBA and make money? That’s the entire reason to go to college, is to get a job and make money, so why pass that up?”

Following a 29-point, 10-assist performance and a win over then-No. 3 Wichita State on Dec. 16, Young sat down with ESPN college basketball analysts Tom Crean and Rich Hollenberg for a postgame interview. Crean and Hollenberg began comparing Young’s play to that of former NBA MVP and Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry.

“Steve Nash, Kyrie Irving, Chris Paul, Damian Lillard,” Young said, as he listed a host of players whose games he emulates. He wasn’t wrong when he said that. He can pass like Paul, shoot like Curry, handle like Irving and score like Lillard.

Comparing Young’s freshman season to the best season of each of the players he’s compared to is almost unfair. He beats each of them in almost every category, and none of them were ever able to say they averaged the most points (27.4) and assists (8.8) in the country in one season.

With the style of play in the NBA trending toward more 3-pointers and guard-driven offenses, there will always be a need for a player of Young’s caliber. In this year’s draft class alone, Young is easily one of the three most sought-after guards in the draft, along with Alabama’s Collin Sexton and Kentucky’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

But the question still remains: How will Young’s unique game translate to the NBA?

Players around the league have taken notice of Young’s performances, with high-profile players like Westbrook, Curry, James and Lillard praising his ability.

“He can shoot it very well, pass, plays with a lot of confidence,” said New Orleans Pelicans center Anthony Davis. “He’s just (has to) keep going, that’s it … just keep playing and doing what he’s doing … It’s up to him and his camp to decide what to do.”

Young’s only knock is his size. Standing at 6-foot-2, 180 pounds, Young is roughly 2 inches shorter and 13 pounds lighter than the average current starting point guard in the NBA. If Young were to play in the NBA tomorrow, he would be tied for the ninth-shortest and the fifth-lightest starting point guard in the league.

Players are faster, stronger and bigger in the NBA, something Young has yet to experience.

“Just be ready for the game to be kicked up a notch,” Huestis said. “College is one thing, he’s a big fish in a smaller pond, but you get up to the NBA, it’s a different beast.”

When the time comes, Young’s decision will have an impact on not only his future but also that of his family, OU, Lon Kruger and young players across the country that will soon be in his same position.

“As a mom, the pride that you have in watching your kid achieve the dreams they have, I love that,” Candice Young said. “I’m so excited for him to realize that opportunity. It would also be a dream of mine because, as parents, we also have dreams for our children and when they achieve them, we’re also excited.”

Young’s journey has been nothing short of remarkable, and no matter the path he chooses, he’s already left his mark at OU, in Norman and on college basketball. With seven simple words — “I will enter the 2018 NBA Draft” — Young’s life will change forever, fulfilling a dream he’s had since he was 3 years old.

“I don’t know what the future’s going to hold for me, but I know what tomorrow is,” Young said. “I’m just going to go out and have fun and leave it all out there for Sooner Nation and for my team.”