{"id":80243,"date":"2024-06-04T09:52:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T13:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=80243"},"modified":"2024-06-04T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T13:52:59","slug":"celtics-competition-jrue-holiday-trade-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/04\/celtics-competition-jrue-holiday-trade-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics\u2019 Competition For Jrue Holiday Trade, Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Celtics guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/holidjr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jrue Holiday<\/a> feels like he\u2019s \u201csupposed to be\u201d where he\u2019s at now, he didn\u2019t expect it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jrue Holiday on his trade to the Celtics: \u201cI think that this is what was supposed to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m supposed to be here and I\u2019m supposed to be here with my teammates and we\u2019re suooosed to do this together. And it is because that\u2019s the way it was supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jay King (@ByJayKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByJayKing\/status\/1796593844726923626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unlike former Celtics guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a>, this isn\u2019t because he <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/03\/kyrie-irving-trade-that-almost-never-happened\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">left them off his list<\/a> of preferred trade destinations. To the contrary, Boston made his shortlist of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/40265510\/nba-finals-2024-boston-celtics-dallas-mavericks-twists-turns-led-jrue-holiday-back-finals\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five or six teams<\/a>,\u201d per ESPN\u2019s Brian Windhorst. However, he didn\u2019t think the Milwaukee Bucks were going to trade him. Though it was obvious team leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/antetgi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> wanted a talent upgrade somewhere, he thought his spot was safe.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c\u2026Just an hour after being awoken with the news, Holiday and his wife, Lauren, found themselves on a call with agent Jason Glushon and a list of 28 remaining teams to go through. With his next team getting his Bird rights and the ability to sign him to an extension before he became a free agent the next year, Holiday was plunged into doing a version of free agency&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>When the call was over, there was a list of five or six teams&#8230; Several teams armed with draft pick assets that would&#8217;ve been attractive to the Blazers called only to be told they weren&#8217;t on the list.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While the full list of Holiday\u2019s preferred landing spots has yet to be revealed, neither the Indiana Pacers nor New York Knicks made the cut. The Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers did.<\/p>\n<h2>Celtics\u2019 Competition For Jrue Holiday Trade, Revealed<\/h2>\n<p>Outbid by Boston\u2019s determined front office, L.A. didn\u2019t have much of a chance at Holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at what they offered the Philadelphia 76ers for James Harden, L.A\u2019s draft assets may have been to the Portland Trail Blazers\u2019 liking. In fact, the Celtics gave up two first-round picks for Holiday, while the Clippers surrendered three for Harden (two went to the Sixers).<\/p>\n<p>However, they weren\u2019t giving Portland the same caliber of established talent. Boston gave up 2023 Sixth Man of the Year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brogdma01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malcolm Brogdon<\/a>, and 2022 All-Defensive selection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/williro04.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Williams III<\/a> in the Holiday deal. L.A. sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/batumni01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicolas Batum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/morrima03.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Morris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/covinro01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Covington<\/a> \u2014all past their prime \u2014and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/martike04.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KJ Martin<\/a> to Philly.<\/p>\n<h3>Who Were His Other Suitors?<\/h3>\n<p>One can assume that if the Clippers were shortlisted, the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat would\u2019ve appealed to Holiday as well. To that point, Holiday has said on multiple occasions that he grew up as a Los Angeles Lakers fan. It makes sense, as he\u2019s a Los Angeles native who still resides in the city. The guy even played for UCLA.<\/p>\n<p>With regard to the Heat, there aren\u2019t nearly as many circumstantial connections. However, the Heat are a popular team for veterans who are serious competitors due to the culture and playoff history. Furthermore, Miami had an identifiable need at point guard. Lastly, if there\u2019s any city that\u2019s similar to Los Angeles, it\u2019s Miami.<\/p>\n<p>A bit more speculative is the thought that he\u2019d entertain a return to Philadelphia. The Sixers selected Holiday with the 17th overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, becoming the team\u2019s starter before the All-Star Break. He became the youngest All-Star in franchise history in 2013. Though they traded him after that season, Philadelphia had <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/05\/03\/philadelphia-76ers-planned-to-pursue-a-reunion-with-former-guard-jrue-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">interest in a reunion<\/a> as recently as this season. They were even <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KyleNeubeck\/status\/1707108324326441002\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">among the teams<\/a> who wanted to trade for him last autumn, per PHLY Sports\u2019 Kyle Neubeck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday feels like he\u2019s \u201csupposed to be\u201d where he\u2019s at now, he didn\u2019t expect it. Jrue Holiday on his trade to the Celtics: \u201cI think that this is what was supposed to happen.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m supposed to be here and I\u2019m supposed to be here with my teammates and we\u2019re suooosed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":80245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1608,27,26,16,62,13],"tags":[239,4774,1382],"class_list":["post-80243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celtics","category-basketball","category-clippers","category-lakers","category-heat","category-nba","category-76ers","tag-jrue-holiday","tag-rumors","tag-nba-trade"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}