Asked in a group interview by Shams Charania of Stadium (video link) about the possibility of playing together in the future, the Holiday brothers expressed interest, even as Pacers guard Aaron Holiday acknowledged that it’s “probably unrealistic” for the time being.
Justin Holiday, who currently plays in Indiana alongside his younger brother on a one-year deal with the Pacers, said that the brothers probably get asked about the idea of teaming up more than they think about it themselves. Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, meanwhile, said that he thinks the three brothers would “be good together” if they did play on the same team.
Here are more odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- Top high school recruit Jalen Green, who decided to sign with the G League as part of the league’s revamped developmental program, will be provided with a full-ride college scholarship by the NBAGL if he wants to go to school at a later date, he tells Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). “I’m still going to be able to go back to college and finish school,” Green said. “So, it’s not really that I’m missing out on college because I can go back and finish whenever I need to.”
- In a conversation at The Athletic, former NBA team executives Seth Partnow and John Hollinger traded some big-picture, outside-the-box suggestions for how to change the league. Among the ideas proposed: Expanding the league to 32 teams, revamping the draft workout process, and introducing a “suck tax,” which would hit the league’s worst teams with financial penalties.
- NBA China CEO Derek Chang is stepping down from his position, the league announced on Thursday in a press release. Chang, who assumed the role in June 2018, will officially depart after May 15, as the NBA seeks a new executive for the position. It has presumably been a challenging year for Chang, who had to deal with the rift between the NBA and China as a result of Daryl Morey‘s tweet supporting Hong Kong protestors.
Sounds like they are good ideas, 32 teams would work out very well (Seattle & San Juan/San Diego as ideal expansion cities) & taxing the perennial bottom feeders could be an extra incentive for tanking teams to try to get better faster.
Definitely Seattle! Add another team west of the Mississippi River in either KC, Vegas, or California then move NO and Memphis to the Eastern Conference.
Oops! Uneven conferences. Either NO or Memphis moves to the East.
NO or Memphis would be good in the East as a young yo and coming team. Either team would be in the playoffs most the time
Bulls would probably add the “suck tax” to ticket fees.
Wrong
Yes, Bill Gates just said late next year. Seems like it keeps moving back.
Oh wait– suck not sick.
Correct