The Lakers, Clippers, Heat, Celtics, Bulls and Sixers are among the teams Jrue Holiday would be interested in joining, a league source tells Anthony Chiang and Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald.
That said, unless the Trail Blazers are willing to hold onto Holiday for at least a few months, you can scratch the Lakers from the list of possible suitors. They obviously aren’t trading LeBron James for Holiday, and the other players they could theoretically use to match salaries aren’t trade-eligible until December or January.
The Blazers are expected to prioritize young players and draft assets in exchange for Holiday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said on NBA Today (YouTube link).
Holiday is expected to draw interest from a variety of teams, sources tell ESPN’s Zach Lowe (Insider link). The Heat could be among that group, but Portland “had no major interest in any individual Miami player or draft asset, and limited interest in whatever combination Miami might cobble” during negotiations for Damian Lillard, Lowe reports.
According to Chiang and Jackson, the Heat haven’t ruled out making an aggressive push for Holiday, but they didn’t do it immediately on Thursday. Miami isn’t expected to pursue James Harden, and has yet to express interest in Pacers sharpshooter Buddy Hield, who is reportedly on the trading block after failing to reach an extension, a source tells Chiang and Jackson. Free agent guard Goran Dragic is interested in returning to the Heat, but that interest doesn’t appear to be mutual, per The Herald’s duo.
Sources tell Lowe the Pacers and Knicks are expected to have a level of interest in Holiday, though it’s unclear how seriously they’ll pursue the defensive stalwart. While Lowe believes Holiday could be a good fit with both clubs, he wonders if Indiana will decide it’s too early to make a win-now move.
Boston was previously cited as a possible suitor, but multiple sources tell Brian Robb of MassLive that the Celtics will likely be outbid and aren’t expected to land Holiday. Still, the team has long been interested in the veteran guard — Boston tried to acquire Holiday a few years ago before he was traded to Milwaukee, a source tells Robb.
Here are a few more notes related to Holiday, who was sent to the Blazers from the Bucks as part of yesterday’s Lillard blockbuster:
- Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t have a direct impact on the Lillard deal, Wojnarowski noted in the same segment. “Directly, (Antetokounmpo) literally played no role,” Wojnarowski said. “In fact, (GM) Jon Horst did not bring this trade idea or sign off on it to Giannis Antetokounmpo because Jrue Holiday was involved. And the relationship there and the reverence that this organization and these players have for Holiday. He did not want to put that to Giannis Antetokounmpo and have him have that on his conscience necessarily that he might sign off or not sign off on it.” However, as Wojnarowski observes, Antetokounmpo putting pressure on the organization by saying winning more championships was the most important thing in his career certainly played a significant indirect factor in Milwaukee trading for Lillard.
- In addition to the previously mentioned teams that might pursue Holiday, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst (Insider link) believes the Pelicans, Kings and Warriors would also benefit from the All-Star guard’s services. Over at The Athletic, John Hollinger lists the Heat, Clippers and Celtics as logical destinations for Holiday.
- Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star considers the pros and cons of the Pacers pursuing Holiday. As Dopirak writes, head coach Rick Carlisle heaped praise on the five-time All-Defensive member during the 2022/23 season. “I’d like to somebody to name five other basketball players that are better than Jrue Holiday at the entire game,” Carlisle said. “Guy’s an amazing player, both sides of the ball. His scoring tonight was at another level obviously, but defensively, he can guard anybody. Just a nod of respect to him. He’s a guy that too often is overlooked as a truly, truly great player.” Still, Dopirak thinks it’s probably too early for Indiana to go after a 33-year-old veteran like Holiday, who can be a free agent in 2024 if he declines his player option.
I think this Warriors offer blows any other offer out of the water because it includes a SECOND young player…
Jrue Holiday to the Warriors for:
Two first round picks,
Jonathan Kuminga,
Chris Paul salary,
and throw in Moses Moody.
I don’t think any team in the league could top that.
And I would do it as a Warrior fan in a heartbeat if Holiday would opt in his 2nd year.
Steph Curry is 35 and Holiday would give a 2-year window of opportunity. They can deal with 2026 when it comes.
And as far as the bench, there’s plenty of guys who could roll in that are veterans and can give what Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody provide.
Fingers crossed that the Warriors can get this done but if not I’m happy with Chris Paul as a similar veteran steady presence for that second unit of young players.
That is way too much to give up for Holiday. Suns proved you need bench in the playoffs. Both Moody and Kuminga looks like future starters for warriors. Holiday is good but the warriors need to hang onto 1st rounders because they team is getting old fast.
The offer is beatable.
Nola and Orlando have more to offer if they wanted. The Warrior picks will only be valuable if 5 years down the line. Kuminga isn’t a star player either to centerpiece a deal. If GSW thought he could be, they keep him wait and trade him for another star that could continue to carry them after Curry.
Yes Warriors picks way down the line. Makes them more attractive. Sort of like the Milwaukee pics Portland received.
I don’t know if the Blazers are looking for a star but I think they said a young player plus 2 pics. Jonathan Kuminga could develope and be good, just as their other young guys move along the timeline, right?
Sorry dub lover jrue isn’t going to your aging dubs. None of the over hyped warrior prospects or toasted chris paul would be of any interest to the blazers.
Beard, you’re probably right but I Can Dream can’t I?
That is what being a fan is all about.
Ehh, the Blazers would be interested in Kuminga. Jrue fits the Warriors timeline and Kuminga fits the Blazers. I’m a big fan of Holiday but I don’t think he’s worth 2 1sts and Kuminga and Moody. I could be wrong but I don’t think the Blazers will get two 1sts and a good young player for Holiday from any team.
Taco, if I’m reading it correctly, the Bucks gave up FOUR first round draft picks plus the contract of Eric Bledsoe for Jrue Holiday (and Sam Merrill?) 3 years ago to New Orleans.
Oh and I just got this. A couple of pick swaps too!!
If I’m the Warriors and Steph Curry is 35 years old, I give up 2 pics, 28 and 30, plus Kuminga and throw in Moses Moody who is not living up to expectations. Neither is Jonathan Kuminga but he’s athletic enough to keep hope alive.
You’re close, it was 3 picks, 2 swaps, Bledsoe and George Hill for Holiday and Merrill. Holiday was 2 years younger than and on a guaranteed team friendly 3 year deal. I still think Kuminga can and will be a solid rotation guy. He shot a decent three ball last season and is athletic enough to turn into a good wing stopper ala Harrison Barnes or Jerami Grant.
Kuminga reminds me kind of a lesser Luol Deng and a little bit of Andrew Wiggins
Me, personally, idk call it a gut feeling, but I think Kuminga ends up taking a sizeable step forward this season.
I think the Warriors are grooming him to be a real part of their future, and I think we see Kuminga breakout this year becoming a lot more consistent on a game to game basis.
Instead of 10/3/2, I believe Kuminga will put up numbers closer to 16/6/4 while becoming a more consistent, all-around shooter, and still maintaining a high level of defensive play…
Some of you guys will likely think I’m a Warriors homer, or I’m just flat out crazy, but I can assure you I am neither. I’m a Bulls fan, and only half crazy..lol
All jokes aside though, I think Kuminga has had an excellent off-season, and he will be coming into next season in the best shape he’s been all throughout his young career.
Kuminga has spent a big part of the offseason working out with Chris Paul, and I truly think that will only benefit him on and off the court moving forward. With Kuminga’s athleticism, and the guidance and trust of Chris Paul, and others around him, I truly believe we will see a much improved Kuminga, and it will eventually lead to him getting quite a few more opportunities offensively.
Book it…
richardc all of that is true and I agree with you.
As the Warriors sit right now they’re looking pretty good but I think Jrue Holiday is championship material and fits the Warriors timeline the next two years. Steph Curry is 35 so there’s that.
As they sit right now it’s a one-year window for Championship aspirations then they have to figure it out again next summer.
But yes I agree with everything you’re saying about Kuminga. And Chris Paul has a lot to do with his development plan.
Too much. He’s not a fit with Warriors.
Heat should be all over this.
Th Blazers are not really interested in anyone the Heat would realistically offer. Herro, Robinson etc neither help nor hinder the Blazers. The Bull’s make sense if LaVine is available. A 3 team deal would be likely here again.
Bring him back to Philly
Holiday would be a Heat thing to do in getting a good piece without sacrificing a lot after they didn’t get Lillard. May end up being a better deal for the Heat overall.
Read the article, it screams not Miami.
Unless the knicks have true interest. Then Pat Riley will go full blown petty to prevent that trade.
@HardenBeardHasFleas
Clearly, I’m not going by the article in my statement. I’m going based on knowing my Heat and Pat Riley. For me, I feel like the Heat were never really all in for Lillard once the Trail Blazers made such high demands. I think at that point, Riley decided to wait to see if the price tag came down or just started looking at other options to make the Heat better. The Heat weren’t desperate for a move. We’re talking about one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference – not one of those teams in dire need of a star to get out of the middle of the pack.
With Holiday, I can see this as a Heat pivot move if the price tag isn’t too high for them.
Of all the trade speculation garbage I have had to listen to over the years, Jrue to the Knicks makes the most sense. The Knicks have to make this happen.
Expect the Blazers to pit the Heat against the Knicks to get a huge haul in return.
Somehow Pat comes out on top again and Jrue will be playing for the heat.
Don’t the Knicks already have a better point guard than Holiday? Besides what would Portland do with Grimes, Barrett or Quickley?I’m not sure a back court of Holiday and Brunson makes sense.
I don’t know, the blazers could Keep them or trade them? It’s amazing how devalued the the Knicks youth are.
If it didn’t make sense in the two years he is here then we can start talking Giannis and Embiid garbage again.
@stephenooch
Probably the Trail Blazers will pit the Heat against a few teams in trade talks for Holiday, but with the Heat and Pat Riley, they aren’t likely to go overboard in trade chips. If it’s them versus the Knicks for Holiday, if the Knicks go into overpay mode, Riley is letting it go…and Holiday will be in NY for a deal that involves too many trade chips than he’s worth. Essentially you’ll see a typical Knicks move over a Heat type of decision.
And if that happens, then the Heat will find some guy working in fast food while playing in an indie league somewhere who will come in, buy into the Heat Culture, and produce around the caliber of Holiday, but for league minimum.
We’ll, it is NY. We always have to overpay because these kids can make the same money in an arena that nobody attends as they can in MSG. The lights are too bright here for them to come on their own. NY needs to draft right or pay through the nose for players on other teams. It’s sad, but you get used to it.
If the warriors offered that deal (2 1sts, Kuminga, Moody and CP3) the blazers would take that in an instant.
Theres no way the warriors are offering all of that for him though
I don’t know. I would do it. You can fill your bench with the magruders and JTA. Holiday provides championship potential.
I’d do it in a heartbeat. I think Portland might be able to do even better tho.
Theoretically, if you’re moving Chris Paul, and ignoring the optics of that, I agree that GS could make a lot of sense, from GS perspective, even though Portland would then be adding Kuminga back to the large amount of 4s they just got rid of/still have. I think he still fits there…
Portland gets Chris Paul, Kuminga, Podziemski, Trayce Jackson-Davis, probably 1 pick
GS gets Holiday, Kevin Knox, and Toumani Camara, and a lesser pick back
GS then signs Mcgruder, JTA, and maybe then could have some use for a depth big and/or they give Quinones Podziemski’s spot
…actually, I forgot they already signed Rudy Gay, so JTA isn’t necessary
Warriors get holiday and blazers get 1.1st, Paul, kuminga and the new young white kid they just drafted sorry forgot his name
Podski
I’d love Holiday on the NYK, but their trade assets don’t align with POR’s likely ask’s. Maybe a 3 team deal. Or they can wait it out on the chance POR takes it into the season, which I actually think they should do regardless.
If the Bucks’ GM didn’t put that on Giannis, I think that says a lot about the respect they have for their players. Those are tough calls to make and I bet Giannis respects the heck out of that. Whether he agreed with the trade or not.
Portland gets Tobias Harris, Jaden Springer, Amir Coffey 1 or 2 picks
Clippers get James Harden, Korkmaz
Philly gets Holiday, Marcus Morris, Norman Powell, and Bones Hyland
I could see Indiana making a lot of sense, but they would need to wait until they could trade Bruce Brown b/c they don’t have enough salaries to send out
I could say the same about New Orleans. Not sure how they send out enough salary
Heat makes more sense for Holiday than Lillard, but I still wouldn’t want to give up too many assets to exchange Lowry and Holiday. Heat dont need a guard. They need help at smallball 5/at the 4, which has been an issue for a long time. They potentially have options there now where they didn’t last year, but obviously I would prefer a more known commodity than Jaquez or Jovic there
Denver could make sense, but not sure I see that happening
I could also see Brooklyn or even the Spurs making some sense as well
Why would the Clippers want to team Harden, Westbrook, George and Leonard? They’d lead the league in games missed to injuries.
Jrue Holiday is a solid player. However, he is no better than a 4th option on any team with title hopes. Great teammate and human being. However, the defensive skills have eroded. Let’s not forget the 53 points Jimmy Butler dropped on him and the Bucks in the Playoffs. Bucks were down 2-1. Must win game. Jimmy gave him 53.
Jimmy is three inches taller. Jrue is not even suppose to be on him. But he’ll go there. One gm
Jrue’ s calling is as a defensive stopper. This absolutely is his assignment. Best perimeter offensive player. Playoffs. Must win game. This is what you are paid for. You have to at least slow him down. The skills have eroded. As they should. He’s 33.
^ Jimmy was in a zone that series ……. great offense always trumps great defense.
Jrue is still among the best 2-way players in the league – he’s elite defensively and is a capable scorer as well, this is why Dame going to the BUCKS isn’t a gamechanger for me.
Heck the BUCKS were the top regular season team last season with 58 wins …… Dame’s arrival won’t suddenly push them to 68 wins next season, it doesn’t work that way.
Best case for Dame & the BUCKS is still STATUS QUO, they’ll still top the regular season and will contend in the playoffs ………. worst case, their defense in the playoffs takes a hit, they get eliminated by the East semis or East Finals.
Bucks aren’t worried about the regular season. They don’t care about 10 more wins in that part. It is the 16 wins in the postseason. They have struggled big time once teams can plan for their not very good half court offense. Lillard changes that equation.
^ Yes, like I said – 58 or whatever wins, the BUCKS are status quo and expected to contend during the playoffs.
Dame’s contribution in all of this, his offense, especially in close games. It might just lead to the BUCKS 1st championship.
Yet, there’s the scenario that the BUCKS overall defense takes a small hit during the playoffs, just enough for teams like the CELTICS, HEAT, SIXERS to keep it close and upset them in a playoff series.
As was said, NOBODY was stopping Butler in the Bucks series. Really, nobody did the entire playoffs until the Finals. And the argument can be made that it was as much him running out of gas as anything Denver did to slow him down.
Just too bad for him the Heat didn’t get to face the Broncos instead of the Nuggets. He would have dropped 70 per against them.
A significant reason for that was using Lopez too much. They’re still probably going to do the same thing. Also, Lillard off the ball helps their half court offense, but he has also historically had issues in the half court in the playoffs. Again, I think they’re relatively similar, especially considering some of their young guys they can use at multiple positions as options as bigger guards, to replace Holiday. I think they’re either slightly worse, or mostly the same, and have some matchups impacted that maybe weren’t issues before
Last year was their best roster they’ve had, but their coach blew it, literally going away from the things that won for them a couple of years earlier too. Should have used Giannis and Portis at the 5 more in that series, and used their depth they had, which was their main advantage, and the reason they were favorites in the first place
Nope. Jrue was the 3rd option on a championship team (really, due to the Giannis factor, 2nd option at times). He was on the All Defensive team last year; and no it wasn’t on reputation alone. The Butler assignment was a function of alot of things, including a compromised KM and Giannis.
If you’re trying to suggest that Holiday is a lesser asset than general perception, save it, because it really doesn’t matter even if you’re right. POR will flip him for picks that reflect the general perception of his value, not yours. That means at least 2 FRPs, which will bring the overall take for Lillard to something akin to the template they put out there. Something MIA refused to even address.
I want DeM DeR at SG. His scoring, the way he gets it. Is a good fit in NY.
If we can’t get him. I would be happy with Jrue. He can play SG. He did it mostly in NO when he was there.
Sixers should be on this. But no one values Harden like they do. Heat, TWolves, Raptors, Knicks all should consider Jrue.
DeMar can get a bucket in crunch time. Jrue cannot.
NYK don’t need another small guard. NYK definitely should have zero interest in Holiday.
Minnesota makes a lot of sense for Holiday, perimeter defense of Jrue/ANT/Jaden would be a nightmare to get by for opposing guards/wings. Holiday is an upgrade from Conley and with the option has an extra year on his deal.
Nothing Minnesota can offer though really does anything for POR, unless they want someone like Conley to mentor their guards, and then MIN has to add Anderson or Reid to make money match.
Would have to find a third team who can send assets to Portland who would take the Conley+ package, or else use this as the catalyst move to end the KAT/Gobert experiment, which I still want to see play out.
And even if that was the case, I’m not trading out KAT for Holiday alone given the current roster, so for me if I’m MIN it would have to be Gobert, and I don’t see the team that #1: Would want Rudy that also #2: Has the assets to compensate Portland. Maybe Dallas? They’ve got a couple young guys and salary filler plus some picks, but idk if Gobert is specifically the type of 5 they’re looking for.
Miami is foolish to think acquiring Harden gives them a better title shot than acquiring Holiday. Does the history of Harden imploding teams simply go unnoticed by the GMs in the NBA?