One of the bigger names and better unrestricted free agents on the market this summer is 27-year-old point guard and oft-injured Jrue Holiday. Holiday played 67 games for the Pelicans last year and averaged 15.4 points, 7.3 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game on 45% shooting from the field and 35% shooting from beyond the [...]
June 30, 2017
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The Dallas Mavericks aren’t messing around. We know they are interested in targeting Jrue Holiday, one of this summer’s 10 best free agents. But they aren’t alone, and they need to clear enough cap space to sign him. Even then, they still have to contend with the New Orleans Pelicans’ ability to offer a fifth [...]
June 15, 2017
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wants the team to upgrade at point guard, and so, the team will try upgrading at point guard. With the No. 9 pick in this year’s NBA draft, the Mavericks could hope someone like Dennis Smith Jr. falls to them. Or they could address the issue in free agency by [...]
Jrue Holiday will enter free agency this summer, at which time he’ll have an array of suitors and a foregone opportunity to sign a contract that’s worth nine figures over its life. Naturally, he hasn’t given that the slightest bit of thought, per The New Orleans Advocate‘s Scott Kushner: The heralded guard will be a [...]
April 4, 2017
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In the event you thought the New York Knicks doubling down on the triangle, waiving Brandon Jennings and signing Chasson Randle signaled something of a quasi-traditional rebuild, well, LOL. Knicks are forever gonna Knicks, peddling the idea that they’re somehow close to being a good basketball team. Their latest plan to complete an insta-rebuild: chase [...]
February 28, 2017
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It turns out the New Orleans Pelicans’ acquisition of DeMarcus Cousins is great news for Jrue Holiday. There are the obvious reasons, starting with the fact Cousins give Holiday yet another weapon to which he can pass. But the big man’s arrival also gives the Holiday leverage in contract negotiations this summer when he enters [...]
February 21, 2017
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Despite their recent string of success, the Philadelphia 76ers need a point guard. And this summer, their search for one will lead them to a familiar face, according to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: The Pelicans will probably ride it out with Holiday, and hope the bidding for him doesn’t get $20-million-per-year frothy. They might win that bet. [...]
January 19, 2017
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Finally, some good news for the New Orleans Pelicans. Jrue Holiday, the team’s starting point guard, hasn’t been with the team all year while dealing with a family situation. His wife, Laura, was pregnant with the couple’s first child and needed to have a brain tumor surgically removed, which she wasn’t able to do until [...]
November 11, 2016
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Now I love Kevin Durant as much as the next person, but KD’s choice to sign with the defending Western Conference Champion Golden State Warriors and leave OKC got me wondering. When I open my internet browser, turn on the T.V., or listen to the radio, all I hear are journalists like Stephen A. Smith [...]
August 11, 2016
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Jrue Holiday’s road back to the basketball court is officially underway. Again. The New Orleans Pelicans announced on Monday that their point guard underwent successful surgery on his right eye, per Brett Dawson of The Advocate: [tweet https://twitter.com/BDawsonWrites/status/719673130013356032] Holiday, a former Eastern Conference All-Star, has battled a ton of injuries since arriving in New Orleans. [...]
April 12, 2016
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