Was the Celtics' Jrue Holiday trade one of the NBA's most impactful of the last decade?
Was the Celtics' Jrue Holiday trade one of the NBA's most impactful of the last decade?
Was the trade that brought veteran guard Jrue Holiday to the Boston Celtics one of the NBA's most impactful of the last decade? If you happen to be of the same mind as Bleacher Report league analyst Eric Pincus, it most certainly is.
The deal saw the Celtics ship out veteran guard Malcolm Brogdon, beloved big man Robert Williams III, a 2024 first round pick from the Golden State Warriors, and a 2029 first round pick to the Portland Trail Blazers. It was not a minor deal to be sure, and Boston admittedly took a risk given Holiday's age and considerable contract. But it paid off in terms of a title, the only currency that truly matters among fans of the storied ball club.
To turn the screws tighter on the Milwaukee Bucks (who had dealt the UCLA alum to the Blazers earlier in the offseason to land veteran star Damian Lillard), an unnamed exec quoted by Pincus said that the Bucks "should have done a multi-team trade to get all the assets Portland got from Boston for Jrue."
But ultimately they did not, and it has their roster looking threadbare with little in the way of assets to replenish it under the tenure of star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo.
While it might be fun for some to wonder what would have happened had it played out that way, most Celtics fans are more than content to bask in the glow of Banner 18's aura.
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