Jrue Holiday Rumors

Sean Highkin: Jrue Holiday on Yang Hansen: “He’s been a superstar. He’s been hooping. We were talking about it earlier, how much media he’s had in Vegas. He deserves it. He’s been doing his thing. I’m not sure anybody saw how well he would play, but he’s been playing well. I’m excited.”

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Sean Highkin: Jrue Holiday on playing for Chauncey Billups: "I'm excited. I've always been a big fan of Chauncey. I'm a little older than these young guys, so got to watch Chauncey play in his prime, especially Detroit, growing up a Lakers fan. Being able to be coached by a Hall of Fame player is pretty cool."

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Sean Highkin: Jrue Holiday on Scoot Henderson: "Scoot is aggressive. How he gets to the basket is amazing. Me being able to space the floor and shoot the three is something that will help him out. Being able to play off him and knowing that Scoot is the next one up and [helping him] showcase what he can do."

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Brenna Greene: Damian Lillard on his relationship with Jrue Holiday 😂😂 "When I lived in Milwaukee, I rented his house for two years so we talked a lot. Like, I was complaining to him about the wifi. There's a clip online of like I shake his hand, we played them in Boston, we had an interaction and people we're like what? And we were literally talking about his wifi at his house." He also talks about what he said to Jrue once Jrue got traded to Portland.

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Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard said today at his kids camp in Beaverton that as soon as he got waived, Jrue Holiday texted him the 👀 emoji. Also said he was trying to get Jrue to Portland in 2021 when he was traded from New Orleans to Milwaukee.

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Multiple sources recently told FastbreakJournal.com that Holiday is a name to monitor, particularly as a potential target for the Los Angeles Lakers. That’s not to say active conversations are taking place, but his name continues to surface in NBA circles as the team evaluates options to add more talent around LeBron James and Luka Dončić. Other teams are monitoring the situation, though the Lakers are widely viewed as one of the most natural fits if Portland explores a deal.

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Shams Charania: Portland traded Damian Lillard for Jrue Holiday, Toumani Camara, and assets in 2023 -- then Holiday to Boston for Robert Williams III, Malcolm Brogdon and assets. Now, the Blazers have both Lillard and Holiday, plus Williams, Camara, a 2029 first-rounder and two Bucks swaps.

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Gary Washburn on Jayson Tatum recruiting Damian Lillard: I just was told that they're communicating and Tatum is recruiting. I mean, Tatum is the face of the franchise. So, yeah, you're told he's recruiting. I don't know if they're like FaceTiming every day or they're on Snapchat and sharing videos and you know, ‘look at my uh rehab video. I'm swimming. Yeah, I'm swimming. What about you? What are you up to, Dame?’ Like, I don't know if it's that deep but they are communicating and I think we all know Tatum's going to be here for a long time and I think that the players who have come to Boston, from Kevin Garnett to Ray Allen to Isaiah Thomas, even our friend Marcus Morris, guys who we traditionally thought might not like it here ended up really liking it in Boston and didn't want to leave, all the way now to Jrue Holiday.

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Kerry Eggers: Brad Stevens, president of basketball operations for @celtics , on the guard he traded to @trailblazers , @Jrue_Holiday11 : "I think he stamped his Hall of fame candidacy here, if he didn't already have it. We'll look forward watching and following him from afar. He is as good a person as you could ever have in your building and as part of your team." #RipCity

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According to multiple league sources, concerns were raised because of “new findings” during Jrue Holiday’s medical examinations. Sources said they were not substantial enough for the deal to be nullified, but they did give the Trail Blazers pause. So, Boston agreed to move forward with the deal without the 2030 and 2031 second-round picks that Portland originally agreed to send to Boston. Sources declined to reveal specifics of Holiday’s situation but stressed that the point guard was continuing his normal offseason training regimen without restriction. He is expected to be fully healthy for the start of training camp, too.

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Sean Highkin: The Anfernee Simons-Jrue Holiday trade is now official, without the previously reported second-round picks going from Portland to Boston. The final deal is a straight 1-for-1 player swap.

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Kevin Durant: So, do you think the profile of players change? Like I'm been thinking I'm like I don't know if the 6-2 and under guard is at a premium no more as a starter. Maybe as a backup. But you have to be… LeBron James: We just talked about this in the last... Steve Nash: It's gotten compressed. It's that like either Donovan Mitchell, Drew Holiday 6-3, Lou Dort… Durant: You can't get picked on defense. That's the thing cuz we playing such a pick on game that they will really literally, if you can't guard they will bring you up every play. And six foot, 6-1, and you're not a bulldog like a Davion Mitchell, Jrue Holiday on the defensive side, or you not an offense that's flat out savant like Kyrie Irving, where you can score on dudes seven feet easily in ISO, then I just can't see it.

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Yossi Gozlan: The Damian Lillard trade had risk and the worst-case scenario ended up happening. They're down Jrue, an unprotected first, two swaps, and now have to pay Lillard $22.5 million a year not to play for the next five years.

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Senate Republican Leader Daniel Bonham (R-District 26) clearly loves the Portland Trail Blazers, but he wasn’t too thrilled with the team’s recent trade ahead of Wednesday night’s NBA draft. The Oregon Senate unanimously approved HCR 40, a resolution recognizing the importance of the Portland Trail Blazers to the state, on Tuesday.

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