[Woj] BREAKING: The Portland Trail Blazers are trading guard Jrue Holiday to the Boston Celtics, sources tell ESPN.

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• CaptainBananaFish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Man, we need Bucks Vs Celtics in the ECF. Home court is going to be so clutch.

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• RandAlThor@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  My god that’s a steep price for a 36 year old PG. Celtics want to win it all this year.

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  • zpoex@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Jrue is 33, but yeah that’s a lot… Especially considering how good Rob Will is and how injury prone KP is

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    • Sambomike20@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Williams is good when he plays, but he averages like 45 games a year. He’s just not reliable.

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    • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Horford has to fall off at some point, right? RIGHT?!

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  • tiggity_toke@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    He’s 33 so that makes it a lil better

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• LostMyRedditLogin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I’m not a fan of the changes by the Celtics. It doesn’t look like an upgrade. We’ll just have to see how it plays out.

  That’s a haul in total for Portland though for Dame.

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  • conciselyverbose@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I really liked the Smart for Porzingis move. I think that's a big upgrade.

    I hate this. I wouldn't have done Rob straight up (ignoring salaries). Holliday is good, and Rob has health concerns. But Rob is electric the way he uses his length on defense, has good tools between his verticality at the rim and fantastic vision and passing anywhere on the court, and should have been a core piece for a while.

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    • Lizardking13@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I would agree if Rob’s health wasn’t so streaky. I feel like he’s never 100%

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• xc2215x@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Celtics going all in to win the championship.

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• ConditionOverload@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  What is the trade package? I can’t see it from the link.

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  • Khavanon@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Jrue Holiday for Time Lord, Brogdon, a GSW '24 1st Rd Pick (top 4 protected), and a Celtics unprotected '29 1st Rd Pick.

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    • ConditionOverload@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Thanks!

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  • zpoex@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Linked it in the description

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• Vlhacs@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Spacing is going to be huge for the Celts now. Everyone up and down the starting lineup can shoot. Defensively the back court is a lockdown. But unless Al can put up 30+ mins a game the front court will be weak to strong bigs.

  Bench got a little thinner without Grant and Malcolm, but Pritchard is hungry and now has his chance to shine with extra minutes. Hauser has yet one more season under his belt, I have high hopes that he will continue his great play from last year. But no doubt our bench will be tested this year.

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  • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Jrue cannot shoot in the playoffs. He was Bledsoe on offense.

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    • Vlhacs@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      As much as I love Smart, his playoff shooting wasn’t much better. But at least Jrue can contribute on offense in other ways and the Celts still has four other options now for outside shooting.

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    • Sambomike20@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Too much was being expected of Jrue on the Bucks. They wanted him to create and facilitate off the dribble when he’s really a shooting guard. I think if you take a lot of that perimeter scoring off of his plate, he’ll be a lot more efficient with the looks he gets.

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• zpoex@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Trade Package

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  • conciselyverbose@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Fuck that hard.

    I would have had less than no interest in just Rob for him (cap matching rules aside).

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