Jrue Holiday on being traded by Bucks: I'm in the best place I can be to compete against them
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Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Asked Pat Connaughton this morning about how #Bucks felt about Jrue Holiday landing on the #Celtics: “I’m happy for him in the sense of, I want him to continue to compete for championships … being a kid who grew up in Boston, 10 year old Pat would’ve loved Jrue as a Celtic.” pic.twitter.com/RPs5ru3EzE – 2:16 PM
Asked Pat Connaughton this morning about how #Bucks felt about Jrue Holiday landing on the #Celtics: “I’m happy for him in the sense of, I want him to continue to compete for championships … being a kid who grew up in Boston, 10 year old Pat would’ve loved Jrue as a Celtic.” pic.twitter.com/RPs5ru3EzE – 2:16 PM
Souichi Terada @SouichiTerada
Jrue Holiday downplayed going up against his old team in the Bucks tonight: “It’s not like I circled this one on my calendar or anything. I think this is a big game because of the two teams that are playing.” More here:
masslive.com/celtics/2023/1… – 12:19 PM
Jrue Holiday downplayed going up against his old team in the Bucks tonight: “It’s not like I circled this one on my calendar or anything. I think this is a big game because of the two teams that are playing.” More here:
masslive.com/celtics/2023/1… – 12:19 PM
Chris Forsberg @ChrisForsberg_
Jrue Holiday as primary defender vs. Damian Lillard in 7 regular-season games since 2018-19, per NBA tracking:
243.1 possessions
37 PTS
13-30 FG (43.3%)
5-15 3PT (33.3%)
6 TO
2 BLK
Holiday famously held Lillard to 14 PTS, 5-18 FG, 128.6 possessions during 17-18 playoff sweep. pic.twitter.com/T9i9oVfPht – 11:13 AM
Jrue Holiday as primary defender vs. Damian Lillard in 7 regular-season games since 2018-19, per NBA tracking:
243.1 possessions
37 PTS
13-30 FG (43.3%)
5-15 3PT (33.3%)
6 TO
2 BLK
Holiday famously held Lillard to 14 PTS, 5-18 FG, 128.6 possessions during 17-18 playoff sweep. pic.twitter.com/T9i9oVfPht – 11:13 AM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Awaiting #Bucks shootaround availability over at the Garden. @John_Zannis is over at Auerbach before a big one for the #Celtics tonight. Jrue Holiday’s first game vs. his old team. – 11:09 AM
Awaiting #Bucks shootaround availability over at the Garden. @John_Zannis is over at Auerbach before a big one for the #Celtics tonight. Jrue Holiday’s first game vs. his old team. – 11:09 AM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
“It’s more personal…He was a guy that was a good friend to a lot of people. A brother in so many ways to different people. So to see him on the other side is definitely going to be weird.” – Khris Middleton on seeing Jrue Holiday in Boston today.
jsonline.com/story/sports/n… – 9:57 AM
“It’s more personal…He was a guy that was a good friend to a lot of people. A brother in so many ways to different people. So to see him on the other side is definitely going to be weird.” – Khris Middleton on seeing Jrue Holiday in Boston today.
jsonline.com/story/sports/n… – 9:57 AM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
The remaining #Bucks from the championship season look forward to an “awkward” and “weird” reunion with Jrue Holiday in Boston – and there’s some emotion in there, too.
“I miss him very much.”
🔖
jsonline.com/story/sports/n… – 10:40 AM
The remaining #Bucks from the championship season look forward to an “awkward” and “weird” reunion with Jrue Holiday in Boston – and there’s some emotion in there, too.
“I miss him very much.”
🔖
jsonline.com/story/sports/n… – 10:40 AM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
One last Jrue Holiday cross court pass to a Hornet to end it. Fitting end to another crazy game – 9:31 PM
One last Jrue Holiday cross court pass to a Hornet to end it. Fitting end to another crazy game – 9:31 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Jrue Holiday is great at crashing across the lane from the elbow when a long shot goes up and guessing right on where the bounce is going – 9:22 PM
Jrue Holiday is great at crashing across the lane from the elbow when a long shot goes up and guessing right on where the bounce is going – 9:22 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Really bad timing for Jrue Holiday’s controller batteries to die – 8:32 PM
Really bad timing for Jrue Holiday’s controller batteries to die – 8:32 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Jrue Holiday has tied his coach Sam Cassell for 40th on the NBA’s career assists list – 8:29 PM
Jrue Holiday has tied his coach Sam Cassell for 40th on the NBA’s career assists list – 8:29 PM
Adam Himmelsbach @AdamHimmelsbach
Can’t remember the last time Tatum and Jaylen were out this long at the same time in a close. game. Both sat the final 7:10 of the third, along with Jrue. – 9:52 PM
Can’t remember the last time Tatum and Jaylen were out this long at the same time in a close. game. Both sat the final 7:10 of the third, along with Jrue. – 9:52 PM
Damichael Cole @DamichaelC
Quick 6-0 lead for Boston. Timeout Grizzlies.
Some interesting defensive matchups so far. The Celtics are starting Jrue Holiday off guarding Jaren Jackson Jr. Derrick White gets Desmond Bane. – 8:13 PM
Quick 6-0 lead for Boston. Timeout Grizzlies.
Some interesting defensive matchups so far. The Celtics are starting Jrue Holiday off guarding Jaren Jackson Jr. Derrick White gets Desmond Bane. – 8:13 PM
Clay Bailey @claybailey9
Here is yet, another starting lineup for the Grizzlies vs. the Celtics.
MEM: Santi Aldama, Jaren Jackson Jr., Bismack Biyombo, John Konchar and Desmond Bane.
BOS: Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White and Jrue Holiday. – 7:47 PM
Here is yet, another starting lineup for the Grizzlies vs. the Celtics.
MEM: Santi Aldama, Jaren Jackson Jr., Bismack Biyombo, John Konchar and Desmond Bane.
BOS: Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White and Jrue Holiday. – 7:47 PM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
ICYMI @BostonSportsBSJ – I wrote about Jrue Holiday’s role leading the #Celtics defense, which he said he’s never done over 14 #NBA seasons prior to this.
Joe Mazzulla decided to trust Jrue’s width of experience and knowledge about defense: bostonsportsjournal.com/2023/11/18/nba… – 3:51 PM
ICYMI @BostonSportsBSJ – I wrote about Jrue Holiday’s role leading the #Celtics defense, which he said he’s never done over 14 #NBA seasons prior to this.
Joe Mazzulla decided to trust Jrue’s width of experience and knowledge about defense: bostonsportsjournal.com/2023/11/18/nba… – 3:51 PM
More on this storyline
Here’s everything the Celtics guard said about playing the Bucks: On any extra motivation playing the Bucks… “I think as motivated as any other game. Obviously this is one of the top teams in the East. Just kind of see where we test out and see how it goes.” -via Booth Newspapers / November 22, 2023
On if he views the Bucks trade differently since more time has passed… “I think it’s been about the same once I got traded. You know business is business. From a business standpoint, I’m in a very good position to be where I want to be — and that’s win a championship. Again, still happy to be here. None of that has ever changed. So, yeah. I don’t think anything has changed.” On reflecting on his Milwaukee days… “It was a good time. I won a championship. Made some friends, made some family members. Yeah, it’ll always have a place in my heart.” -via Booth Newspapers / November 22, 2023
With Jrue Holiday now in the fold, the Celtics had six starting-quality players — and only five spots to put them in, meaning one of them wouldn’t be introduced as a starter, and one would be sitting on the pine in the closing minutes of games. Both topics quickly were injected into the bloodstream in Boston, with plenty of fans and those in the media opining about how it should go. But rather than letting it fester, and allowing one of the league’s biggest unanswered questions to spiral into a narrative, Jayson Tatum gathered his five teammates in a room at the team’s practice facility — without any coaches, or anyone else. He wanted to address the obvious elephant in the room. “I wanted us to get in the room and talk about it,” Tatum told ESPN. “We all are human and have feelings, and I opened the floor and basically said, ‘There’s six of us. Only five can play at one time. One of us is not going to finish the game all the time. “Whether it’s fair or not, me and JB are probably going to always start, and always finish the game. But we have to be held to a different standard and be able to be coached differently. Whether it’s KP and Al, one of you guys may not finish a game, and you have to be OK with that.” -via ESPN / November 22, 2023