Jrue Holiday trade grades: Who won the Celtics and Trail Blazers deal?
The Portland Trail Blazers aren’t done with their franchise reshuffling.
Just days after sending superstar guard Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks, Portland turned around and traded veteran lynchpin Jrue Holiday to another Eastern Conference contender — the Boston Celtics.
Portland now has a clear (and clean) opportunity to start a promising rebuild around Scoot Henderson and DeAndre Ayton and resources for the future. Meanwhile, Boston acquires another chess piece in a quest for a way-too-elusive NBA title. Ironically, Holiday might even be key to overcoming his former team in Wisconsin.
Let’s grade another pivotal deal that could have a lot of ramifications for the NBA.