Jrue Holiday Drawing Interest from Multiple Teams After Mega Deal for Damian Lillard

A host of teams have set their sights on Jrue Holiday since Milwaukee sealed his transfer to Portland in the ‘mega deal’ for Damian Lillard. And among the possible destinations, the Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers or Chicago Bulls have recently sounded strongly.

Likewise, journalist Fred Katz of the medium The Athletic He has recently included the Knicks on the list of interested parties, who would be studying the possibility of acquiring him via transfer to later reach an extension agreement. It should be remembered that Holiday could be an unrestricted free agent in 2024 if he decides to reject his player option of almost 40 million dollars.

What could they offer?

It would not be unreasonable to think that Portland would welcome a possible offer from the Knicks, since they have quite interesting young players and countless rounds of the Draft, which at the end of the day is what the Blazers are looking for for their future reconstruction.

The names of Quentin Grimes, Immanuel Quickley, Mitchell Robinson or the contract of Canadian RJ Barrett would have been discussed on the table.

In addition, obviously, to future first rounds of the Draft, of which they have a good handful:

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The Knicks would seek to shore up a project that last year concluded with 47 wins in the regular season and that lost in the Conference Semifinals against the Miami Heat 4-2. With Jalen Brunson, the re-signing of Josh Hart and the arrival of Donte DiVincenzo, the Holiday trade would undoubtedly boost his outside strength.

Last year he played 67 official games with averages of 19.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 1.2 steals in 32 minutes per game.

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2023-09-30 11:44:56
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