On September 27, the Milwaukee Bucks achieved a big coup with the arrival, via a trade, of Damian Lillard. As part of this deal, Jrue Holiday took over as manager of the Portland Trail Blazers. Before ending up at the Boston Celtics 4 days later.
Sportingly, the 33-year-old leader was rather happy. He had the pleasure of bouncing back into one of the best teams in the NBA. However, the former Phiadelphia Sixers player never hid it: he did not appreciate the attitude of the Bucks.
In fact, Holiday was not informed in advance of this operation.
“I was taking a nap, I saw a message, I saw a call from the GM and I was like, ‘I’m going to call him back right after,’ I was really in my nap. Then, two seconds later , my agent also calls me.
So I answer and he asks me: ‘did you speak with him?’. And he’s like, ‘well, you just got traded, so you should probably call him back.’ I was in a state of shock because honestly, you can at least tell me 24 hours in advance, not 5 minutes…
We won together. I won there”, Told Jrue Holiday for the Draymond Green podcast.
It is said that the Bucks kept the secret for two reasons. First of all, to protect yourself in the event of a failure of negotiations. Then to avoid putting Giannis Antetokounmpovery close to Jrue Holiday, in an uncomfortable situation.
But inevitably, the 2021 NBA champion, who thought he would end his career in Milwaukee, retains understandable bitterness.
Jrue Holiday couldn’t have hoped for better than the Celtics
2024-03-27 09:30:00
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