(06-21-2025, 12:22 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I'm seeing/hearing more and more about this Dallas interest in Jrue Holiday. We've talked about it a lot already, but here's where I am:
I don't think he's done, and in some ways I think he's exactly what this team needs. He fits the mold of what we know Harrison likes. He's hugely respected across the league and would be a good get in the locker room, that's for sure. The age doesn't scare me so much, but is a negative. The contract is pretty concerning. I really wouldn't want to give up a pick or picks for him, but I'm not sure they'd have to.
I'm sure this has been covered already, so forgive me, but it seems like the contract would force Dallas to include players that it would hurt to lose. What is the least objectionable package the Mavs could put together that would satisfy the rules of legal trades? I think Gafford would be in the deal for sure, and then it would have to include either PJW or Thompson, correct?
If the deal is a straight trade to Boston, I would think Gafford and PJ. I tend to think a multi-team trade is more likely.
Issac with Locked on Mavs heard a Jrue Holiday trade from another source that he kind of liked - and this was the first one he had seen that he might be intrested in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr1uXfe_88Q
I think it's near the end ... at about the 26:35 marker. Four teams are involved, but essentially the Mavs lose Gafford, Martin, and Hardy (to Atlanta and Brooklyn). The end result in the trade for the Mavs is Holiday and 2-3 draft picks. 2 of them are first-round picks. I can't actually remember what Boston gets.
This won't happen of course, but I think this kind of multi-team trade is the only way I could be happy with the result. I simply can't get my mind around losing Gafford AND PJ in one swing of the bat for a 35-year old PG.
On top of that, what's this team going to look like in two years with an aging Kyrie, AD, and Jrue (fortunately I think Klay will be gone by then). This is about to be a very old team in a very short time.