<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nets-news-kyrie-irving-takes-aaron-holiday-ankles-sick-move');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twitter goes nuclear after Kyrie Irving brutally takes Aaron Holiday’s ankles with sick move');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Kyrie-Irving-Nets-Hawks-Aaron-Holiday.jpg"></figure><h1>Twitter goes nuclear after Kyrie Irving brutally takes Aaron Holiday’s ankles with sick move</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-12-28T17:57:21-08:00">December 28th, 5:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-12-28T17:58:41-08:00">December 28th, 5:58pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kyrie Irving is still a master in the art of breaking people’s ankles. His latest victim was Atlanta Hawks guard Aaron Holiday, who got taught a tough lesson on the perils of guarding the Brooklyn Nets guard early in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-odds-nets-vs-hawks-prediction-odds-and-pick-12-28-2022" rel="noopener">Wednesday night’s game</a> when he got sent by Irving crashing to the ground after a sick move. Even worse for Holiday was that Irving connected on his shot.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">KYRIE IRVING! My golly 😱<a href="https://t.co/uB3pmAP8e3">pic.twitter.com/uB3pmAP8e3</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1608264713032589314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">KYRIE IRVING QUI FOUT AARON HOLIDAY AU SOL 😭😳<a href="https://t.co/LMLktvdvQK">pic.twitter.com/LMLktvdvQK</a></p><p>— 50 Nuances 🇺🇸🏀 (@50NuancesDeNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/50NuancesDeNBA/status/1608263864314990595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">OH MY GOODNESS 😱</p><p>KYRIE IRVING DROPPED HIM. <a href="https://t.co/nPW7rrJF4h">pic.twitter.com/nPW7rrJF4h</a></p><p>— Digits Hoops (🏀,📊) (@Digits3Hoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/Digits3Hoops/status/1608266906506776578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="qme"> <a href="https://t.co/tdtcsheCKT">pic.twitter.com/tdtcsheCKT</a></p><p>— Kai_SZN (@kyrierevengeszn) <a href="https://twitter.com/kyrierevengeszn/status/1608265501376929793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kyrie Drops Defender 🤧: Irving splashes the triple after making Aaron Holiday touch earth <br><a href="https://t.co/8M2QbM9BUl">pic.twitter.com/8M2QbM9BUl</a></p><p>— FootBasket™.com (@FootBasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FootBasket/status/1608276236941287424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Best ball handler to ever live <a href="https://twitter.com/KyrieIrving?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KyrieIrving</a> <a href="https://t.co/PQXY1RoXiC">pic.twitter.com/PQXY1RoXiC</a></p><p>— Basic Pullup  (@basicpullup) <a href="https://twitter.com/basicpullup/status/1608266438212739073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It was just an unfortunate sequence for Holiday, who probably wouldn’t be put in that position if only Trae Young was active. Young was ruled out of this meeting with the Nets because of an injury he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hakws-news-is-trae-young-playing-vs-nets" rel="noopener">suffered Tuesday night</a> against the Indiana Pacers.</p><p>Still, even if Young played, Irving would have found a way to embarrass someone from the Hawks because that’s just what he does — all the time.</p><p>Kyrie Irving and the Nets have been on a roll over the past several days. They entered this matchup against the Hawks seeking their 10th win in a row and after beating top Eastern Conference contenders Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers in back-to-back fashion. Their current win streak also includes their win over the Hawks back in Dec. 9 at home.</p><p>The Nets are propelled by the exceptional play of their superstar duo of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, with both players averaging <a href="https://www.nba.com/stats/team/1610612751/players-traditional?LastNGames=9&amp;dir=D&amp;sort=PTS" rel="noopener">over 30 points</a> in Brooklyn’s current undefeated run. The Hawks can be tough to beat even without Young and some other key Atlanta players, but in any case, Irving has definitely sent a strong statement early in the game.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twitter goes nuclear after Kyrie Irving brutally takes Aaron Holiday’s ankles with sick move

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA trade deadline: Suns acquiring Aaron Holiday from Wizards');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/NBA-trade-deadline-Suns-acquiring-Aaron-Holiday-from-Wizards.jpeg"></figure><h1>NBA trade deadline: Suns acquiring Aaron Holiday from Wizards</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-02-10T11:49:21-08:00">February 10th, 11:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-02-10T11:49:21-08:00">February 10th, 11:49am</time><address><a>Kendall Capps</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns are acquiring some back court depth as they reportedly traded for Washington Wizards point guard Aaron Holiday. The trade happened less than an hour before the NBA’s trade deadline expired, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1491855716134567940">The Athletic’s Shams Charania.</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Wizards are trading Aaron Holiday to Phoenix, sources tell <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthletic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@TheAthletic</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@Stadium</a>.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1491855716134567940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 10, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Holiday has yet to make a significant impact in the NBA. He is averaging a little over six points per game this season for Washington. But in his fourth season, Holiday has only averaged more than 18 minutes per game once. Phoenix was looking to add a little depth behind Chris Paul and Devin Booker.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Wizards have been extremely active on deadline day. Shortly before news broke of this trade, it was announced that Washington was sending <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-trade-deadline-hornets-acquire-montrezl-harrell-from-wizards/" rel="noopener">Montrezl Harrell to the Charlotte Hornets.</a></p><p>It was beginning to look like Washington was having a fire sale. Then, just minutes before the deadline expired, the Wizards flipped the narrative as they pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Dallas Mavericks.</p><p>The Wizards acquired former All-Star Kristaps Porzingis and a second round pick for a package including Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans.</p><p>The Phoenix Suns and Washington Wizards have been going in opposite directions. The Suns still have the best record in the NBA at 44-10, having won nine of their last 10 games. Meanwhile, the Wizards have lost eight of their last 10 games, falling all the way to the #11 seed in the Eastern Conference. They are 24-29 and a game and a half behind the Atlanta Hawks for the final spot in the Play In Tournament.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA trade deadline: Suns acquiring Aaron Holiday from Wizards

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', '3 reasons Pacers should trade either Aaron Holiday or T.J. 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McConnell</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-02-04T22:55:11-08:00">February 4th, 10:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-02-04T22:55:11-08:00">February 4th, 10:55pm</time><address><a>Joseph Nocco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The Indiana Pacers have already played 50 regular-season games this time around while the talented Eastern Conference franchise has produced 31 victories across that span. At 31-19 on the year, the Pacers are clicking on all cylinders while currently sitting in fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings.</p><p>However, despite the team’s early success in 2019-20, the Pacers have been without superstar shooting guard Victor Oladipo for the majority of the regular season. Oladipo infamously suffered a devastating lower leg injury late in the year last season and only recently returned to the fold in Indiana on a somewhat limited basis.</p><p>Because the Pacers have now <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-victor-oladipo-reveals-how-he-felt-after-return-game/">welcomed back</a> Oladipo, managed to secure proven guards over the course of the most recent offseason and drafted well over the years, Indiana currently has a wealth of talent in the backcourt. As a result of this very good problem to have, perhaps the well-rounded Eastern Conference franchise can get creative ahead of this year’s NBA trade deadline.</p><p>One way in which the Pacers can get creative this month would be to trade either Aaron Holiday or T.J. McConnell.</p><p><b><i>Trade T.J. McConnell: Aaron Holiday is a better three-point shooter</i></b></p><p>Everyone knows that in order to win in today’s NBA, teams must focus on their ability to shoot three-pointers. With that being the case for the Indiana Pacers as well, the team should prioritize retaining Aaron Holiday over T.J. McConnell as the former is a better three-point shooter than the latter — as it stands today.</p><p>Entering Tuesday, Holiday was shooting 42.4 percent from behind the arc, which is well above the NBA average of about 35 percent. For his NBA career, which is now just under two years old, Holiday has shot nearly 39 percent from three-point range, which is still above the league norm.</p><p>On the other hand, McConnell is currently shooting 33.3 percent from three-point range in his first season as a member of the Pacers. Previously spending his entire NBA career with the Philadelphia 76ers, McConnell is a career 33.5 percent three-point shooter.</p><p>It is also worth noting that not only does Holiday shoot a better percentage from three-point land, but the up-and-comer attempts significantly more shots of this kind as well.</p><p><b><i>Trade Aaron Holiday: T.J. McConnell is the glue guy every team needs</i></b></p><p>Even during his time as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, which spanned between 2015-16 and 2018-19, veteran guard T.J. McConnell served as one of the league’s best “glue guys.” Not only does he hustle on every play, but he is a force on the defensive end in addition to serving as a legitimate presence on offense as well. With his ability to pass the rock, steal the basketball from the opposition, sneak cheap rebounds and doing just about everything in between that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet, a player like McConnell should be on every single team in the NBA.</p><p>It is not nearly as hard to find shooting threats or potent scorers as it once was, making players like McConnell rarer these days. For that reason, it would be hard for the Pacers to part ways with such a dynamic role player that can simply do it all in terms of the intangibles.</p><p>While Aaron Holiday is certainly a talented young player, he is more of a traditional presence on the floor. As a result, Holiday’s type of output can typically be replicated with another similar player or even multiple players if necessary.</p><p><b><i>Trade T.J. McConnell: Aaron Holiday has yet to truly develop</i></b></p><p>Aaron Holiday is just 23 years old and has not even been in the NBA for two whole seasons as it stands today. On the other hand, former Philadelphia 76ers and current Indiana Pacers guard T.J. McConnell has played atop the highest since back in 2015-16.</p><p>While Holiday is clearly still developing as a professional player, it seems as though McConnell has already reached his peak and can provide pretty much what you see today. With neither player really breaking the bank for Indiana, the Pacers may choose to stick with Holiday a little longer in this scenario as there might still be some untapped potential hanging around in there.</p><p>It is also worth mentioning that Holiday will remain under team control through at least the 2022-23 campaign with McConnell slated to become an unrestricted free agent after the 2021-22 season. With that being said, though, perhaps teams from around the league that may attempt to trade with the Pacers will be more interested in possibly acquiring Holiday because of such control going forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 reasons Pacers should trade either Aaron Holiday or T.J. McConnell

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'VIDEO: Heat’s Derrick Jones Jr. jumps over Aaron Holiday for the epic alley-oop');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Derrick_Jones_Jr._jumps_over_Aron_Holiday_for_the_epic_alley-oop.jpg"></figure><h1>VIDEO: Heat’s Derrick Jones Jr. jumps over Aaron Holiday for the epic alley-oop</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-12-27T20:01:14-08:00">December 27th, 8:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2019-12-27T20:01:14-08:00">December 27th, 8:01pm</time><address><a>Cole McCauley</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Since entering the league in 2016, Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. has done one thing exceptionally well: dunk the basketball.</p><p>The 6-foot-6 small forward out of UNLV participated in the 2017 NBA Dunk Contest and has put numerous defenders on posters in this season alone.</p><p>In the Heat’s Friday matchup against the Indiana Pacers, Jones showed once again why he is one of the most exciting players in the league.</p><p>With roughly two minutes left in the first half, Heat guard Kendrick Nunn tossed an alley-oop from the three-point line to Jones Jr. who was cutting to the basket.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">DJJ shows off the bunnies! 🐰<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HEATTwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HEATTwitter</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/NynLjktJNH">pic.twitter.com/NynLjktJNH</a></p><p>— NBA TV (@NBATV) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/1210751429448650752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Aided by a reported 46-inch vertical, the Heat forward cleared right over Pacers guard Aaron Holiday for the slam.</p><p>In his third season in Miami, the 22-year-old is averaging 7.9 points and 3.4 rebounds in 21.5 minutes of playtime off the bench. Jones Jr, is also shooting an efficient 52.9 percent from the field and a career-high 31 percent from deep.</p><p>–</p><p><i>Follow ClutchPoints on </i><a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp"><i>Twitter</i></a><i> &amp; </i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpoints/?hl=en"><i>Instagram</i></a><i>, and like us on </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints/"><i>Facebook</i></a><i>. We can also be found on Flipboard where you can subscribe and follow us.</i></p><p><i>All of our NBA content can be found on the NBA section of the ClutchPoints home page </i><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba-news"><i>here</i></a><i>. 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VIDEO: Heat’s Derrick Jones Jr. jumps over Aaron Holiday for the epic alley-oop

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers in need of a breakout season from Aaron Holiday after exercising option');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure data-feedback="fb:likes"><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Indiana-exercises-third-year-option-on-Aaron-Holiday_s-rookie-contract.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers in need of a breakout season from Aaron Holiday after exercising option</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-10-10T13:23:31-07:00">October 10th, 1:23pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2019-10-10T13:27:54-07:00">October 10th, 1:27pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GrantAfsethIndianaPacers" rel="facebook">Grant Afseth</a>Indiana Pacers columnist for the Kokomo Tribune • Digital content producer for Myles Turner's official website • Co-host of The Pacers Brew podcast • Contributor for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The Indiana Pacers have decided to exercise the third-year team option for Aaron Holiday, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. The team is set to pay him nearly $2.3 million during the 2020-21 season:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Indiana Pacers have exercised guard Aaron Holiday's third-year team option, league sources tell <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TheAthleticNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAthleticNBA</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Stadium</a>. Holiday was Indiana's first-round pick in 2018 and Pacers believe in his potential as he assumes backup PG duties this season.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1182369752657862657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>The Pacers will be using Holiday as their backup point guard for the upcoming season, which will mark his first full-time role in the team’s rotation. There was not a spot in the rotation for him during his rookie campaign since he played behind Darren Collison and Cory Joseph.</p><p>Holiday is coming off a rookie season with plenty of flashes of potential and averages of 5.9 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 1.7 assists. His production was enough to garner <a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/2019/06/19/pacers-aaron-holiday-remains-demand-when-teams-talk-trade-around-nba-draft-free-agency/1507363001/">trade interest from across the league</a> around the time of the trade deadline and during the NBA Draft:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P_f6MHQK3Oo?start=17&amp;feature=oembed" class="no-margin" width="1000" height="563"></iframe></figure><p>A strong impact is going to be required from Holiday given the Pacers’ bench unit is full of inexperience. Between Holiday and Edmond Sumner in the backcourt and T.J. Leaf and Goga Bitadze in the frontcourt, none of them have ever played a full season as a solidified member of an NBA rotation.</p><p>Justin Holiday and Doug McDermott are their most experienced bench players for now, and both guys primarily are catch-and-shoot players who move without the basketball. McDermott certainly can’t be the focus of a bench unit given he received a DNP-CD during the final game of the Pacers’ recent playoff series with the Boston Celtics.</p><p>Then there’s T.J. McConnell, who’s a solid player in limited minutes, but one who shouldn’t be counted on. There’s also very little little upside with McConnell.</p><p>To make matters worse, new starter Domantas Sabonis was the focus of the Pacers’ bench last season, <a href="https://stats.nba.com/players/touches/?Season=2018-19&amp;SeasonType=Regular%20Season&amp;CF=TEAM_ABBREVIATION*E*IND&amp;sort=TOUCHES&amp;dir=1" rel="noopener noreferrer">leading the whole team in touches per game.</a> The offense ran through him on dribble handoffs, pick-and-rolls, and post-ups, and now they will no longer have that central focus of their offense off the bench. Other players like Holiday will need to step up without Sabonis’ presence.</p><p>There will need to be further development from Holiday as he takes on a more prominent role with the Pacers, especially with Victor Oladipo set to miss the beginning of the season as he continues his rehab. Holiday’s offensive impact was centered around his efficient catch-and-shoot ability in spot-up situations. However, he will need to become more consistent as a scorer and as a passer in areas like pick-and-roll ball handling, transition, handoffs, and isolation.</p><p>The Pacers will be providing Holiday with a real chance to showcase his abilities during the upcoming season. It will be up to him to take full advantage of it.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers in need of a breakout season from Aaron Holiday after exercising option

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