<!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', '/76ers-news-paul-george-jrue-holiday-nfl-games-christmas');   ga('set', 'title', 'Paul George, Jrue Holiday react to NFL playing games on Christmas Day');   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/2024/12/76ers-news-Paul-George-Jrue-Holiday-react-to-NFL-playing-games-on-Christmas-Day.jpg"></figure><h1>Paul George, Jrue Holiday react to NFL playing games on Christmas Day</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T11:34:06-08:00">December 24th, 11:34am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T11:49:20-08:00">December 24th, 11:49am</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor and Washington Wizards/Mystics reporter for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Traditionally, Thanksgiving is an NFL holiday, while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-christmas-odds-best-player-props-and-betting-picks">Christmas is an NBA holiday</a>. This year, though, the NFL took both, and Paul George and Jrue Holiday aren’t feeling it.</p><p>George and Holiday <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1871610520836640918" rel="noopener">spoke about it</a> on PG’s show “Podcast P,” presented by Wave Sports and Entertainment.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">PG: "[Christmas] will always be NBA's Day…. There’s just something special about that.”</p><p>Jrue: "No offense to football, but it's basketball season."</p><p>Paul George and Jrue Holiday on Christmas Day football 👀🎄 </p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/PodcastPShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PodcastPShow</a>)</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/YtEG2yInZR">pic.twitter.com/YtEG2yInZR</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1871610520836640918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I’m not gonna lie, growing up, it was always basketball for me,” Holiday said. “I knew I was watching basketball on Christmas morning. I knew a Laker game was gonna be on, so I was tuned in.”</p><p>The NFL is pulling out all the stops to maximize viewership, as it <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-agrees-to-exclusive-streaming-deal-with-netflix-for-christmas-day-games">partnered with Netflix</a> to air both the Kansas City Chiefs-Pittsburgh Steelers game at 1 PM EST and the Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans game at 4:30 PM EST. As if having two games with massive playoff implications wasn’t enough, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-news-beyonce-stuns-fans-revelation-ravens-texans-christmas-day-game">Beyonce will perform at halftime</a> of the Ravens-Texans bout.</p><p>“I do love the growth of the NFL, but I feel like that day will always be the NBA’s day,” George admitted. “Obviously Beyonce is Beyonce, I don’t want the Beyhive to come for me. The NBA on Christmas Day, it’s just something special about that.”</p><p>“Remember when the NBA had the Christmas Day jerseys with the cursive and all that?” Holiday asked.</p><p>“Oh yeah, I miss that,” George said.</p><p>“It was just something different. No offense to football, I love watching football, but it’s basketball season,” Holiday proclaimed.</p><p>“We don’t play games on Thanksgiving,” George reminded the NFL. “It’s football, we want to watch football. We want to eat and watch football, that’s y’all day.”</p><p>While tradition is one of the driving forces that holds society together, so is money. Unfortunately for the NBA, the NFL isn’t here to play nice.</p><p>The NBA isn’t backing down, though. The league is <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/christmas-day-nba-games-2024" rel="noopener">airing five games</a> on ESPN and ABC from noon through midnight EST, via NBA.com. The slate kicks off with the San Antonio Spurs-New York Knicks contest, followed by the Minnesota Timberwolves-Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers-Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers-Golden State Warriors, and the Denver Nuggets-Phoenix Suns games.</p><p>George and Holiday, of course, will face off in the Sixers-Celtics matchup, as the former plays for Philadelphia and the latter plays for Boston.</p><p>While the two leagues competing for viewership on Christmas creates a cluttered sports schedule, true NBA and NFL fans will be in heaven flipping back and forth between all of the games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul George, Jrue Holiday react to NFL playing games on Christmas Day

<!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', '/celtics-news-jrue-holiday-wanted-whoop-bucks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Celtics’ Jrue Holiday wanted to ‘whoop’ the Bucks out of love');   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/2024/12/Celtics-news-Why-Jrue-Holiday-wanted-to-%E2%80%98whoop-the-Bucks-out-of-love.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Celtics’ Jrue Holiday wanted to ‘whoop’ the Bucks out of love</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-07T04:41:36-08:00">December 7th, 4:41am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-07T04:41:36-08:00">December 7th, 4:41am</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>BOSTON — Boston Celtics guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-jrue-holiday-pens-heartfelt-message-milwaukee-after-trade-blazers">Jrue Holiday still loves the Milwaukee Bucks</a>. He spent three seasons with them and even lifted his first Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy at Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee. Ironically, that love for the Bucks also fueled his competitive fire on Friday night, when the C’s beat their midwestern foe 111-105 at TD Garden.</p><p>Just before the opening tip of the narrow win, Holiday joked around with Bucks center Brook Lopez. Despite this sign of friendship, Holiday was extremely eager to defeat his former squad and triumph over his old friends.</p><p>“I love him, it’s great seeing him,” Holiday said of Lopez. “But every time I play him, and probably even more so because they like my brothers, I want to whoop their a** every time. And they know that too. They feel the same way about me.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jrue Holiday on loving his former teammates, like Brook Lopez, but also wanting to beat them down:</p><p>“They like my brothers, I wanna whoop their a** every time … They feel the same way.” <a href="https://t.co/H7ylJrDdAU">pic.twitter.com/H7ylJrDdAU</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1865239533412872236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Holiday balanced kindness and ferocity with ease on Friday. After being chummy with Lopez, the Los Angeles native produced 20 points, six assists, five rebounds, one steal, and one block in 34 minutes of play.</p><p>“I just want to win,” he emphasized in his postgame press conference. “In between those lines, from when it’s tipoff to the buzzer, I want to win.”</p><p>The two-time NBA champion did a great job of showing his hunger for a victory. Holiday’s late-game floater with 26 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter put Boston in prime position to win. Although Bucks star Khris Middleton responded with three free throws to cut the Celtics’ lead down to two, Holiday answered with two free throws of his own to seal the game with 15 seconds to go.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JRUE HOLIDAY WITH THE DAGGER FLOATER VS THE BUCKS 💪<a href="https://t.co/dfSbOkH38a">pic.twitter.com/dfSbOkH38a</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1865228893814227348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I appreciate [the Bucks] pushing us,” he stated following the close contest. “I think that’s what makes the game fun. I think that’s kind of what makes us battle-tested for the future.”</p><h2><b>Why Celtics-Bucks was a little spicier than usual</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jrue-Holiday-2.jpg"><figcaption>Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It wasn’t all friendly between the C’s and Bucks. Early in the third quarter, Celtics star Jaylen Brown got by Bucks franchise cornerstone Giannis Antetokounmpo for a layup. Brown made a gesture implying “The Greek Freak” was too small to guard him and seconds later the reigning NBA Finals MVP received a technical foul.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown got a technical foul on this play for taunting Giannis 😳<a href="https://t.co/908xLKn2zy">pic.twitter.com/908xLKn2zy</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1865214973917434153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-responds-jaylen-brown-child-diss">Brown and Antetokounmpo engaged in a war of words</a> the last time they met as well, but no real fight resulted. Even so, the numerous technicals that have occurred in the previous matchups between the Celtics and Bucks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-fires-savage-shot-at-giannis-antetokounmpo-over-fake-gesture">reveal bad blood</a>.</p><p>In fact, Friday’s showdown felt especially chippy, yet the Green Team was all for that.</p><p>“I think the refs kind of let us play,” Holiday told reporters. “Just the history between the two teams and it coming down to a tight game like that. Both teams are competitors, so when it comes down to it, we want to win the game just as much as anyone else. I think sometimes games are going to get chippy. And honestly, I think us as players, we like it.”</p><p>There is no shortage of recent history between the Celtics and Bucks. In 2018, the C’s eliminated the Bucks in seven games in the first round of the playoffs. The next season, Antetokounmpo and company exacted revenge by crushing Boston in five games in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. However, the Celtics earned the last laugh because they prevailed in seven games versus the Bucks in the 2022 Eastern Conference Semifinals and, most importantly, are the reigning NBA champions.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/otd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#otd</a> in 2022: Jayson Tatum scores 46 points on the road to force Game 7 against the Bucks. Special performance and one of his greatest games ☘️ <a href="https://t.co/SdnjnWzWuQ">pic.twitter.com/SdnjnWzWuQ</a></p><p>— Tomek Kordylewski (@Timi_093) <a href="https://twitter.com/Timi_093/status/1790029139338027359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>As for the regular season, Boston’s latest triumph over Milwaukee marked its first regular season sweep of the Bucks in more than a decade. The now 19-4 Celtics are just a game behind the first-place Cleveland Cavaliers while the Bucks fell to sixth place in the Eastern Conference and are back to .500 (11-11) on the season.</p><p>Even though Holiday hasn’t faced his former team in the playoffs <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-jrue-holiday-drops-truth-bomb-bucks-damian-lillard-trade-backfiring">since being traded to Beantown</a> in 2023, it’s once again a real possibility. Both the Celtics and Bucks have the talent to reach the postseason and compete for a ring. If they do end up squaring off, it’s safe to say that Holiday will have no problem torching his old pals on the court, as he knows they would like to do the very same to him.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Celtics’ Jrue Holiday wanted to ‘whoop’ the Bucks out of love

<!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', '/76ers-news-jrue-holiday-dreadful-experience-playing-former-hof-coach');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jrue Holiday reveals dreadful experience playing for former HOF coach with 76ers');   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/2024/12/rue-Holiday-reveals-dreadful-experience-playing-for-former-HOF-coach.jpg"></figure><h1>Jrue Holiday reveals dreadful experience playing for former HOF coach with 76ers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-03T11:20:10-08:00">December 3rd, 11:20am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-03T11:20:10-08:00">December 3rd, 11:20am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-film-room-3-youngsters-x-factors-pistons">Philadelphia 76ers recently picked up</a> their fourth win of the young 2024-25 NBA season, knocking off the Detroit Pistons on the road. The game marked a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-reveals-new-mindset-that-shined-vs-pistons">return to the lineup for Paul George</a>, as the star had missed time after re-injuring the same knee that bothered him during preseason.</p><p>These days, George splits his time between playing and podcasting for his Podcast P, presented by Wave Sports + Entertainment, and recently, the All-Star had former 76ers and current Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jrue-holiday-on-advice-for-zion-williamson-team-usa/id1675161522?i=1000678893941" rel="noopener">on the program.</a></p><p>Holiday recounted some of his memories from playing in Philadelphia, including then-76ers’ head coach Doug Collins.</p><p>“I think Doug was a competitor and at that time him being MJ’s coach and him having the accolades of coaching and being a player, because he used to talk about that all the time. He has Olympic rings tattooed on him. He used to tell us all the time, ‘Do you know who I coached? I coached MJ, I coached Pippen,'” said Holiday.</p><p>Indeed, Collins was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls during the early stages of Michael Jordan’s career but was fired before the team’s dynastic days began in the 1990s.</p><p>Holiday also spoke on the intense emotion with which Collins coached.</p><p>“You had some real dudes on this team, you’re not going to be just walking over people and thinking it’s going to be smooth,” said Holiday. “I had meetings with me and Evan, and Doug, and he’d end up crying. There was one time in Chicago, I think we lost to D-Rose and them by like 40 points. He gets on the bus and he’s talking to his son like, ‘I can’t believe they would do this to me, they knew I coached here’ and we were like, we’re the ones that got smacked.”</p><p>The early 2010s 76ers teams are largely underappreciated squads in recent NBA history. That team was the eighth seed in 2012 and was playing against the Bulls when Derrick Rose went down with his first ACL injury, which then allowed the 76ers to advance to the second round, where they took the Celtics to seven games.</p><p>Holiday emerged as an elite defender during his days playing in Philadephia, and although he has since expanded his game tremendously, it seems that the All-Star has some fond, if complicated, memories of playing in the City of Brotherly Love.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jrue Holiday reveals dreadful experience playing for former HOF coach with 76ers

<!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', '/bucks-news-why-jrue-holiday-calls-giannis-antetokounmpo-cheapest-guy-i-know');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Jrue Holiday calls Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo the ‘cheapest guy I know’');   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/2024/12/Why-Jrue-Holiday-calls-Giannis-Antetokounmpo-the-cheapest-guy-I-know.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Jrue Holiday calls Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo the ‘cheapest guy I know’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-03T09:59:12-08:00">December 3rd, 9:59am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-03T09:59:12-08:00">December 3rd, 9:59am</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Milwaukee Bucks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former Milwaukee Bucks duo Jrue Holiday and Giannis Antetokounmpo had their fair share of moments on the court. However, their off -the-court moments might surpass what they did on the court. Holiday explained how Antetokounmpo is <a href="https://hoopshype.com/rumor/jrue-holiday-on-giannis-antetokounmpo-hes-the-cheapest-guy-i-know-hes-still-living-like-he-doesnt-have-any-money/" rel="noopener">frugal with his money</a>.<br><br>“And he’s also the cheapest guy I know! He’s got all that money, but again, I think it’s just because of where he started. I mean, he really didn’t have any money, and now he’s still living like he doesn’t have any money. You can’t change that.”<br><br>Antetokoumpo was the No. 15 pick in the 2013 NBA draft. He came from a family without much money and had to struggle to earn his opportunity. Fast forward five years later and he became one of the rising stars in the NBA. As a result, he kept expanding his game. Antetokounmpo even won two back-to-back MVP awards. When he and Holiday played together, they won the 2021 NBA Finals, off of an amazing performance from Antetokounmpo.</p><h2><b>Giannis Antetokounmpo’s ‘cheap’ lifestyle comes with humility for the Bucks</b></h2><p>However, Antetokounmpo has always been frugal with his money. He’s never been one to have flashy things. There are no designer clothes, jewelry, or any other flashy accessories. Despite <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/players/ac1b0975/giannis-antetokounmpo/contract">Antetokounmpo earning over $283 million in NBA contracts</a>, with more on the way thanks to his $175 million supermax extension, he still lives as though he’s on a tight budget. </p><p>Most of it is because of his upbringing. As mentioned before, he didn’t grow up with a lot of money in Greece. He and his brothers had to work for everything. There’s even a story of Antetokounmpo <a href="https://fadeawayworld.net/nba/milwaukee-bucks/jrue-holiday-giannis-antetokounmpo-cheapest-guy-still" rel="noopener">being a street vendor</a> to help support his family. Luckily, that simplicity has translated over to the NBA, and even to the United States.</p><p>With players wanting to show off, the Greek Freak does the exact opposite. He lets his game do the talking on the court and it’s paid dividends. People can relate to Antetokounmpo as someone who works hard, and always wants to be better. Although he’s a near 7-footer, his work ethic is one that most people can strive to have.</p><p>His journey is a rare blend of grit, talent, and unwavering values. The character he has is what stands out to his teammates, coaches, and NBA fans alike. Even as the Greek native will keep earning more and more money, his mentality won’t change any time soon. As he and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-slaps-title-aspirations-harsh-reality">Bucks are gearing for a second NBA title</a>, Antetokounmpo will keep basketball as the main thing throughout the process.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Jrue Holiday calls Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo the ‘cheapest guy I know’

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Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday knows all about playing defense, and being great at it too. The six-time all-defensive guard has a history of locking up his opponents. His defensive prowess began in high school, where he said he used to like bullying his opponents. Holiday spoke on Podcast P with Paul George about what <a href="https://x.com/podcastpshow/status/1863690792595849283?s=46" rel="noopener">he used to feel</a> during those games.<br><br>“That was some of the funniest times in my life,” Holiday said. “With Dallas throwing lobs up to me, and then I throw it back to him, and he trying to press the whole game, stuff like that. This is going to sound as crazy as it sounds, it used to turn me on, boy. That type of joy that you get from playing defense, you can’t get paid playing defense.”<br><br>Every team Holiday has been on, he’s been arguably the best perimeter defender. From the Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Pelicans, Milwaukee Bucks, and now the Celtics. Holiday doesn’t have eye-popping statistics with his number of steals. However, he’s been in the <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/holidjr01.html" rel="noopener">top 10 in Defensive Player of the Year voting</a> in the last four seasons. While the award is usually awarded to forwards or centers, Holiday’s defensive acumen shows how good he is.</p><h2><b>Jrue Holiday’s high school days highlight same style of play for the Celtics</b></h2><p>Knowing when to switch, using defensive leverage, and how to trap and pressure are only some of the skills he’s mastered. Not to mention, at his 6’4 and 205-pound frame, opposing offensive players have a hard time moving him on the post. After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-jrue-holiday-a-high-level-trash-talker-turned-silent-assassin">Holiday went from a trash-talker to a silent assassin</a>, that trash-talking was beyond evident in high school. As he said, he enjoyed putting hurt on opposing teams. Holiday even explained he beat a team 110-12 and saw their heart being ripped away from them.</p><p>Although the trash-talking isn’t there like it was, his mentality hasn’t altered. His approach on the game has been the same since entering the league in 2009. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jrue-holiday-gets-real-paul-george-blame-load-management">Holiday even got real with George about load management</a>, and who’s to blame for it. Regardless of that, Holiday has an old-school mentality about the game. His Celtics’ teammates have embraced it, as well as his other teams.</p><p>As the season progresses, Holiday’s defensive impact will continue to surface for as long as he’s in the league. He may not trash talk like he used to, but his skill and impact won’t fade away anytime soon.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Jrue Holiday reveals he liked bullying opponents in high school

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Known as one of the NBA’s premier perimeter defenders, Holiday reflected on his time with the 2018 New Orleans Pelicans during the discussion.</p><p>The 6-foot-4 defensive specialist spent seven seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans before becoming an essential contributor to championship-caliber teams with the Milwaukee Bucks and Celtics. During the 2018-2019 season, he had the chance to team up with Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jrue-holiday-important-injury-update-raptors-game">Celtics’ guard Jrue Holiday</a> described the 2018-2019 Pelicans as one of the most unique groups he had ever played with and shared that he wished the team had stayed intact.</p><h2><b>Jrue Holiday remembering the 2018 New Orleans Pelicans</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Anthony-Davis-and-Demarcus-Cousins-with-the-Pelicans.jpg"><figcaption>Chuck Cook-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>“If we would’ve kept that team together, oh my gosh. Nobody could see Boog [Cousins], We still had Rondo,” said Holiday.</p><p>“What you gonna do when coming down the court as a a five man you see DeMarcus Cousins &amp; Anthony Davis coming at you?” Holiday asked Paul George to which the <a href="https://www.twitter.com/podcastpshow/status/1863727321510818268?s=46" rel="noopener">host responded</a> a resounding “Nothing.”</p><p>That Pelicans team, anchored by Cousins and Davis, stood out because both players were in their prime. Davis, with his exceptional defensive abilities and rare offensive versatility, complemented Cousins seamlessly, allowing them to play fluid, effortless basketball together.</p><p>“That was one of the easiest basketball ’cause Boog (Cousins) was a point guard, he’s just a 7-foot point guard. When he gets upset, he can take over a game,” Holiday continued. “And we see how AD played. AD just be AD… Rondo was the coach. That was some of the most amazing stuff I’d seen out of a team.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The 2018 Pelicans might go down as one of the biggest “what ifs” in the NBA:</p><p>Jrue: “What you gonna do when you see DeMarcus Cousins &amp; Anthony Davis coming at you?”</p><p>PG: “Nothing.” <a href="https://t.co/ChU3uaGWRk">pic.twitter.com/ChU3uaGWRk</a></p><p>— Podcast P with Paul George (@PodcastPShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/PodcastPShow/status/1863727321510818268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>A short lived super team</b></h2><p>Unfortunately, Cousins suffered an Achilles injury that season, which significantly impacted his career. The setback marked the beginning of a rebuild for the Pelicans, leading to the eventual trade of their star frontcourt pairing and reshaping the team’s future.</p><p>Before his injury, “Boogie” was putting up impressive numbers, averaging 25.2 points and 12.9 rebounds over 48 games. Pairing that with Davis’ 28.1 points and 11.1 rebounds, the Pelicans were a formidable force. By the end of the regular season, they boasted the league’s 10th-best offense and ranked 14th defensively. Operating with the third-fastest pace, they averaged 111.7 points per game, which was the third-highest in the NBA at the time.</p><p>During the 42 games that Davis, Cousins, Rondo and Holiday shared the court, the Pelicans notched 24 victories and swept the Portland Trail Blazers in the opening round of the playoffs. As their chemistry grew, the team’s potential became increasingly evident.</p><p>Regrettably, this core was together for less than a year before going their separate ways. Their time was brief, leaving the ’18-’19 Pelicans team as one of the NBA’s most intriguing “what ifs.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

The biggest ‘what if’ in NBA history, per Jrue Holiday

<!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', '/pelicans-news-jrue-holiday-zion-williamson-harsh-advice-turning-career-around');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jrue Holiday hits Zion Williamson with harsh advice on turning career around');   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/2024/12/Pelicans-news-Jrue-Holiday-hits-Zion-Williamson-with-harsh-advice-on-turning-career-around.jpg"></figure><h1>Jrue Holiday hits Zion Williamson with harsh advice on turning career around</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-02T13:01:16-08:00">December 2nd, 1:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-02T15:31:42-08:00">December 2nd, 3:31pm</time><address><a>Matt De Lima</a>Matt De Lima is an Associate Editor for NFL and college football at ClutchPoints. He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jrue Holiday has established himself as one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jrue-holiday-reveals-how-he-became-a-lethal-defender">NBA’s toughest defenders</a>. For the last four seasons, he’s been among the top vote-getters for the Defensive Player of the Year award, peaking at No. 6 last year. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that while on Podcast P with Paul George, Holiday’s advice for New Orleans Pelicans superstar Zion Williamson is that he needs to <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jrue-holiday-on-advice-for-zion-williamson-team-usa/id1675161522?i=1000678893941" rel="noopener">step up his game</a> on the defensive end among other things.</p><p>“I think Zion is one of the most gifted players I’ve ever seen. Athletic ability, how he can get to the rim by people, and I feel like sometimes it’s about fit, and maybe I don’t know if they have to adjust the fit to him down there or maybe slide out and have a different fit with somebody else. But I feel like he needs a change in some kind of way because he is promising, bro.</p><p>“At least when I had him as a rookie, it was amazing; that’s just what he was capable of. They talk about the weight gain and doing all that, but I’ve seen him at 280, 290 still above the rim.”</p><p>Holiday continued by discussing how he would influence Williamson if he were his coach.</p><p>“For one, for him, I’d have him play a little more defense. That’s not a knock on him. I think that would make him the talent that he is. It would elevate his game. Offensively I think he’s got it; I think he does what he’s supposed to do.</p><p>“I think his play for other people is that he gets to the rim and gets to the free-throw line, but I think for me, if he challenged himself defensively and his teammates saw that, I feel like they would follow.”</p><p>Now in his sixth season, Williamson has only played six games this year. The latest NBA rumors are swirling that Williamson will be traded ahead of the deadline.</p><h2><b>Pelicans need to blow it all up</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Pelicans-Zion-Williamson-defending-against-Celtics-Jrue-Holiday.jpg"><figcaption>Stephen Lew-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>At 4-17, it’s time for the New Orleans Pelicans to hit the reset button. As injuries have derailed Williamson’s career, so will they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-zion-williamson-trade-value-pelicans-harsh-reality">limit the power forward’s trade value</a>, per Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype.</p><p>In Brett Siegel’s latest <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-power-rankings-24-25-week-6-magic-rockets-soar-surprise-success-stories">NBA Power Rankings</a>, he has New Orleans down one slot to No. 29.</p><p>“The New Orleans Pelicans have lost eight-straight games. Even with Dejounte Murray and CJ McCollum back, the Pelicans don’t look to be a threat because they look like a team whose souls have been snatched from their bodies.</p><p>“Ultimately, the Pelicans look unamused and lack the intensity needed to win in this league. At 4-17, it isn’t impossible for them to turn things around and become a play-in team in the Western Conference, but the Pelicans don’t seem to want to fight anymore.”</p><p>The Pelicans are in Atlanta to face the Hawks on Monday at 7:30 p.m. EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jrue Holiday hits Zion Williamson with harsh advice on turning career around

<!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', '/celtics-news-jrue-holiday-gets-real-paul-george-blame-load-management');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Jrue Holiday gets real with Paul George on who’s to blame on load management');   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/2024/12/Jrue-Holiday-gets-real-with-Paul-George-on-whos-to-blame-on-load-management.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Jrue Holiday gets real with Paul George on who’s to blame on load management</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-02T10:38:46-08:00">December 2nd, 10:38am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-02T10:38:46-08:00">December 2nd, 10:38am</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p> The concept of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-load-management-league">load management in the NBA</a> is a near-daily topic, and it was one for Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday and Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George. On Podcast P, Holiday and George went in a back-and-forth segment talking about load management and how it’s manifested into a regular thing, so rapidly. They both agreed that it’s beneficial for players to play more and rest less, Holiday’s approach was a bit more profound. He explained <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jrue-holiday-on-advice-for-zion-williamson-team-usa/id1675161522?i=1000678893941" rel="noopener">how his experience shaped his thoughts</a> about the topic.</p><p>“I think it was gone when they started giving the keys to some of the younger guys too early,” Holiday said. “I think that a lot of the times coming in I had to earn the right to be on the court, I had to earn the right to be on the court with Lou Williams and A.I. (Allen Iverson).</p><p>“There is a lot of things that I had to seriously put in my time and pay my dues. Where there are generational talents now, and you kind of have to take your chances on young guys coming in but I think sometimes younger guys now don’t have to pay their dues the way they used to.”</p><h2><b>Celtics’ Jrue Holiday and Paul George’s comments show the growing load management concern</b></h2><p>Load management has been a big topic of discussion, and for good reason. Although teams use it as a ways to rest their star players, sometimes, it’s overused. For instance, star players will be rested for the final 10 games if their team has clinched a playoff spot. Not to mention, there’s only a handful of players who played all 82 games.</p><p>There’s only <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/players-who-played-in-all-82-games-during-2024-season" rel="noopener">17 players in the NBA</a> who played all 82 games. None of those players were all-stars, or All-NBA players. The last time a superstar played all 82 games was LeBron James in the 2017-18 season. While times are changing, there’s no rhyme or reason.  The Celtics guard mentioned young players being in load management, and he’s absolutely right.</p><p>For example, guys like Lauri Markkanen, Trae Young, and Zach LaVine have all taken games off for “rest” purposes. Even <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-charles-barkley-impact-load-management-on-fans">Charles Barkley had criticism about load management</a>. Those guys are quality players but teams are giving them rest without any justification. Team like the Utah Jazz were trying to indirectly tank.</p><p>However, that reason is only a fraction of why players are  being rested. Regardless, times are changing and it doesn’t seem like the league is going back to where it was. However, guys like Holiday will continue to be the example of what was the standard.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Jrue Holiday gets real with Paul George on who’s to blame on load management

<!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', '/celtics-news-jrue-holiday-important-injury-update-raptors-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Jrue Holiday gets important injury update for Raptors game');   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/2024/11/Jrue-Holiday-gets-important-injury-update-for-Raptors-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Jrue Holiday gets important injury update for Raptors game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-16T11:37:40-08:00">November 16th, 11:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-16T11:37:40-08:00">November 16th, 11:37am</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-vs-celtics-prediction-odds-pick-11-16-2024">Boston Celtics play their first leg</a> of a two-game homestand on Saturday night against the Toronto Raptors in the TD Garden. Despite not missing a game all year, Celtics point guard Jrue Holiday is questionable for the matchup with a left knee injury. Here is everything we know about Holiday’s injury and his playing status against the Raptors.</p><p><b><i>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV </i></b><b><i>(<a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener">free trial</a></i></b><i>)</i><b><i>*</i></b></p><h2><b>Jrue Holiday’s injury status against the Raptors</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jrue-Holiday.jpg"><figcaption>Benny Sieu-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Given Holiday’s <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2024-11-16_01PM.pdf" rel="noopener">presence on the injury report</a> with tendinopathy, it is likely that he is experiencing general knee soreness. Tendinopathy is a typical wear-and-tear injury acquired through overuse, making it unsurprising that the 16-year veteran would be dealing with such an issue. Until he gets a further update, Holiday can be viewed as a true game-time decision.</p><p>With the game against the Raptors being just the Celtics’ 14th appearance of 2024-2025, they may opt to sit their point guard to keep him as fresh as possible. However, considering he has yet to miss a game, it is also possible that Holiday just powers through the injury with Boston seeking an NBA Cup title.</p><p>Holiday is averaging 12.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in the young season. He is one of five Celtics players averaging double-digit points early in the year while remaining the team’s best on-ball defender late in his career.</p><p>If Holiday sits, sixth man Payton Pritchard will likely get the call to take his place in the starting lineup. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-payton-pritchard-underdog-message-response-white-boy-year-sign">Pritchard is having a career year</a> thus far, posting averages of 16.2 points per game on 43 percent from three off the bench. Should his numbers remain consistent all year, they would be career-high marks in every scoring category.</p><p>With neither Holiday nor Jayson Tatum missing a game early in the year, Pritchard has not made a start in 2024-2025. He continues to be one of the leading candidates for the 2025 Sixth Man of the Year award and has proven that he is capable of taking on an increased workload that would make it easier for head coach Joe Mazzulla to give Holiday the night off if necessary.</p><p>The Celtics and Raptors are scheduled to tip off at 8 p.m. ET. With Holiday truly questionable, check back closer to the game’s start time for further updates.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Jrue Holiday gets important injury update for Raptors game

<!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', '/nba-news-jrue-holiday-drops-truth-bomb-bucks-damian-lillard-trade-backfiring');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA news: Jrue Holiday drops truth bomb on Bucks’ Damian Lillard trade backfiring');   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/2024/11/Jrue-Holiday-drops-truth-bomb-on-Bucks-Damian-Lillard-trade-backfiring.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA news: Jrue Holiday drops truth bomb on Bucks’ Damian Lillard trade backfiring</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-07T13:12:33-08:00">November 7th, 1:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-07T15:22:08-08:00">November 7th, 3:22pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-milwaukee-lineup-change-1-6-start">Milwaukee Bucks are struggling mightily</a> to open up the young season, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-celtics-cavs-dominance-overshadows-pathetic-eastern-conference">Boston Celtics have picked up</a> right where they left off last year when they hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Of course, shortly before last year began, the Bucks traded for Damian Lillard in a deal that sent Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers before ultimately ending up on the Boston Celtics.</p><p>While Lillard may remain the more talented player, Holiday was exactly what the Celtics needed a year ago, providing much better crunch-time decision making and floor spacing than the team had in Marcus Smart and helping guide Boston to its first championship in 16 years.</p><p>Now, Holiday is getting <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1854606821417222435" rel="noopener">one hundred percent real</a> on why he doesn’t harbor any resentment toward the Bucks for trading him, per Run It Back presented by FanDuel.</p><p>“I understood the business of it,” said Holiday. “And I mean again, on paper, that trade, adding Dame, out of 10 people, who wouldn’t make that trade? I wouldn’t, just because it’s me, but I feel like that’s just how it goes. That’s how the business works, and again, it’s early… you never know what’ll happen.”</p><h2><b>Did the Bucks lose the trade?</b></h2><p>While it may be hard to remember now, there was a time when Holiday became known for his struggles in the postseason, which reared their ugly head in the Bucks’ shocking first-round loss vs. the Miami Heat in 2023.</p><p>After that, it was clear that Giannis Antetokounmpo needed more firepower in his No. 2 option in order to lift Milwaukee back to the championship heights it reached in 2021.</p><p>However, while Lillard has provided some scoring punch as expected, the Bucks’ defense has taken a significant hit with Holiday’s departure, and the highly anticipated pick-and-roll partnership between Lillard and Antetokounmpo hasn’t been quite as dominant as fans expected coming in.</p><p>Meanwhile, Holiday has fit in seamlessly alongside Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, and the rest of the Celtics’ mini All-Star team since joining them, providing defensive versatility, playmaking, and outside shooting ability that truly is nearly impossible for opponents to keep up with.</p><p>The Celtics got the better of the Bucks in their first matchup this season last week from Boston, but Milwaukee will have a chance to exact some revenge when the two teams next square off on November 10.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA news: Jrue Holiday drops truth bomb on Bucks’ Damian Lillard trade backfiring

<!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', '/celtics-news-jrue-holiday-amazing-reaction-fans-booing-steve-kerr');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jrue Holiday’s ‘amazing’ reaction to Celtics fans booing Steve Kerr');   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/2024/11/Celtics-news-Jrue-Holidays-amazing-reaction-to-fans-booing-Steve-Kerr-over-Jayson-Tatum-Olympics-snub.jpg"></figure><h1>Jrue Holiday’s ‘amazing’ reaction to Celtics fans booing Steve Kerr</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-07T11:03:23-08:00">November 7th, 11:03am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-07T11:03:23-08:00">November 7th, 11:03am</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Impressing Boston sports fans is tough. They’ve seen plenty of winning and expect the most from their team, which can create a lot of pressure. They also have the backs of those who work hard for them, so it’s no surprise that they were there to support Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum on Wednesday night.</p><p>During the 2024 Paris Olympics, Team USA head coach and Golden State Warriors skipper <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-steve-kerr-revisits-jayson-tatum-olympic-benching-celtics-clash">Steve Kerr struggled to find minutes for Tatum</a>. The five-time All-Star and reigning NBA champion played less than all his American teammates besides Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton.</p><p>Even Celtics guards Derrick White and Jrue Holiday, who don’t have the individual accolades Tatum does, were on the court more. Team USA still won it all and Tatum earned his second gold medal before turning 27, yet the Celtics faithful couldn’t ignore the Summer Games snub.</p><p>When the Dubs visited TD Garden to take on the C’s, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-steve-kerr-response-cettics-fans-harsh-welcome">fans showered Kerr with boos</a> during pregame introductions. Holiday respects the future Hall of Famer, but couldn’t hide his satisfaction at hearing the Boston crowd jeer, via FanDuel’s “Run it Back” show.</p><p>“The fans didn’t like it,” Holiday said of Kerr’s Olympic rotations. “They booed the hell out of bro. I like Steve, but that was amazing though.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"They booed the hell out of bro… I like Steve, but that was amazing."</p><p>Jrue Holiday on Celtics fans booing Steve Kerr last night 😂</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/RunItBackFDTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RunItBackFDTV</a>)<a href="https://t.co/hdAs1BvR3S">pic.twitter.com/hdAs1BvR3S</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1854574270908703044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kerr responded to the boos by waving and managing his Warriors to a 118-112 victory. The Western Conference contenders have won five straight games and are 7-1 to start the 2024-25 regular season.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Warriors head coach Steve Kerr waves to the Celtics crowd, who boo him during their intros 🔊</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCSCeltics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCSCeltics</a>)<a href="https://t.co/USUeiCeHz8">pic.twitter.com/USUeiCeHz8</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1854325290475901048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><h2><b>What does Jrue Holiday think of the 2024-25 Celtics?</b></h2><p>Holiday struggled on offense in the loss, mustering six points in 33 minutes while missing all six of his attempts from deep. The two-time All-Star isn’t worried about his squad though, as he’s confident that the Celtics can be just as great as they were last season, if not better.</p><p>“I definitely think we can be,” Holiday answered when asked if Boston can improve upon its victorious 2023-24 campaign. “I think it’s because of the chemistry we built … When you go through a season like last year and you win and you do it together and everybody is not only on the same page, but everybody messes with each other—I think it means a lot. The care for each other is there more … People wanting to do what’s best not only for themselves but for the team carries over into this next year.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Can the Celtics be as good as they were last year? 🤔<a href="https://twitter.com/Jrue_Holiday11?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jrue_Holiday11</a> certainly thinks so 🏆</p><p>▶️ <a href="https://t.co/XsZwH9gAJP">https://t.co/XsZwH9gAJP</a><a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleDBeadle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleDBeadle</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamLou23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TeamLou23</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/ChandlerParsons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChandlerParsons</a> <a href="https://t.co/hl5xQxrSvj">pic.twitter.com/hl5xQxrSvj</a></p><p>— Run It Back (@RunItBackFDTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/RunItBackFDTV/status/1854561030455632327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Following the Wednesday evening defeat, the Celtics are 7-2 and in second place in the Eastern Conference. Boston boasted the same record through nine games last season.</p><p>During that opening stretch last year, the C’s had a healthy starting lineup. This season, starting center <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-kristaps-porzingis-return-date-leg-injury">Kristaps Porzingis has been recovering from offseason surgery</a> and probably won’t return until December. Reigning NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown has also missed three games so far due to a hip injury.</p><p>“I think we’re a lot better,” Holiday reiterated. “And we don’t even have [Porzingis] yet.”</p><p>When the Celtics improved to 7-2 during the 2023-24 regular season, they proceeded to win eight of their next 10 contests. Matching that dominance won’t be easy, however, Holiday believes the Green Team has the talent and chemistry to do so. Their first opportunity to bounce back will be on Friday night at home versus the Brooklyn Nets.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jrue Holiday’s ‘amazing’ reaction to Celtics fans booing Steve Kerr

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A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Earlier this week, the Boston Celtics were the first team to host media day for the upcoming 2024-25 NBA season, featuring the likes of several members of last year’s championship team including Jrue Holiday. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/team-usa-news-jrue-holiday-didnt-hesitate-when-naming-biggest-trash-talker-during-2024-olympics">Holiday was able</a> to exercise some of his playoff demons en route to helping <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/boston-celtics-bold-predictions-after-2024-25-season-schedule-release">lead the Celtics</a> to their NBA Finals victory vs the Dallas Mavericks in June.</p><p>However, if players thought that head coach Joe Mazzulla was going to take thing easy on them in this training camp session fresh off of a championship, they are in for <a href="https://x.com/NoaDalzell/status/1839363777726468600" rel="noopener">a rude awakening.</a></p><p>Recently, Holiday used a hilarious reference to break down just how grueling Celtics practices have been so far through the first couple of days, per Noa Dalzell of SB Nation on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>“I was traded last year, and I think I missed the first day. I wish I missed the first day this year too,” joked Holiday. “Hard days. Obviously we want to come back this year and do it again. This is where it starts. We’ve got to set the tone early the first week… there’s things that we want to set now. Set foundations. We’ve been doing that the first two days.”</p><h2><b>Can the Celtics pull off the repeat?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Holiday-at-media-day.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Surprisingly enough, no NBA team has repeated as champions since the Kevin Durant Golden State Warriors did it in 2017 and 2018. Not only that, but now five straight NBA champions have failed to make it out of the second round the following year, including most recently the Denver Nuggets in the 2024 playoffs.</p><p>On paper, the Celtics still have clearly the best roster in the NBA, even with Kristaps Porzingis set to miss a significant chunk of the season after undergoing surgery.</p><p>Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown both figure to now be in the heart of their primes, and Derrick White and Jrue Holiday have shown no signs of slowing down despite being on the wrong side of 30.</p><p>There is some concern that the mental fatigue that comes from a deep playoff run, combined with the fact that Tatum, Holiday, and White all played in (or observed, in some cases), the Olympics in Paris this summer, could lead to a burnout down the stretch of the season for the Celtics similar to what we just witnessed with the Nuggets.</p><p>However, if things go according to plan, there’s no reason why the Celtics won’t be preparing to try for their third straight championship at this time next year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jrue Holiday’s hilarious revelation on Boston’s intense training camp

<!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', '/kendrick-perkins-mikal-bridges-jrue-holiday-comparison-will-fire-up-knicks-fans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kendrick Perkins’ Mikal Bridges-Jrue Holiday comparison will fire up Knicks fans');   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/2024/09/Knicks-news-Kendrick-Perkins-Mikal-Bridges-Jrue-Holiday-comparison-will-fire-up-fans.jpg"></figure><h1>Kendrick Perkins’ Mikal Bridges-Jrue Holiday comparison will fire up Knicks fans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-16T15:27:03-07:00">September 16th, 3:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-16T15:27:03-07:00">September 16th, 3:27pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While on ESPN, former NBA player Kendrick Perkins was asked what move this offseason will move the needle the most, and he said the New York Knicks’ acquisition of Mikal Bridges is that move while <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1835779657217478875" rel="noopener">comparing him to</a> Jrue Holiday joining the Boston Celtics.</p><p>“I’m going with the New York Knicks getting Mikal Bridges,” Kendrick Perkins said on ESPN. “Look, he could be what Jrue Holiday is for the Boston Celtics. That’s how elite this young man is on both ends of the floor. We saw it when Phoenix made that run with Devin Booker and CP3 to the NBA Finals, and just remember a couple seasons ago he averaged 26 points, and I know he only played in about 27 games, but still I’m to the point now where I don’t even look at Mikal Bridges as a role player. He’s a guy that’s an All-Star caliber player, and I think that was the best addition this offseason, plus he’s a Tom Thibodeau type of guy.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“He could be what Jrue Holiday is for the Boston Celtics. That’s how elite this young man is on both ends of the floor… He’s a guy that’s an All-Star caliber player."</p><p>Kendrick Perkins on Mikal Bridges' addition to the Knicks 🙌</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ESPNNBA</a>)<a href="https://t.co/QtTd4ScGRa">pic.twitter.com/QtTd4ScGRa</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1835779657217478875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/2-unlikely-julius-randle-trades-knicks-should-pursue">The Knicks are</a> betting that Mikal Bridges joining his college teammates in Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo, among the other quality players in an established culture with Tom Thibodeau, helps them challenge for an NBA title this season. It was quite a package <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-ny-bolsters-roster-nba-free-agency-signing">the Knicks gave up</a> for Bridges, but they clearly believe he was the missing piece to make them title contenders. Perkins is all-in on the move, as evidenced by his take on ESPN.</p><h2><b>Knicks set for exciting season with Mikal Bridges in the fold</b></h2><p>It will be interesting to see how Bridges fares with the Knicks, and it does help that he knows how to play with his former Villanova teammates. Jalen Brunson will still lead the way as the main star of the team, while Julius Randle will return from shoulder surgery as well as another source of offense.</p><p>Bridges joins OG Anunoby to create what should be an elite wing duo. OG Anunoby, a three-and-d type of player who is one of the best wing defenders in the game re-signed with the team this summer. Bridges’ defense took a bit of a dive with the Brooklyn Nets as he assumed the main role on offense, but he should be playing a similar role to what he had with the Phoenix Suns, when he was in contention for the Defensive Player of the Year Award.</p><p>The Knicks already had a good team that could have made the Eastern Conference Finals with a little bit better injury luck, but with Bridges in the fold, they are a team to watch for this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kendrick Perkins’ Mikal Bridges-Jrue Holiday comparison will fire up Knicks fans

<!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', '/team-usa-news-jrue-holiday-didnt-hesitate-when-naming-biggest-trash-talker-during-2024-olympics');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jrue Holiday didn’t hesitate when naming biggest Team USA trash-talker during 2024 Olympics');   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/2024/08/Team-USA-news-Jrue-Holiday-didnt-hesitate-when-naming-biggest-trash-talker-during-2024-Olympics.jpg"></figure><h1>Jrue Holiday didn’t hesitate when naming biggest Team USA trash-talker during 2024 Olympics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-28T08:29:53-07:00">August 28th, 8:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-28T08:29:53-07:00">August 28th, 8:29am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Team USA fielded one of its most stacked rosters in recent memory in response to their disappointing showing in the 2023 FIBA World Cup, and as a result, they provided some of the most entertaining basketball the world has ever seen. After all, how often do players like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry get to team up? Unsurprisingly, Team USA won the gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics — giving them <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-kevin-durant-fires-nsfw-shot-at-south-sudan-coach-during-game">license to talk their smack</a>, which Durant gladly used.</p><p>Nonetheless, for Jrue Holiday, there’s an even bigger yapper on the Team USA roster. Durant can be incisive with his trash talk, but for the Boston Celtics guard and two-time NBA champion, Anthony Edwards’ mouth <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1828798261324628309" rel="noopener">runs even more loudly</a> than that of Durant’s.</p><p>“Anthony Edwards [is the biggest trash-talker on the team.] 100 percent. 100 percent. He’s a great player and you see him trash-talking for a very, very long time,” Holiday said in an interview with media members during Raising Cane’s “Golden Birthday”, via Justin Turpin of WEEI.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Anthony Edwards. 100%."</p><p>Jrue Holiday when asked who was the biggest talker on USA Basketball during their Olympic run 😅</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinmTurpin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JustinmTurpin</a>)<a href="https://t.co/0AuxccO7Wl">pic.twitter.com/0AuxccO7Wl</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1828798261324628309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Indeed, every time the Minnesota Timberwolves star is on the floor, it seems as though he never runs out of things to say, both to his teammates and to the opposition. This is true for when’s playing for either club and country. Edwards has so much passion and enthusiasm for the game, and his boisterous personality allows him to shine through and entertain fans all over the globe, making him a fan favorite through and through.</p><p>Plus, it’s not like Edwards is just talking trash because it’s his only utility on the court. As Jrue Holiday said, the Timberwolves star is a great player, and he backs up all the smack he talks on the court with how impactful he is to winning. He showed as much during his stint for Team USA during the 2024 Olympics. Outside of the big three of James, Durant, and Curry, Edwards was the team’s leading scorer — which is a testament to the Timberwolves star’s quality.</p><p>But at the end of the day, Edwards may want to exercise better judgment when it comes to the things that come out of his mouth. He has already <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-magic-johnson-fires-back-at-anthony-edwards-ignorant-skill-take">landed himself in hot water</a> with some of his takes, and he may want to be more careful next time so that he won’t make himself an even bigger target than he already is.</p><h2>Team USA feeds off of Anthony Edwards’ energy</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Anthony-Edwards-and-Kevin-Durant-celebrating.jpg"></figure><p>Anthony Edwards was having the time of his life playing for Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics. It validates all the hard work he’s been through — to be one of the team’s most crucial players alongside future Hall of Famers is a surreal experience, which the Timberwolves star said so himself.</p><p>The joy with which Edwards plays the game is very contagious. He and Kevin Durant led Team USA’s bench mob, and the game seemed to turn heavily in their favor whenever the two were on the court.</p><p>Durant has seemingly<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/anthony-edwards-perfect-reaction-to-playing-with-idol-kevin-durant-on-team-usa"> given Edwards the torch</a> to carry Team USA into the future as they look towards another generation of international basketball dominance.</p><p>There may not be a better face for Team USA basketball’s future than Edwards. He is a showman who knows the value of leaving fans with a lasting impression, and his playstyle is very conducive to drawing eyeballs to the team for years to come.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jrue Holiday didn’t hesitate when naming biggest Team USA trash-talker during 2024 Olympics

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He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Celtics are ready to defend their championship. After running through the playoffs last season, the C’s are bringing almost the exact same team back — a major advantage.</p><p>The Celtics weren’t at risk of losing their championship team this offseason but took some major steps to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-2024-offseason-recap-big-spending-impact-potential-dynasty">keep the squad together</a> for the foreseeable future, handing out contract extensions to Jayson Tatum, Derrick White and Sam Hauser this offseason (plus one to Jrue Holiday before the playoffs) while also re-signing Xavier Tillman, Luke Kornet and Neemias Qeuta. The only departure was that of Svi Mykhailiuk, who went to the Utah Jazz and they brought in rookie wing Baylor Scheierman.</p><p>That level of continuity will help Boston a lot. Holiday said that the Celtics have a “head start on other teams” because of it, according to Zack Cox of the Boston Herald.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jrue Holiday believes the Celtics’ continuity — bringing back nearly everyone from last year’s championship roster — will give them a “head start on other teams.”</p><p>“I think it’s going to help a lot. It’s always hard to win one, and then to win back-to-back is even harder.” <a href="https://t.co/NOzrt4pRX0">pic.twitter.com/NOzrt4pRX0</a></p><p>— Zack Cox (@zm_cox) <a href="https://twitter.com/zm_cox/status/1828795304705167824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Celtics entering 2024-25 season as championship favorites</b></h2><p>Everyone is going to be gunning for the Celtics this season. But that doesn’t mean that anyone will catch them. All their main competition has to implement new starters, which should make them better but is also something Boston has already done.</p><p>The Philadelphia 76ers landing Paul George and Caleb Martin definitely makes them better but it will be an adjustment to bring them in. The New York Knicks fast-tracking chemistry by landing another Villanova standout, Mikal Bridges, gives them some major rotation moves to consider, especially with Isaiah Hartenstein gone. Both those teams and Eastern Conference foes may make more midseason tweaks, which will take more adjusting.</p><p>It’s better to make those upgrades than to not but it may take time for things to really click. Not only do the Celtics not have to worry about bringing in new starters but even with the additions, those other teams probably won’t reach their level. Boston has many indicators of <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/best-net-rating-in-nba-history-by-season" rel="noopener">being an all-time great team</a>. For as great as the Sixers’ trio of stars and the Knicks’ super deep team are, the Celtics also share those strengths. They have the best starting lineup in basketball and plenty of help off the bench.</p><p>Holiday has felt <a href="https://x.com/NoaDalzell/status/1828806472039637364" rel="noopener">more and more happy in Boston</a> after being abruptly traded there just before last season. With the team now established and decorated, it will take a lot to topple the Celtics.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
12.2	4.3	3.7	0.4	0.9

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
12.2	4.3	3.7	0.4	0.9

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