Jrue Holiday trade: Trail Blazers send guard to Celtics for Robert Williams III, Malcolm Brogdon and picks

The Portland Trail Blazers are buying and selling guard Jrue Holiday to the Boston Celtics for Robert Williams III, Malcolm Brogdon, a 2024 first-round select by way of the Golden State Warriors and a 2029 unprotected first-round choose from Boston, the team announced Sunday. Holiday was once to begin with dealt to the Blazers previous this week as a part of the deal that despatched Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks, however Portland by no means supposed on protecting Holiday, as it is occupied with development round its younger guards in Scoot Henderson, Anfernee Simons and Shaedon Sharpe. 

Boston was once reportedly prime on Holiday’s want checklist of groups he sought after to be traded to, per Wojnarowski, and the Celtics beat out gives from groups in each meetings. The Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat had been different groups who had reported hobby within the five-time All-Defensive guard, however Boston in the long run gained out. Though Holiday has only one 12 months left on his deal, the Celtics are reportedly concerned with protecting him long-term, consistent with Wojnarowski. 

Holiday will without a doubt make a direct have an effect on at the Celtics, who is basically changing Marcus Smart, who the workforce traded to the Memphis Grizzlies within the offseason. Holiday will create a difficult defensive backcourt with Derrick White, who earned All-Defensive honors closing season.

For the Blazers, they are proceeding to rack up belongings after buying and selling Lillard to Milwaukee. Portland has now received Brodgon, Williams, Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camara, 3 first-round picks and two select swaps for buying and selling Lillard. That’s an excellent haul after it looked like there wasn’t a lot of a marketplace outdoor of the Miami Heat’s be offering for many of the offseason. And it does not sound like Portland is finished but, both. Wojnarowski experiences that whilst Portland intends on protecting Williams, there’s been interest in Brogdon, who the workforce may business for much more belongings.

While the Blazers have closed the e book at the Lillard generation this week, they have wasted no time obtaining high quality belongings for the longer term.