Jones & Keefe: The Celtics won the Jrue Holiday trade

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00:00Like, Drew Holiday really was, especially at a time where they go from, you know, Brad Stevens to Imei Odoka to Joe Missoula,

00:08then you have, like, a coach on the floor, having a guy that won a title, because nobody else on the whole roster had won a title before.

00:16Drew Holiday was wildly important, and it was like, Milwaukee made a huge mistake, because they saw Damian Lillard out there,

00:22they saw that Lillard was available, who in a vacuum is a better player than Holiday.

00:25But for that team, Holiday helped them win a title in Milwaukee, right?

00:30There was a reason why for years and years and years, Giannis would fail in the playoffs, then he breaks through with Holiday,

00:37they give up on him too quick, Celtics get him.

00:39Now, this past year, he was kind of broken down, and that's why I'm not kicking and screaming that he's gone,

00:44it felt like it was kind of inevitable that he was going to be gone.

00:48So in, like, the big, like, the history of the Celtics, you're going to look back and be like,

00:51man, Drew Holiday was only on the team for two years.

00:53But that one year was huge.

00:56I mean, he was, I think, probably runner-up for Eastern Conference Finals MVP, or at least he should have been.

01:02Like, he was really good in that series against the Pacers.

01:06And he was always just, like, a steady, calming influence on the team.

01:11Anytime the opponent would make a run, like, they would get the ball to Holiday,

01:15and I feel like everybody would, like, take a breath.

01:17And it was like, all right, we're good.

01:18And then he made Tatum and Brown better.

01:21And so, because there were years, I mean, you go back to, like, the Warriors final.

01:25I mean, turnover city.

01:26And, like, guys just couldn't keep their composure.

01:28I bet if Drew Holiday was on that team, they'd win the title.

01:32They absolutely win against Golden State.

01:33I mean, absolutely.

01:34I believe that as well.

01:35I think you do.

01:35Yeah.

01:35So, no, his ability to be a calming presence in those big spots, he's a winner.

01:42You know, I know that's a cliche that gets thrown around a lot, but he won before he got here.

01:45He won when he got here.

01:46I don't think he's going to be winning anytime soon in Portland, but I guess you can't rule it out with his track record.

01:52I don't think he's going to be winning anytime soon.