Boston Celtics: 3 trade packages for Cs to land Jrue Holiday

Trade for Boston Celtics to land Jrue Holiday No. 3) Cs land 3 talented ballers

If the Boston Celtics actually pull the trigger on a Jrue Holiday trade this offseason, we can’t think of a hypothetical deal any better than this. The trade simply accomplishes three major things for the franchise: it brings them NOLA’s talented guard, a reliable second-unit scoring presence in J.J. Reddick, and a potential long-term answer at the pivot in Myles Turner

We’ve discussed the idea of Boston pursuing Turner in the past, and have brought up other popular rumors suggesting the Pacers could be interested in bringing the Indiana-native in Hayward back in return along with a way into this year’s first-round.

This deal provides the franchise with both of these things while also adding in Lonzo Ball who, in 2019-20, proved to somewhat be living up to the lofty expectations he came into the league with back in 2017 — averaged 11.8 points, seven assists, 6.1 rebounds, 1.4 steals, and just over a half-block per game on 40 percent shooting from the field and 38 percent shooting from deep on 6.3.

The pass-first point guard being added into a lineup alongside All-Star Domantas Sabonis and Hayward could prove to have a fantastic impact on Indy’s offense.

With this deal, the Pelicans find themselves securing quite a haul in exchange for their 30-year-old star, as they find themselves bringing back two All-Star guards in Walker and Indiana’s stud Victor Oladipo who, frankly, has a very similar style of play to that of Holiday, thus making the transition from two-guard to two-guard very fluid.

As for Boston, they bring on Turner who is coming off of a solid season — 12.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and a whopping 2.1 blocks per game on 46 percent shooting from the floor and 34 percent shooting from deep — and is someone who could serve as the team’s starting center from day one.

They also see Reddick come to the team alongside Holiday from New Orleans who could really be quite a massive boost for the C’s putrid secondary unit — ranked 29th in points per game (28.5), 28th in 3-point percentage (31.8), and 20th in offensive rating (53.6). Through 60 games played last season, the veteran scoring guard put up solid averages of 15.3 points on 45 percent shooting from both the field and downtown.

If ever there were a trade the Celtics should consider involving Jrue Holiday, it should be this one.