Holiday has only been in the playoffs once in the last 5+ years, but he was awesome in those playoffs – 22/6/5 on 58% TS while hounding Dame Lillard and ultimately guarding Steph and Durant in the GS series. He can play on-ball or off, guard at least 3 positions credibly.

IMO Milwaukee had to do this. And the Bogdanovic S&T is brilliant from their perspective as notit hard caps them – so they fulfill their promise to Giannis while limiting their financial exposure at least this year.

Holiday, Middleton, Bogdanovic, Giannis, Brook Lopez is a pretty awesome starting point – and all of those guys are pretty complementary. They have 4 guys who can credibly dribble/pass/shoot, with Lopez being a great rim protector and plausible floor spacer. They are going to be an absolute terror defensively. Will be interesting to see who they are able to get as minimum contracts and with BAE or mini-MLE, as they really have no other assets to trade at this point.

Just goes to show how absolutely bereft of talent this Knicks squad is. If they even had one or two players that could start or be a 6th man on a contender, they could've leveraged these desperate teams just like NO and OKC have. What an absolute failure on the part of Mills and Phil Jackson before him.

Meanwhile, given the state of play in the EC now (and Giannis off the board most likely in summer 2021), it's clearer than ever that the Knicks should be keeping their powder dry and play out the string this year to see if any of the young players have potential, then aiming for a top5 pick in the upcoming draft.

And the Bucks just traded DiVincenzo, Ilyasova and DJ Johnson for Sacramento’s Bogdan Bogdanovic, a coveted 3-point weapon, in a sign-and-trade.

It’s the all-in to end all all-ins.

– 3 first-round picks 2 swaps Bledsoe and Hill
FOR
– Holiday Giannis, both resigned under the table (or even just Giannis resigned).

That’s the only way this extreme haul the Pelicans got makes any sense. It was the ultimate all-in, but if Giannis stays in Milwaukee for at least 3 more years, it’s worth it.

i got to imagine by now thibs has come to the realization that we don’t really have a starting point guard on our team…doesn’t look like we’ll be able to draft one – i wonder what rose will do about that…

there’s a few out there that could be available: bledsoe, augustin, rubio, teague, conley, probably not dragic or van fleet…too funny, every year it’s the same – will the knicks finally acquire an actual point guard…

don’t let rose off the hook thibs, get us a point guard…

The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to acquire Jrue Holiday from the New Orleans Pelicans for George Hill, Eric Bledsoe and three future first round picks and two pick swaps. In terms of pick compensation, the deal is similar to what the Pelicans received from the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis.

The above is from RealGM. Holiday for the same price as Anthony Davis? Griffin is indeed a good GM. But if this deal means Giannis signs long term with Milwaukee, it’s probably worth it for them.