Jrue Holiday - Lockdown (GREAT HANDS)

Jrue Holiday. 2018 All-Defensive First Team. 2019 All-Defensive Second Team. 2013 NBA All-Star. Holiday had a career year in 2018-19 but the departure of a certain All-NBA First Teamer brought a lot of change to New Orleans. Despite all the turnover, Holiday still continued to ball. He averaged 19.1 points (second best in his career), 4.8 rebounds (career high), 6.7 assists (top 20 in the league - tied with Chris Paul), 1.6 steals (ties his career high, top 12 in the league, again tied with Chris Paul).

4.1 deflections per game - 2nd in the NBA
109.9 defensive rating with Jrue on the court
112.2 defensive rating with Jrue OFF the court
Too confusing? Well, here’s the easiest way to look at it in a greater context: the Pels were 15th in the league defensively with Jrue on the court and 22nd in the league with him off the court.

6th in the NBA in both steals and blocks among guards

Damian Lillard called Jrue Holiday "the best defender in the league" among all guards on JJ Redick’s The Old Man & The Three pod.

Kevin Durant followed up on a later episode of JJ’s pod and said “Jrue Holiday is solidified as probably the best defender in the league at the guard position. When we talk about defense, a lot of people don’t really understand what defense really means. For different positions, especially at point guard, the stuff you have to do to guard, they don’t get a lot of credit for fighting over screens especially now they getting screened at half court, guys are running off of pindowns.”

KD actually has another quote out there (link below) talking about Jrue's defense: “Actually, it was tough to dribble on Jrue Holiday. He slides his feet so well, he’s got good hands, he’s strong, he’s got good instincts. I gained a lot of respect for him in that series because he went from guarding me to Klay (Thompson) to Steph (Curry) to guarding Draymond (Green), neutralizing picks and rolls. He’s special. He’s special on that side of the ball.”

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