The New Orleans Pelicans will be without starting point guard Jrue Holiday for the start of the 2016-17 NBA season, and they have no idea when they will be getting him back. Holiday’s reason for his absenteeism is pure. His wife, USA soccer star Lauren Holiday, was both pregnant and facing brain surgery to remove a tumor. She has since had the baby and now awaits surgery which is scheduled for this coming Thursday. Jrue is going to be away from basketball as long as necessary, and the team, according to an “edict coming directly from owners Tom and Gayle Benson,” is perfectly okay with that.
2016-17 Player Preview: Jrue Holiday’s uncertain future and present puts Pelicans in precarious predicament
