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Jrue Holiday is happy, healthy and ready to lead the New Orleans Pelicans in burying the competition

In the world of professional sports, adversity lies inconspicuously around every corner, ready to strike at a naturally inopportune time, but not all barriers are created equal. While it’s not that uncommon for an athlete on any given day to be asked to overcome more than a teammate in the next locker room stall — say deal with a sudden injury or endure an ill-timed shooting slump, there’s an unlucky few who are forced to endure some truly unfortunate circumstances.

If asked to write a biography, Jrue Holiday and his legion of followers could produce an outline of the distasteful chapters in the blink of an eye.