When the New York Knicks dealt for point guard Derrick Rose, most overlooked the other aspects of the trade. Rose is a former NBA MVP with name value, but he wasn’t the only player whom Phil Jackson had high hopes for.
Though viewed as a throw-in at the time of the trade, swingman Justin Holiday is proving to have immense immediate and long-term value to the Knicks.
Holiday, 27, is in his fourth NBA season. He played the 2012-13 campaign with the Philadelphia 76ers, won a championship in Hungary in 2013-14, joined the Golden State Warriors for the title run in 2014-15, and played for the Atlanta Hawks and Chicago Bulls in 2015-16.