Jrue Holiday, Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers, Milwaukee Bucks (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
After watching Jrue Holiday take his turn hoisting the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy, the Portland Trail Blazers faithful may have felt a pang of regret knowing that he was made available last summer.
The All-Defensive guard was acquired by the Milwaukee Bucks to be the third option alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton. Although the fit was initially questioned, he turned out to be more than enough to get the Bucks over the hump.
What really cuts deep is how well Holiday would have covered for the Blazers weaknesses that were exposed by the Denver Nuggets in their first-round series—which ended in an early exit for Portland.