Jrue Holiday did not sleep long on the New Orleans Pelicans offer. Adrian Wojnarowski reported at 5:40 AM this morning that Holiday has agreed to a 5 year, $126 million contract to return to New Orleans.
Free agent guard Jrue Holiday has reached agreement on 5-year, $126M deal to stay with New Orleans, agent Jason Glushon tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2017
Figuring in maximum 8% raises this means Jrue Holiday’s first year salary will be around $21.75 Million in 2017-18 (importantly, less than Anthony Davis) and up to $28.