Heading into the 2019-20 Pelicans season, newly appointed Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin was effusive in his praise of Jrue Holiday. There wasn’t a microphone in or outside New Orleans Griff wouldn’t get behind to stump for the 29-year-old combo guard, often regarded in the past as one of the most underrated players in the league.
The fervor reached a point at which Griffin even compared the possibility of Jrue’s upcoming season to that of Steve Nash’s 2004-05 campaign, where he unexpectedly electrified the league and took him his first Most Valuable Player award.