With New Orleans point guard Jrue Holiday playing so well in a reserve role for the past three months, Alvin Gentry has been very reticent to move Holiday into the starting lineup. But at this point, there aren’t a whole of options.
Holiday will start vs. Sacramento tonight; he could remain a first-stringer, but that will be evaluated by Gentry and the coaching staff going forward. At least for now, the Pelicans plan to substitute for him relatively early in the first quarter, then bring him back in for Norris Cole in order to have either Holiday or Cole on the floor for all or most of games.