A few days after ridiculing the odds of attracting Chris Paul, let’s switch gears and ponder some realistic targets for the New Orleans Pelicans in the event Jrue Holiday does indeed decide to sign elsewhere this offseason.
First things first, lower your expectations. No matter how infuriating Holiday was at times during the 2016-17 campaign, realize he’s a legitimate two-way player, something I can’t say about any of the replacements on my list. Despite his faults, Holiday is going to have a lot of suitors lined up at the door when free agency begins and rightly so.