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Shooting is Overrated: Jrue Holiday is key to building the New Orleans Pelicans identity

I’ve not been comfortable with Jrue Holiday as the lead guard on this team for quite a while, but I may be ready to change my tune.

With much of his Pelican’s tenure spent on the inactive list, it was hard to really know if Holiday could be a true building block. Once Jrue returned from his early season absence, we saw flashes of brilliance mixed with moments of what the hell from him on the offensive end — he was the most divisive player on the roster.

Oleh Kosel made a case for Jrue being an underappreciated offensive player earlier this month and it made me rethink some of my eyeball-tested opinions that were formulated while watching him do his work.