When Jrue Holiday joined the Portland Trail Blazers, plenty of folks viewed him as a Malcolm Brogdon-esque type of addition. In other words, Holiday would serve as a veteran guard who performs well in increments but never becomes anything integral to the team and is traded for assets.
That viewpoint has quickly aged as poorly as possible. Holiday has been the facilitating force Portland has needed for years, and the thought of potentially trading him, which felt like a real possibility heading into the season, now shouldn't even cross the minds of Joe Cronin and the Blazers' front office.