Jrue Holiday is a really good NBA player. He’s a two-time NBA All-Star. He’s a two-time World Champion. In a 16-year career he’s made six All-NBA Defensive Teams and received votes for Defensive Player of the Year five times. He’s a heady, hard-nosed guard, an efficient scorer with a good assist-to-turnover ratio. He’s not at the LeBron James/Kevin Durant level of stardom, but if you talk about players who contribute to wins without necessarily occupying the main spotlight, Holiday ranks near the top of the list for his generation.
Normally, acquiring a player of Holiday’s caliber would be a cause for celebration.