When It’s All Said And Done Jrue Holiday Will Be Better Than Rajon Rondo
Jrue Holiday is the mother fucking shit. He’s Westbrooking. What I mean by that is, he’s leaving his status as a ‘good’ player and very quietly becoming ‘great’, much like Brian Westbrook did in 2003 under the national media’s radar. ESPN caught on a year after that and only got to enjoy BWest at his best for a year or two more, but Philly fans knew how good he was back in the early days when every week it felt like having an Ace up your sleeve. Jrue is slowly getting to that point now. Westbrooking. Jrue’s the truth.
Rajon Rondo is a tremendous player. Period. Yet there is no overlooking his obvious lack of shooting ability. We’re talking about an All-Star guard shooting .600 from the free throw line. His inability to be a mid range threat hurts the Celtics by allowing Rondo’s man to sag off, although to The Jacket‘s credit he more than makes up for it with quickness and awesome playmakinging ability.
The thing is — Jrue Holiday has both of those things, AND he can shoot. Hitting 40+% of his 3-pointers so far. Every season Jrue has steadily improved his game, yet as it stands right now it’s difficult to tell where his ceiling truly is. For a guy who can hit from deep as well as Jrue can, he’ll never get to shoot that many with Jason Richardson, Nick Young, and Dorell Wright on the same squad.
And what if Jrue had the talent around him Rondo has enjoyed his entire career? Jrue Holiday has been kicking it out for open ANDRE IGUODALA 3-pointers and expected to put up assist numbers. Dishing it down low to Elton Brand wishing to God somebody fouls him. Not exactly Paul Pierce and The Big Ticket. The Andrew Bynum Hair & Knees Show remains on the bench.
The only knock on Jrue is that he turns the ball over too much. Four point five a game so far this year — pretty much leading the league. But this is the first year hes been the main ball handler, as Doug Collins has vastly expanded his role this season. And look what he’s doing as someone four years younger than Rondo:
That’s a healthy stat sheet. Then Jrue does something like he did last night against the Suns and drops 33 with 13 assists and only 2 turnovers. Twenty-two years old. Seems like hes been in the league forever. Only 22.
Jrue Holiday will be an All-Star sooner than later, Philly. Get on the bandwagon early.
See no reason to compare him to Rondo other than to rile up Boston fans. And Rondo is the best PG defender since Payton.
what kind of an asshole spells drew j-r-u-e
Maybe a bit of a reach here? I mean I get that your fucking football team is the #1 joke of the entire league but you searching for anything at this point. They played the Suns for fuck sake. And he has 5 turnovers a game. He’s a fucking PG, what PG turns the ball over 5 times a game? Fuck off Mo
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Didn’t also say that Bynum was going to be great for the SixerS? How’s that working out? Typical Philly sports fan.
Does writing about Jrue Holiday make you feel better about blogs like this one? http://philly.barstoolsports.com/around-barstool/who-is-the-best-big-man-in-the-atlantic/
boston’s angry. mo wins.
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he won’t be crowned until he spells his 1st name correctly.
rondo has been shooting much better this year. I don’t think you can compare them yet. Rondo is a floor general and hes the best at it. Very strong rebounder too
Oh Mo…..I hear ya buddy. I remember when I used to justify my shitty team in the 90s and 00s – Sherm Douglas and Brian Shaw, Dana Barros, Dee Brown. I get it – you need to find hope somewhere. But Goddamn it Mo – Jrue Holiday? Are you fucking kidding me? I liked you better when you were sucking Bynum’s meat wand. Just disgusted right now
What a troll blog.
as always, another dumb argument from you. besides shooting, rondo is better in literally every facet of the game. holiday is no bum but doesnt even warrant an argument at this point
yeah if Goran Dragic was guarding me I’d put up 40 too. Relax.
Cue Jrue’s season ending injury or blindside trade out of Philly. Mo you really got their goat this time. You do such a good job ruining all things Philly sports, you’re probably Boston’s favorite blogger.
while i initially disagreed with mo’s putting jrue on a pedestal, i looked up rondo’s numbers for this year, and they aren’t even that much better than jrue’s current numbers…
http://espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/3026/rajon-rondo
needless to say, if i were creating a team for the future, i’d probably go with jrue because he’s still got room for even more growth while rondo’s probably close to his max right now
this a joke. rondo’s a legitimate mvp candidate this year and jrue holliday is (if anything) most improved player. classic philly, clinging to hope that one day there teams will be relevant again
NOPE
Rondo’s shooting has improved dramatically this year and will continue to improve.
RR- is a certified STUD in the playoffs. Gets better the bigger the game.
Will go down as one of the best PG’s all time.
I like Holiday, but not better than Rondo
Rondo the best PG defender since Payton? Yea right. Jrue is a better defender. Rondo gets more steals.
while Rondo will never be close to a Nash-type outside shooter he is at least efficient. Rondo leads all PGs in the league in FG% and is the only guard in the top 20 in FG%
This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read on this site, and remember Neil still writes blogs here
Hey Mo, you really don’t know much about basketball for a (half) black guy
rondo dont even care about the regular season yet he put up better numbers than this clown
huge NBA fan here. watched jrue holiday multiple times this year and he really is a great young player. one of the best in the league. to me, hes a lesser version of kyrie irving. similar nice all around skill set but hes just not as good.kyrie was literally playing with a broken finger during their head to head last week so i wasn’t surprised holiday outplayed him that 1 game.i think he will have a hard time making the all star team w/ dwill, rondo and kyrie all in the east..tho w/ kyrie out this could be the year for him.
new to barstool sports..always read comments
that say cancel philly site..after reading
this horseshit above..couldn’t agree more..
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. “his man sags off him which ultimately hurts his team” NO, IT DOESN’T. The league is still stupid enough to defend him this way, but any commentator, national or local, has compared it to defending a great QB with ZERO pass rush. Rondo gets a full view of the court + wide open passing lanes this way, plus a head start to drive to the hoop. And what you philly idiots overlook is that rondo is shooting 52% from midrange this year, one of the best percentages in the league. Keep dreaming about Jew Holiday.
I can’t wait to copy and paste this link into a comment the next time you try to make another horse shit argument about sports. Like the Eagles being filthy, Bynum turning a franchise around, etc. You make it so goddamn easy Mo.