Before Jrue Holiday got to the Boston Celtics, he heard some chatter about some players on the team not being able to hold up on defense. Since he’s been in Boston, however, he’s come to realize the opposite. “Now that I got here, I’m like, they all play defense.”
And there’s been a certain group Holiday has been particularly impressed with.
“The white guys play defense,” Holiday said at practice on Sunday. “Everybody wants to go at them. but I think one-on-one, we’re pretty locked in on the defensive end.”
When the Celtics swapped out depth for star power this past summer, they did more than put their trust in Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis.