Jrue Agrees to 4/135-160 Extension

[Milbucks96]

I think Jrue should stay home and work on his jump shot instead of playing for the NT.

This is great

[Ron Swanson]

Really happy that he finally found his shot last night and had his best scoring game these playoffs, but that might have been one of the most pathetic performances from an "All-Defense" team defender I've ever seen in my life. Dude got absolutely wiped off the court trying to navigate through screens and looked like he just quit at times. Don't care if it's Trae or Steph Curry, that was embarrassing.

[DingleJerry]

Yea, I've been thinking it since we got him that Bledsoe clearly looked like a better defender to me. So many here and general nationally said otherwise or that it was a wash. Last night iced it for me. I do grant the extra height matters/helps though.

[KendallMarshall]

I could have sworn I read at one point Holiday has bonuses in his contract if the bucks reach/win the finals this year but I can't find that online anywhere. Did I just imagine that?

[All The Bucks]

I could have sworn I read at one point Holiday has bonuses in his contract if the bucks reach/win the finals this year but I can't find that online anywhere. Did I just imagine that?

I'm 99% sure that Jrue has a $1 million bonus if the Bucks win it all and that the bonus would put the Bucks above the luxury tax threshold.

[KendallMarshall]

I could have sworn I read at one point Holiday has bonuses in his contract if the bucks reach/win the finals this year but I can't find that online anywhere. Did I just imagine that?

I'm 99% sure that Jrue has a $1 million bonus if the Bucks win it all and that the bonus would put the Bucks above the luxury tax threshold.

Thanks. Unless I'm blind, Idk why spotrac doesn't mention that when I'm looking at his contract details.

[higharc]

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[Iheartfootball]

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Damn, Jrue seems like such a good human. He mentally penetrated me.

[Milbucks96]

Great interview, a couple things that was really interesting to me.

-Bud involved the team in coming up with the way to defend kd/nets
-Jrue loves Giannis but he for sure thinks Kd is the best player in the world
-playoff basketball seems absolutely draining

[theFireBlanket]

Damnit. Sign JJ, forget what happened 8- 9 years ago. **** it.

[theFireBlanket]

Great interview, a couple things that was really interesting to me.

-Bud involved the team in coming up with the way to defend kd/nets
-Jrue loves Giannis but he for sure thinks Kd is the best player in the world
-playoff basketball seems absolutely draining

KD is 33 for the upcoming year. Giannis is 26/27 & better.

Let Giannis guard KD some more in a rematch & let Jrue reflect on what he said about defense mattering just as much as offense. Jrue might be there too. Whatever he was thinking he didn't want to go there for a multitude of reasons & it isn't necessarily KD is the best in his opinion.

[Wonka]

Damnit. Sign JJ, forget what happened 8- 9 years ago. **** it.

JJ did mention that he was speaking to somebody in our organization who isn’t a player. What else could he be talking to anyone about other than our last spot? I don’t know how much he has left but you can’t teach touch like his.

[Milbucks96]

Great interview, a couple things that was really interesting to me.

-Bud involved the team in coming up with the way to defend kd/nets
-Jrue loves Giannis but he for sure thinks Kd is the best player in the world
-playoff basketball seems absolutely draining

KD is 33 for the upcoming year. Giannis is 26/27 & better.

Let Giannis guard KD some more in a rematch & let Jrue reflect on what he said about defense mattering just as much as offense. Jrue might be there too. Whatever he was thinking he didn't want to go there for a multitude of reasons & it isn't necessarily KD is the best in his opinion.

Just pointing out that it’s not crazy to think Giannis is one of the best but not the clear cut best.

[HKPackFan]

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Jrue frigging holiday. Dude was a machine getting those steals and blocks. Just making life miserable for opponents.

Incredible he could be so off on offense and yet still be such a huge contributor to winning.

[JimmyTheKid]

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Jrue frigging holiday. Dude was a machine getting those steals and blocks. Just making life miserable for opponents.

Incredible he could be so off on offense and yet still be such a huge contributor to winning.

First observation is holy ****

Second is he definitely gets away with a lot of contact, but he does himself a favor by getting his body in such good position on some of those reaches. They aren’t lazy slaps at the ball.

Third is just crazy how sneaky some of the deflections are.

[HKPackFan]

https://sports.yahoo.com/the-next-level-of-training-how-players-are-meeting-the-demands-of-the-nbas-most-taxing-season-170715325.html

The 2021-22 campaign, following consecutive shortened offseasons, is the most taxing in NBA history, and nobody has been pushed harder than Jrue Holiday. The Bucks guard flew two days after Milwaukee's championship parade to the Tokyo Olympics, where less than 24 hours later he led Team USA in minutes, and not two months removed from winning the gold medal game, he reported back to NBA training camp.

As the playoffs approach, Holiday, who has twice contracted COVID-19 in the past 13 months, is playing the best basketball of his career — a testament to the investment he made into his body between seasons.

"I'll never believe guys are getting hurt more because they have a short offseason," said Mike Guevara, a Los Angeles-based performance coach who counts Holiday among a growing list of NBA clients. "That's not the case, because the guy I worked with the closest had the shortest offseason of all 456 [players], and he's fine. He's playing at an all-time level, and clearly he had the shortest offseason one could ever have.

"On the same side of that coin, I can't say Jrue's having an amazing year because of training or because of my plan. I can't do that, either," added Guevara, who collaborates with Milwaukee's training staff. "What I will say is: He barely had an offseason, and he had a strategy in place, and it seems to have worked out."

Underappreciated is the effort NBA players have made to meet the rigors of the NBA's pandemic era. Likewise, trainers for both teams and individuals are pushing the limits of what it means to be prepared.

There's more later in the article on Jrue

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This is so freaking good.

[MickeyDavis]

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This is so freaking good.

Agreed. I posted it in the playoff leadup thread too so it got attention.

[Dick Tate]

Hopefully Jrue has the type of game 5 he had in Phoenix last year.

Bucks in 6!

Love all the Celtics fans who are capturing Marcus Smart's big moment! Wonder if any of them smashed their phones on the way home?