Scouting Jrue Holiday

by Tommy Dee on January 14th, 2009 at 12:59 pm


I love Holiday, and while I’m always leery of comparisons, I think he may be Russell Westbrook 2.0. Check out what Jay Bilas thinks about him in the video above.

There’s every reason to believe that he could be one and done at UCLA, but it may make some sense for him to  hang around for a year and handle the team sans Darren Collison.

Holiday’s defense far exceeds his offense at this point, but what you have to like is that he doesn’t try and go outside the offense. NBA scouts and GM’s, including Donnie Walsh have to love that.

He is explosive, albeit a little raw, but should he step up in March we could be talking about a possible mid-first round or lottery pick. Right now nbadraft.net has the Knicks picking 40th in the second round. Sadly, the Knicks owe the Bulls a second round pick thanks to that awesome Eddy Curry trade.

It’s the gift that keeps on giving.

For further scouting reports on Holiday, head to draftexpress.com, but I’d love to see him in a Knick uniform for years to come.
  • jcmoney

    Currys driver deserves that pick more than the Bulls do.

  • http://www.theknicksblog.com/2009/05/18/rising-and-falling/ The Knicks Blog » Rising and Falling

    [...] No surprise to us that Holiday is on the rise and Thabeet is plummeting. We love Jrue and think he may be a potential Knick selection if Curry is gone and if they pick at 8. All of that will be figured out tomorrow and join me from the lottery. [...]

  • http://www.theknicksblog.com/2009/05/19/2009-nba-draft-lottery/ The Knicks Blog » 2009 NBA Draft Lottery

    [...] get extremely lucky to be able to face that decision.  I like Harden, but I like Derozan more, and TKB loves Jrue Holiday.  I also like Stephen Curry because of his shooting ability and ability to take over games in the [...]

  • http://www.theknicksblog.com/2009/05/20/donnie-wants-all-around-players/ The Knicks Blog » Donnie Wants All Around Players

    [...] the best defensive guard in the draft in my opinion. Jonathan Givony of draftexpress.com confirmed my long thought suspicions that Jrue Holiday is really moving [...]

  • http://www.theknicksblog.com/2009/05/20/tkbtv-2/ The Knicks Blog » TKB.tv

    [...] That’s no surprise to me, as you know I’ve loved Holiday for some time. [...]

  • http://www.theknicksblog.com/2009/05/30/henderson-on-the-radar-lawson-a-long-shot/ The Knicks Blog » Henderson on the Radar- Lawson a “Long shot”

    [...] to me, as it has been since January, that Holiday has everything the Knicks are looking for and, as we’ve said, Donnie Walsh has [...]