If he keeps up his strong play and the Sixers are able to finish with a top-3 seed, the MVP might finally be Joel Embiid’s to lose
This man just won a championship and played an important part in some of the most iconic plays in recent NBA Finals history. And yet … he’s still barely ever talked about? Holiday deserves All-Star consideration! He’s making 42.9% of his spot-up threes. The Bucks are +260 when he’s on the court and -81 when he sits. There’s no sane guard in the NBA who isn’t overcome by relief when Holiday is out of Milwaukee’s starting five.
This late-December play against the Rockets, where he blows up three actions in a row, is hilarious and a perfect encapsulation of Holiday’s value:Gay’s season has been a tale of two positions. When the Jazz signed him there was hope he could be the small-ball five Utah didn’t have in last year’s playoffs. The bad news is,, glaringly so on New Year’s Day in a home loss against the Draymond Green-less Warriors.
One week later, in a game against the Pacers that Rudy Gobert didn’t appear in, the Jazz tried Gay as their backup center and it was a disaster. Domantas Sabonis finished with 42 points on 22 shots.8. Dallas Mavericks
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