Trail Blazers veteran backcourt: Although I am 35, I still have a lot of motivation to provide

The Portland Trail Blazers held a media conference for the new season. The team's new backcourt Jrue Holiday was interviewed by a reporter. He also talked about whether he could do more for this team after coming to the Trail Blazers at this point in his career.

In response to this, Holiday said: I think everyone understands that I can do more things on and off the court. Like I said, I've still been very shining in my role over the past few years, and I'm able to give the team what I need to win, and I can do anything to win. Can I still provide high-quality defense? Of course; can I still score? Of course, there is no problem. But I think it's also very important for me to come here and build some culture for this young team. As far as I am concerned, I need to make changes, and I need to help the team bring a winning culture and lead by example. , setting a good role model for young players, are very important things. Although I am 35 years old, I am indeed much older than other players on this team, and I have been in this league for a long time, but what I want to say is, don’t underestimate my abilities. I still have a lot of motivation, and this is what I will show in the new season.

In the NBA regular season last season, Holiday was affected by injuries in 82 games, with a total of 62 appearances on behalf of his old club, the Boston Celtics, averaging 30.6 minutes per game, averaging 11.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.4 blocks, and 1.2 turnovers and 1.6 fouls. His shooting percentage was 44.3%, three-point shooting percentage was 35.3%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 90.9%. In the playoffs, Holiday made 8 appearances in total, with averaging 33 minutes per game, with averaging 9.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.1 blocks. He also had 2 turnovers and 3.1 fouls. His shooting percentage was 48.3%, his three-point shooting percentage was 34.6%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 69.2%.

In a deal this summer, the Trail Blazers sent backcourt scorer Anfernee Simons to the Celtics and exchanged Holiday from the Celtics. The Trail Blazers obviously had high expectations for Holiday, otherwise they would not have sent Simmons, whose contract was about to expire, and exchanged for veteran Holiday, who had many years left in the contract. The Trail Blazers are two young players with great potential, Shaedon Sharpe and Scoot Henderson. Can they realize their talents and potential with the help of Holiday?