But there's a reason this trade looks even worse for Phoenix the more you examine it, James Herbert explained. Well, three reasons specifically, all from 2023 right after Mat Ishbia took control: It's impossible to qualify any of these as wins,

NBA fans make their feelings known as the Celtics trade Jrue Holiday for 26-year-old Blazers star Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks.

Holiday was traded by the Milwaukee Bucks to Portland in September 2023 when the Bucks acquired perennial All-Star Damian Lillard. Holiday was then dealt days later to the Celtics, moving right into the starting lineup and eventually earning his second career title last June.