Rumors are flying with five days before the NBA Trade Deadline. According to Clutch Points’ Brett Siegel, the Sacramento Kings approached the Portland Trail Blazers a few weeks ago to discuss a potential swap of Demar DeRozan for Jrue Holiday.
There were some talks weeks ago about the Kings approaching the Portland Trail Blazers about a possible Jrue Holiday for DeRozan type of swap, but nothing ever formed there either. Holiday is certainly a name to watch before this trade deadline, as the Blazers have been fielding interest for the veteran guard from several teams over the last few weeks and have been open to the idea of trading him.
This would admittedly be a strange move for the Kings to try to bring in a veteran like Holiday despite sitting at the bottom of the Western Conference standings.
DeRozan has had a productive season, averaging 19.0 points (while shooting 33.6 percent from three and 50.3 percent from the field), 3.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.3 steals in 50 games.
Holiday appears to be of interest to a number of teams so it’ll be interesting to see if he’s still with the Blazers after Thursday’s deadline.