On a local radio show, Pelicans’ head coach Alvin Gentry unveiled his plan to start Holiday and Rondo together going into next season. Holiday would obviously shift to shooting guard in that arrangement, and then be the primary ball handler most of the time when Rondo is not in the game.
For fantasy basketball owners, it’s going to be worth watching how Rondo and Holiday function together.
This would not be the first time Gentry has deployed Holiday this fashion. Tim Frazier started 12 of the final 13 games last season in the same backcourt, and Holiday scored at least 17 points six times with two double-doubles. In his other 55 games last year, Holiday reached that point total 19 times with 13 double-doubles.
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He set a career-high in field goal percentage (45.4 percent) while making 35.6 percent of his three-pointers, but his free-throw percentage fell dramatically (70.8 percent) compared to 2015-16 (84.3 percent). All in all Holiday fills the stat sheet solidly, with shooting percentages that won’t hurt fantasy owners too much.
It’s worth noting, however, that only 9.4 percent of Holiday’s field goal attempts in 2016-17 came off catch and shoot. Off three or more dribbles (h/t to NBA.com), he had 57.7 percent of his field goal attempts last season. That doesn’t seem to fit well with Rondo and two high usage big men in Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins over a full season, so Holiday has a transition ahead of him as the ball is sure to be in his hands for less possession time.
Rondo had a down and fairly tumultuous year for the Bulls last year. He averaged 7.8 points, 6.7 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game while starting 42 of 69 games and playing the fewest minutes (26.7 per game) since his rookie season in
For fantasy basketball owners, it’s going to be worth watching how Rondo and Holiday function together.
This would not be the first time Gentry has deployed Holiday this fashion. Tim Frazier started 12 of the final 13 games last season in the same backcourt, and Holiday scored at least 17 points six times with two double-doubles. In his other 55 games last year, Holiday reached that point total 19 times with 13 double-doubles.
Holiday’s minutes shifted back toward the point last year, but Basketball …show more content…
He set a career-high in field goal percentage (45.4 percent) while making 35.6 percent of his three-pointers, but his free-throw percentage fell dramatically (70.8 percent) compared to 2015-16 (84.3 percent). All in all Holiday fills the stat sheet solidly, with shooting percentages that won’t hurt fantasy owners too much.
It’s worth noting, however, that only 9.4 percent of Holiday’s field goal attempts in 2016-17 came off catch and shoot. Off three or more dribbles (h/t to NBA.com), he had 57.7 percent of his field goal attempts last season. That doesn’t seem to fit well with Rondo and two high usage big men in Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins over a full season, so Holiday has a transition ahead of him as the ball is sure to be in his hands for less possession time.
Rondo had a down and fairly tumultuous year for the Bulls last year. He averaged 7.8 points, 6.7 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game while starting 42 of 69 games and playing the fewest minutes (26.7 per game) since his rookie season in