Milwaukee Bucks are looking to upgrade their roster. They’re trying to move past the team that has failed to deliver an NBA Championship in Milwaukee and even get there. Many names have been thrown around thus far as options to help improve Milwaukee. Names like Chris Paul, Victor Oladipo, and DeMar DeRozan. All of those players would be fine options for the Bucks yet there is a new contender in the ring. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, New Orleans Pelicans are looking to trade Jrue Holiday. That would be an absolute coup for Milwaukee.

Holiday is a strong player that many basketball experts love. The basic stats tell a great story with Holiday and why he could be so attractive to Milwaukee’s offense. First of all, he averaged over 18 points per game in the last three seasons. He can create his own shot and finds his way to get buckets. Second, Holiday loves to be a facilitator. He has not averaged less than six assists per game for a season since 2011-2012. Third, he can create turnovers on the defensive end. Every year of his career Holiday averaged more than one steal per game.

The drawbacks on Holiday are a bit flawed as well. If you look at his Basketball-Reference page, you see a lot of missing games. He isn’t injury-prone. Some of the injuries were weird such as tibia fracture, orbital wall fracture, abdominal strain. Additionally, he took time off to tend to his wife who had a benign brain tumor while pregnant with their first child. The lack of three-point shooting is not Bucks-like, but he doesn’t force it. He only shoots about four per game. And it’s not awful, just average. People seem to think if a guy doesn’t shoot 38 percent from deep, he is no longer a valuable asset.

Does Milwaukee have the assets to bring Holiday to Milwaukee? Who knows, but Jon Horst can play a big card that no one else cannot. Players on this Bucks roster made Giannis into an MVP, and they can do the same for Zion. My Twitter friend Shaffty brought up the point yesterday that Horst can explain to Griffin how Brook Lopez helped make Giannis an MVP and could do the same for Zion Williamson. From there, Milwaukee could include Donte DiVencenzo, D.J. Wilson, Ersan Ilyasova plus some draft picks to make the money work out. Holiday is owed 50 million over the next two years.

Some might say why not Bledsoe? Well, it could free him up for another deal to improve Milwaukee’s roster. Pelicans may want a point guard replacement back, and Horst could likely convince Griffin that Bledsoe can be that guy utilizing the same logic. Bledsoe helped Giannis become an MVP just like Lopez. If Horst could figure out a way to keep Brook, that would be a massive win, but that may be a hard task.

Holiday is number in my book for improving the Bucks roster and he should be in yours.

Charlie.