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00:00He made a legitimate case for Eastern Conference Finals MVP, if you look at the numbers comparatively
00:05to where Jalen and Jason were.
00:07And even in the finals, like game two, 26 points, like he had huge performances in the
00:13postseason and I leaned Drew just because that's why they went out and got him.
00:17They knew he was going to be on the floor and in the postseason when it mattered most
00:20and he was going to step up and play well when it mattered most.
00:23Like he's built that reputation and I keep going back to it, like when he was introduced
00:27as a Celtic, Brad Stevens was smiling the entire time.
00:31Like wouldn't take his eyes off Drew, kept smiling because they knew like that was the
00:36piece and it's funny, Savimi Hyluck was here last week with the Jazz and he was reminiscing
00:41on the championship run and he was asked like, when did you know this was a championship
00:45team?
00:46It was like when they got Drew.
00:47So Drew Holiday is the piece right there and they've kind of showed last year they can
00:51do it without Kristaps and I think he's going to be very important this year.
00:55If they are going to do it again, they're going to need Kristaps Porzingis, but I would
00:58lean with Drew being more important.
01:00See, I know we saw them win without Porzingis essentially last year and Holiday was great.
01:05I just feel like Holiday hasn't been as good this year and Oklahoma City specifically,
01:11you could need, you would need Porzingis even more.
01:14I mean, I, that's the matchup where they need him for sure.
01:16I mean, the matchups last year, I mean, you get to the finals and the two best players
01:19on the other side are both point guards and you're like, yeah, of course you want to.
01:21I also don't want to overlook game one from Kristaps.
01:24Like he punched them in the mouth right away.
01:26Like he swung that momentum right in Boston's favor, right from the opening quarter.
01:30So I give him credit for that.
01:31Might have been a six game series without him, that's true, yeah.
01:33They still would have won the series, but like that, when you're looking up and you're
01:37just getting overpowered like that, that opening run was incredible.
01:40So I don't want to discredit Kristaps because he was key in that, but I still do lean Drew
01:45and it's the thing is with Drew Holiday is not everything he does is quantified statistically.
01:50What he does as an anchor on the defense and his ball pressure and his ability to guard
01:55one through five is so important.
01:57So it's dangerous with Drew Holiday to just look at the box score because I think him
02:02and Al Horford sacrifice the most on this team where Al Horford's the one that comes
02:05off the bench after starting his entire career.
02:08And Drew Holiday, who's been a capable scorer who's led teams in scoring is not taking as
02:13many shots.
02:14Maybe it's unfair of me to just like give him the benefit of the doubt and say, well,
02:18I've seen it before.
02:19Drew Holiday will flip the switch.