Ken Berger @KBergCBS (NBA Insider for CBS Sports) 34s Sixers send Holiday and 42nd pick to New Orleans for Noel (No. 6 pick) and Pelicans' 2014, slightly protected first-rounder.
Sam Amick (NBA Insider, USA Today) On Nerlens Noel trade: Jrue Holiday and 42nd pick to New Orleans, Sixers get Noel, and Pelicans 2014 first-rounder.
initial reaction seems to be that everybody is laughing at the 76ers: Clark Jenkins @Ballin_Rocker13 47s Hell yea we got jrue holiday for Noel? Philadelphia is retarded Philly now has no offense what so ever. Joshua Potter ™ @jtown2123 51s Why would you trade Jrue Holiday for Nerlens Noel? Philadelphia is drunk.. Colin Robbie @C_Rob214 51s Why would the sixers trade jrue holiday??? For Noel?? R u serious?? King Burns @awesome_blaise 59s Jrue Holiday for Noel?!?! Are you kidding me sixers?! #idiots Caleb Anderson @calebbbbbbbbbb 1m I swear if we trade jrue holiday for nerlens Noel I'm never watching the NBA again Jake Martin @JakeMartinPPHS 1m Jrue Holiday for Nerlens Noel is a great trade if you're New Orleans Derrick Okoth @DOSpeaks 1m New Orleans won big in the Noel trade. Jrue Holiday and Eric Gordon. Wow Young Rubio @JakeG910 1m They are trading Jrue Holiday for Noel? Wowwwwww Sean Buxton @BuxtonSean 1m Jrue holiday is an all-star... noel is injury prone what kind of trade is that? James Baker @DIEJAMES 1m The 76ers are idiots. Trading Jrue Holiday for Noel..... Kevan @ktjh24 2m WTHHH 76ers traded Jrue Holiday for freaking Nerlens Noel? What are the Sixers GMs thinking?! Kalim Ahmed @kalimthedream3 1m we got Noel. I'm happy about that but we traded our best player, jrue holiday absolutely idiotic Taylor Arnold™ @Undeniable_Tay 2m This draft been crazy. Sixers trading JRUE Holiday for Nerlens Noel? Dumb. T Dizzle™ @TylerPaplanus3 2m If this Jrue Holiday for Nerlens Noel trade is actually happening this would be the dumbest trade for the 76ers #1 OKC fan @getMOOREbans 3m Haha lmfao. 76ers just traded jrue holiday for noel Jared @JKnight1234 3m Philly is STUPID HAHAHA ShanBoii @shanchahal 3m I still can't believe Pelicans Got Jrue Holiday for Noel Samuel @MrWood00 3m The pelicans got Jrue holiday for Noel... wow Daulton Davis @daultond3 4m Wait... What?! Philly traded Jrue Holiday?!?!?! For Nerlens Noel?!?!?!?!?! Sometimes I really just hate Philly #areyouhigh darryl king @darrylking1 4m I'M DONE!!!!! Trading Jrue Holiday for Noel???? SoCrispy @cmbrooks31 5m I can't be reading this right. Jrue Holiday for Nerlens Noel. Philly is trying to destroy their franchise. Eric Sankary @EricSankary 5m Wow Philly traded Jrue Holiday for Nerlens Noel? Why? #whataretheythinking Sleepy Brown @SleepyBrown88 6m 0_o they traded Jrue Holiday??? For Noel?? Paul Albright @Paul_Albright 6m I'm about to cry, please don't trade jrue holiday for Noel T.J. Jefferson @toojiggy 6m Being a #Sixers fan is tough. Giving up Jrue Holiday for Noel? El Boy ⚽ @_Joel_ortiz 6m Jrue holiday for Nerlens Noel!?!? Got some crackhead GM's in the NBA Spencer Dawson @spencer11WP 7m Did they really trade jrue holiday for Noel that's crazy Larry Spence @Stay_NepTUNEDin 7m There is no way the Sixers traded Jrue Holiday for Noel!! Are they drunk?! who runnin y'all team?! Kyle Kilmer @__KyleKilmer__ 7m Why did the 76ers trade away Jrue Holiday for Noel! That's retarded P. Laflare HeAt GaNg @Ajr1991Laflare 7m WOW Jrue Holiday to the N.O Pelicans for Nerlens Noel. Victor Caine @VicNast 7m Did I hear it right that 76ers traded jrue holiday for Nerlens Noel? They just continue to blow it Colton Dozier @Dozier_313 7m Philly is really about to trade Jrue Holiday for Nerlens Noel. Smh Dumb as hell Jason Stanley @CaliBoyJason 7m Sixers trading Jrue Holiday! For Nerlens Noel. Dumb trade. July 29 @bobbybails 7m No longer a sixers fan why would you give up jrue holiday for Noel?! Kobe Jr. @Born_Ready1 8m How do you let go of Jrue Holiday for Noel. If I was a sixers fan I would be sick. K2Tall @KB_1017 8m Wait jrue holiday for nerlens Noel smhhh horrible !!!!! Jrue holiday an elite guard Jacob Dennis @jakeyd_8 8m Crazy. Definitely a win for the Pelicans Christian Bale @SuspendedChris 8m Sixers management is horrible ☦♛SEGY♛☦ @S_3_G_Y 8m Why trade Jrue Holiday for Nerlens Noel stupidest trade ever Jonas Washington @jmizzal 8m 76ers gave up Jrue Holiday who is an all star for Noel, you gotta be kidding me Johnny Ortiz @FullthrottleUYR 8m Imma be pissed if that Jrue holiday for Nerlen Noel rumor is true! Juju @JujuSwagyy 8m 76ers trade jrue holiday for noel he was the closes thing they had to becoming iverson Jazmine_Bre @Dr_Brown92 9m Omfg. thats a DUMB TRADE! i like Jrue Holiday. stupid. ©〽 @ItsHim_Chance 9m Sixers Might Be The Dumbest Team. . Why Would You Trade Jrue Holiday?! Especially For Noel!! Raphiel Bacar @raphielbacar 9m The 76ers just won something. The dumbest trade of the yr Brian Paul @BigEasyBP 9m 76ers did not just trade Jrue Holiday for Noel... Keenan Woofter @KWoofs23 9m Did Philly really trade jrue holiday?!? For Noel?! Cory Schweigert @cschweigert 10m I'm stunned by this Jrue Holiday for Noel trade. I'd hate it if I'm a Sixer fan S.i.m.b.a.h. Marley @_shortmanswagg 10m They gave up Jrue Holiday for Noel?!!! Stupid!! Sebastian Guerra @Seabaaass 11m 76ers GM... You are stupid. Jrue Holiday for Noel? Really? Twinn the Human @TwinBnotTwinA 11m Philly traded Jrue Holiday for Noel? Stupid. SPC Lee Dean @Feddy_Bear 11m Damn that Jrue Holiday Nerlen Noel trade is crayyy didn't see that coming TIM HIRSCH @TimmyDirsch 11m Steal of the draft pelicans getting jrue holiday for Noel J Mayn @KingJupac810 11m Woooowwwwwww they traded Jrue Holiday fo Noel Jeeeeezus @GodFoxJamal 11m Whatttt the 76ers traded jrue holiday!!!!!!!!!! For nerlens Noel bahahahahahahahahahaha Sav Young @RichYoungin 12m Omg Philly traded Jrue Holiday for Noel wtfff is Philly thinking Super Saiyan Vince @SlimSosa502 12m Bruh ats the craziest thing I done seen!! Jrue Holiday for Nerlens Noel!! They high Sweet James Jones @2Shanez 12m Jrue holiday for Noel...the Fck were they thinking IG: __alex34 @_HoustonOldHead 13m They traded jrue holiday for Noel? 76ers stupid D.J. @DATSMYDEEJAYY 13m Whoever is in charge of the 76er needs to be fired RIGHT NOW!! U trade Jrue Holiday for Nerlens Noel??? Fukkin dumb smfh Joseph @kaygee_6 13m Jrue Holiday for Noel? wow. What a stupid trade. 76ers will be 27th overall in 2k14.. Ciarra Sneed @Cici_Lashea 14m Wait Philly traded Jrue Holiday for Noel? What! Fuck The Ravens @BlakePiffin 16m PHILLY TRADED JRUE HOLIDAY FOR NOEL LMAOOOOOOOOOO Geb Guddaye @SchoolboyGeb 18m Philly is retarted for trading Jrue Holiday for Noel arya gharibian @Arya_G_ 20m 76ers are stupid if they trade Jrue holiday for Noel
initial reactions from one 76ers forum: --Jrue, thanks for the hard work, and great play, and nothing personal, don't make New orleans too good next year. --Never expected this. Always will be rooting for Jrue. Love that kid --Gonna miss him. Will be rooting for him in New Orleans. --Thanks Jrue! --Jrue is my favorite player --hate to see Jrue go. --one of my favorite players, I'll always root for him. damn, shocked. --Jrue being out west now has the opportunity to continue being an all star. Thats awesome for him! All the great point guards are playing in the east. Parker is getting older, Chris Paul of course will be a mainstay but Jrue should have a fair shot at being a consistant all star out west. Love you Jrue! damn now I got to go find a new favorite Sixer. --Met Jrue once and he was nice to me and my family. Couldn't ask for a better representative for the team on and off the court. Disappointed the sixers traded him. An excellent player we put the time into training him and now he's going to another team when he's just entering his prime. Wish him the best of luck in New Orleans. --Definitely miss Jrue, but I think it was the right thing to shake things up. --Love Jrue, but I guess I get this...if Noel's knee pans out (it's an ACL so I'm not worried like it's a 1970 surgery), a big PG, and potentially another lottery pick next year. Hate to see Jrue go, but there are tough decisions that need to be made... --Sixers just entered full tank mode. Crazy trade, not even trying to hide it, trying to rebuild through the 2014 draft. --I was pissed at first. But you know what? We are tanking. This is what most of is wanted. Little shocking, but I like it. Can't complain. Noel, 11th, and two 1st round picks next year (the 1st we got from the Hornets should be around 12-16). More trades to come I think. --Love Jrue, shocked to see him. Good luck with the Pelicans! --I'm completely in shock. --i cant breathe. --Stunned Holiday is being moved...OMG!!
these were his responses to the trade: --Best.Day.Ever. --THATS why you take Noel! Gets you a real life NBA player. An ALL-STAR in Jrue Holliday. WOW! --2013 and 2014 picks for Jrue Holliday? I would do that 100 out of 100 times. Awesome! --I dont care who goes where, there is one thing that is certain: The Pelicans got BY FAR the best player any team will acquire tonight --I have said for a while now - our 2014 pick is a great asset to sell right now. Dell must have been listening. You are welcome Dell! --My dream was that we would trade the 2014 pick. My dream came true! --For those asking, Holliday will be in first year of a 4 year/44 million dollar extension. 11 mil every year. Pelicans still ahve flexibility --You can bet on the future. I will take All-Stars. --(retweeted): we got a known top tier PG for two unknown commodities. I'll take that every time --Fans always say, "We can't get an All Star to come to New Orleans." Dell Demps just did! And a young one at that...he JUST turned 23. --(someone asked him if Milwaukee's 23-year-old Brandon Jennings was better than Jrue Holliday, and he replied,) not even close. Jrue is a 9, Jennings is a 6 --I gotta write. Everybody else just gets to sit back and enjoy
Its a great trade, but the Pels are now very top-heavy in guards and still desparately need a small forward.
Comments from the main page of an NBA forum: --As a Sixers fan, at first I was completely floored and sickened. Now I'm thinking about it, and I like it. Look, the Sixers have been stuck in mediocrity for years. The TANK is on for 2014. Wiggins/Parker we are coming for you. Michael Carter Williams/Nerlens Noel is going to be fun to watch this season. Sixers are in a total rebuild. 2 good 1st round picks next year. I like it --Philly just gave away one of best up and coming point guards in the league.Noel is no guarantee by any means. There's a reason why he was passed up by 5 other teams. Pelicans have a really strong backcourt now in addition to Anthony Davis. On top of all that they have around $20 million in cap space. --In other news, the Sixers will be paying fans to come to games next year. --Man we'll suck next year. But damn, this is exactly what we needed. --Sixers just went into full tank mode --Philly needed to tank & don't ask any questions along the way. Just do it. I expect the Jrue & Davis combo in New Orleans to do some damage immediately. --Sixers fans have literally been watching mediocrity for 25 years. This is a TRUE rebuild. I love it. I love Jrue to death, but no more winning 38 games and being stuck on the treadmill. --Holiday and Davis would be a pretty good and exciting 1-2 punch.
Demps presser was just on radio, he couldn't comment on anything per NBA moratorium, but says he'd love to sit down with the press and talk when thats over. He did say he wasn't surprised the way the draft went down as they were well-prepared for every possible scenario
Now Hebert signs off and they cut to the national analysts, and their first headline right off the bat was Jrue Holliday to New Orleans, which they said was amazing, then they ran thru the other headlines, now are talking about Spurs Now Boston and that blockbuster deal sending off KG and Pierce to Nets
Sports Illustrated NBA draft 2013: Winners and losers by Ben Golliver Winners New Orleans Pelicans : One of the major talking points entering Thursday was how many — if any — of this year’s prospects had the potential to develop into All-Stars. While everyone else waits a few years to find out the answer to that question, the Pelicans landed a franchise point guard in Jrue Holiday who, at just 23, is already a certified All-Star. He will have a harder time getting back to the midseason classic now that he’s in the Western Conference, but Holiday took a major step forward last season, posting career highs across the board and carrying an otherwise sad-sack Sixers team as far as he could. The sweet part about acquiring Holiday, though, is his contract. Signed to a four-year, $41 million rookie extension last fall, it’s important to remember that the clock on that deal starts ticking in 2013-14. In other words, he’s locked in for four full seasons at a very reasonable rate. Holiday (age 23), Anthony Davis (age 20), Ryan Anderson (age 25) and Eric Gordon (age 24) provide a very nice talent base. Even better, the Pelicans reportedly assured top-five protection on the 2014 first-round pick they sent to the Sixers, meaning they can still win big in a loaded lottery if things don’t pan out immediately. Last note: Thanks to Davis, New Orleans needed Noel less than just about everyone else in the draft. This was an excellent way to cash out on Noel as an asset that had greater external than internal value.
