The Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to trade All-Star guard Jrue Holiday to the Boston Celtics, elevating the Eastern Conference arms race, sources told ESPN on Sunday morning. The Celtics are sending center Robert Williams III, guard Malcolm Brogdon, a 2024 first-round pick via Golden State and a 2029 first-round pick to the Blazers, sources said. The Blazers are expected to want to keep Williams to pair with new center Deandre Ayton, but Brogdon will likely be part of additional trade talks upon his arrival in Portland, sources said. Absent another trade, Brogdon will start the season with Portland. The Blazers are committed to a young group of guards including No. 3 draft pick Scoot Henderson, 2022 first-round pick Shaedon Sharpe and Anfernee Simons, who signed a $100 million extension last summer. Even before a potential Brogdon deal, the Blazers have a significant return to show for the Lillard trade: Ayton, Williams, Brogdon, and first-round picks in 2024 (via Golden State, protected 1-4), 2029 (Milwaukee unprotected) and 2029 (Boston unprotected). The Blazers also have pick swaps with the Bucks in 2028 and 2030. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38538353/sources-celtics-add-jrue-holiday-trade-blazers
Just checked out Robert Williams career stats. A few things jumped out - Orat: 142 Drat: 103 - (league average is around 112) PER: 22.3 - (league average is 15.0) Damn. If this dude can stay healthy, he could really make a difference.
It's not gonna happen, but I would LOVE it if Robert Williams had "Time Lord" on the back of his jersey, AND he wore the number 42. from wiki: number 42 The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years. Unfortunately, no one knows what the question is.
If anything, the number 13 is how many lives a time lord can have as their genetics limit regenerations to 12. (Doctor who lore)
consider how good his teammates are also. they've been a top team for his entire tenure w/him or w/o him.
Even though as far as I can tell, his nickname it has nothing to do with it, but Time Lord is a Doctor Who reference not Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Do people realize how elite a defender he is? Just having him on the floor for 20 mpg will be a massive impact. And his passing out of the short roll isn't shabby either.
Having an elite shot blocker like Williams is going to be huge. Our most elite shot blocker since Ratliff?
