104 million yuan left in the contract! Holiday s condition declines, American News: He needs to be the draft pick to send him away

On May 22, according to US media reporter Jake Fischer, if the Celtics want to send Holiday away this summer, they may need to pay for draft pick compensation, because the 34-year-old veteran has three years and $104 million left in the contract. Although he has won two championships in the Bucks and the Celtics, considering his age and condition, it will be difficult for other teams to bear the veteran's big contract, and it is not easy for the Celtics to send him away.

When the Celtics won the championship last season, Holiday was also a hero of the team's championship. In that year, he averaged 13.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.6 blocks per game. His shooting percentage was as high as 50.3%, and his three-point shooting percentage reached 40.2%. He played an extremely important role around Tatum and Brown. Not only can he score and connect, but his defense is also very important to the team. It can be said that the Celtics were able to win the championship last season, and Holiday made great contributions.

However, in this year's playoffs, Holiday's form plummeted. He only played two games due to injury in the first round, scoring 9 points and 11 points respectively, with a shooting percentage of less than 40%. In the second round of the series with the Knicks, Holiday was beaten by Brunson. He was unable to do so on the defensive end, allowing Brunson to average 26.2 points per game in this round of the series, while he scored single-digit points in 6 games and 3 games on the offensive end, and his shooting efficiency was also very poor.

In the entire playoffs this year, Holiday was able to hand in only 9.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4 assists. Compared with his brave performance last season, Holiday's decline this season is still very obvious.

As the Celtics are eliminated in the divisional semi-finals, the team management also needs to seriously consider the expenditure next season and the huge luxury tax they need to face. According to salary experts, the Celtics' salary and luxury tax combined next season may exceed 500 million, because the Tatum contract is about to take effect. But considering that Tatum suffered a serious injury to the Achilles tendon, he may miss the entire season, and the Celtics' current lineup seems to be unable to reach the championship. In order to reduce expenses, many media believe that the Celtics will reorganize their lineup this summer, and Possian and Holiday will be sent away.

Judging from the performance this season, Holiday's transaction value is not high. As Jake Fischer said, the Celtics may need to take a draft pick as compensation if they want to send Holiday away. After all, Holiday's 34-year-old is declining so quickly. As they get older, Holiday's performance will only get worse and worse. And his salary will be more than 30 million US dollars each season, which is not many teams able to bear. In this case, if the Celtics do not take advantage of valuable assets, it will be difficult for them to deal with Holiday's contract this summer.