According to Jake Fischer, the Blazers will “field plenty of external trade interest in (Jrue) Holiday in coming weeks and months.”

Fischer also writes that Holiday hopes it doesn’t happen and wants to be a part of something and build.

Too bad.

Holiday might be the perfect addition for this Utah Jazz team, and if they want to make a bid for him, they should. Utah will need more ballhandling and defense, and Holiday would provide both. That said, Holiday is 35 years old and also has two years left on his contract ($34.8M for the next two seasons).

Would Utah be willing to make a trade happen? It might be difficult. Utah has a few big contracts to send, but they don’t make sense. The only ones close are Markkanen and Jackson’s contracts, and they’re obviously not going to do that. So the question is: is there a sign-and-trade that makes sense? Outside of that, it probably can’t happen. But it is worth considering moves like this going forward for the Jazz. Now that they are in win-now mode, there’s no reason they shouldn’t look at moves that could help them fill gaps in their roster. Maybe Jrue Holiday could be one of those additions at some point.