I think you will find a difficult time finding a better player than Holiday to slot in as your #3 option and starting guard opposite Lonzo.

They compliment each other so well.

Lonzo is a much better help defender. He plays some incredibly smart lanes and comes down in doubles with great timing. You also don’t see Lonzo get beat backdoor or sleeping. He’s a good on ball defender that can keep guys in front of him, but he’s an elite team defender.

Jrue is the opposite. He’s an incredible on ball defender to the point he can literally guard #1-5. Even in that GSW series where Durant feasted, he played excellent defense, but Durant is an absolute freak and knew he could shoot over him cleanly regardless of how good Holiday was doing. He knows how to put pressure on the ball handler without fouling. Jrue is the best on ball defender in the league imo. But Jrue is nowhere near the team defender that Lonzo is. He’s ok (I’d say his team defense “weakness” isn’t close to as good as Zo’s “on ball” also to be fair). He will occasionally attack as a helper, but it’s kind of hard when you get the “shutdown corner” assignment every night to help off the other teams superstars. But I’ve seen him get caught napping way too much for my taste, both backdoor cutting and allowing open, one-pass, threes. Both are physical enough to put bodies on potential rebounders, though advantage Lonzo here. Dudes a beast on the boards. When our defense is clicking, Favors is able to contain the paint, Lonzo is allowed to roam, and Jrue is allowed to attack the ballhandler, good god is it fun to watch.

Offensively, Lonzo’s best scoring asset is his set 3. Jrue has the ability to drive, collapse, and kick to Lonzo better than almost any 2 you’ll find. He’s not a natural distributor, but he’s so shifty and strong that he’s able to cause defenses to leave themselves exposed. Jrue himself is an excellent cutter in the halfcourt. I expect as they get comfortable, we will begin seeing more of those “backdoor” cuts we saw from Rondo/Jrue so often. Having a second player with Jrue’s skill sets also just allows you to have more options to attack directionally. It’s not “PG is here, screen comes, attack”. You can throw the ball along the wing and attack the defense from a different angle, especially after setting phony screens on the “strong side”. If Jrue could get his dang 3 back to high 30s, that’d be really nice.

Off the court, again, don’t think you could ask for a better mentor. Jrue is leading by example by saying he believes in these young guys. Both are fairly private dudes.

Here’s to hoping summer of 2020 has Jrue and Zo working out in LA together with his brothers and even Davis. That’d be really cool if some combo of NAW, Hart, or Ball participates. One thing you can say about Jrue. That dude is always in shape.