Jrue Holiday Biography

Jrue Holiday, born on June 12, 1990, is an American professional basketball player who has played for the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA. He played one season of college basketball with the UCLA Bruins before being selected 17th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2009 NBA draft. Holiday was traded to the Boston Celtics in 2023 and won his second NBA championship with the team in 2024 before being traded back to Portland in 2025. He has been named to the NBA All-Star team twice and has earned six selections to the NBA All-Defensive Team. Holiday has won gold medals with the U.S. Olympic teams in both 2020 and 2024. He played in the McDonald's All-American Game, recording 14 points, five rebounds, three assists, and five steals. On November 5, 2010, Holiday set a career high with 29 points in a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.