Jrue Holiday

Jrue Holiday
	Holiday at the White House in 2021
No. 4 – Boston Celtics
Position	Shooting guard / point guard
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	June 12, 1990 (age 34); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Campbell Hall (Los Angeles, California)
College	UCLA (2008–2009)
NBA draft	2009: 1st round, 17th overall pick
	Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	2009–present
Career history
2009–2013	Philadelphia 76ers
2013–2020	New Orleans Pelicans
2020–2023	Milwaukee Bucks
2023–present	Boston Celtics
Career highlights and awards
	2× NBA champion (2021, 2024); 2× NBA All-Star (2013, 2023); 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2018, 2021, 2023); 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2019, 2022, 2024); 3× Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award (2020, 2022, 2023); NBA Sportsmanship Award (2021); Tenacious D MVP (2024) ; Pac-10 All-Freshman Team (2009); Gatorade National Player of the Year (2008); First-team Parade All-American (2008); Third-team Parade All-American (2007); McDonald's All-American (2008); California Mr. Basketball (2008);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

Jrue Randall Holiday (/druː/ DROO;^[3] born June 12, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one season with the UCLA Bruins before being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2009 NBA draft with the 17th overall pick.

Holiday played four seasons with Philadelphia before being traded to the New Orleans Pelicans in 2013. In 2020, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks and won his first NBA championship with the team in 2021. Holiday was later traded to the Boston Celtics in 2023 and won his second NBA championship with the team in 2024.

Holiday is a two-time NBA All-Star and six-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. He also won a gold medal with the 2020 U.S. Olympic team. He is widely regarded as one of the best defensive guards in NBA history.^[4]^[5]^[6]