Jrue Holiday

Jrue Holiday
	Holiday with the Boston Celtics in 2024
No. 5 – Portland Trail Blazers
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	June 12, 1990; Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Campbell Hall (Los Angeles, California)
College	UCLA (2008–2009)
NBA draft	2009: 1st round, 17th overall pick
Drafted by	Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	2009–present
Career history
2009–2013	Philadelphia 76ers
2013–2020	New Orleans Pelicans
2020–2023	Milwaukee Bucks
2023–2025	Boston Celtics
2025–present	Portland Trail Blazers
Career highlights
	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); 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
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

Jrue Randall Holiday (/druː/ DROO; born June 12, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers 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 the Philadelphia 76ers 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 via the Portland Trail Blazers in 2023 and won his second NBA championship with the team in 2024 before being traded back to Portland in the 2025 offseason.

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 and 2024 U.S. Olympic teams. Holiday is widely regarded as one of the best defensive guards in NBA history.