Jrue Holiday
Jrue Holiday was born in Chatsworth, California, United States on June 12th, 1990 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 33, Jrue Holiday biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jrue Randall Holiday (born June 12, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans 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 for the 17th overall pick.
Holiday spent four seasons with Philadelphia, where he was named an NBA All-Star in his fourth season before being traded to the Pelicans in 2013.
He is a member of the NBA All-Defensive Team for two seasons.
Personal life
Both of Holiday's brothers, Justin and Aaron, are also NBA players. Lauren, his younger sister, played college basketball on UCLA's women's team.
Lauren Cheney, a midfielder for the United States women's national soccer team, was born in July 2013. During his first season at UCLA, the two players appeared at a UCLA women's basketball game for the first time. A young girl questioned if he was Darren Collison and begged for his autograph as he approached his seat. "Don't be concerned, you're cuter than Darren is," Cheney, who was seated behind him, said after explaining that he was not Collison and about to take his seat." Both were in relationships with others at the time, but they became close friends and started dating after being drafted by the Sixers. They later began hosting annual combo basketball and soccer clinics at UCLA.
Since being diagnosed with a brain tumor in September 2016, Holiday took indefinite leave from the Pelicans to care for his wife. Lauren had brain surgery just weeks after giving birth to J.T., the couple's daughter. (Jrue Tyler) In late 2020, Holiday and his wife Lauren had their second child, a boy named Hendrix.
A Christian holiday is a Christian. "I'm a Christian believer with a belief in Jesus Christ," holiday says. So when I have no influence on situations concerning which I have no influence, I believe and have peace.”
High school career
Shawn and Toya (née DeCree) Holidays were born. Both his parents played basketball at Arizona State, where Toya was named Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1982. In Studio City, California, Holiday attended Campbell Hall School. He averaged 25.9 points, 11.2 rebounds, 6.9 assists, and 4.8 steals per game as a senior. The team went 31–5 and captured the California Division IV state title. The No. 1 in holiday was ranked No. 1. The No. 1 point guard and the No. 66 are the two guards in a one-point defense. Rivals.com has the best overall prospect in the Class of 2008. He was named as the 2008 Gatorade National Player of the Year and as a Parade first-team All-American. He appeared in McDonald's All-American Game, scoring 14 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and 5 steals.
College career
Holiday played with fellow NBA player Darren Collison in the backcourt at UCLA in 2008-2009. Holiday averaged 8.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.6 steals in 27.1 minutes per game in 35 games (all starts). He shot 47.0 percent from 3-point range and 76% from the line, earning Pac-10 All-Freshman Team accolades. He scored a career-high 20 points on a flawless 8-of-8 shooting against Florida International in only 19 minutes. In UCLA's one-point victory over Virginia Commonwealth in the first round of the NCAA tournament, he had 13 points and six assists. He declared himself in the NBA draft after the season, forgoing his final three years of college eligibility.
Professional career
In the 2009 NBA draft, the Philadelphia 76ers drafted Holidays 17th overall. He scored a season-high 25 points against the Toronto Raptors on April 3, 2010. He set a new career high by scoring 29 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers on November 5, 2010. Against the New Jersey Nets on February 2, 2011, he scored 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists for his first three-double appearance. He set a new career record by defeating the Chicago Bulls on March 17, 2012. He set a new career record by defeating the Phoenix Suns on November 25, 2012, scoring 33 points. He scored 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists against the Suns on January 2, 2013. He matched his career peak by 33 points against the Toronto Raptors on January 18, 2013. He scored a career-high 35 points against the New York Knicks on January 26, 2013. He was selected as a reserve for the 2013 NBA All-Star game two days before. The 22-year-old Holiday made his first All-Star pick, becoming the youngest franchise character to be named an All-Star.
Holiday was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans on July 12, 2013 in exchange for Nerlens Noel and the Pelicans' 2014 first-round draft pick. His 2013–14 season came to an end early in the season after a strain fracture in his right tibia in February 2014. Due to the shin injury, he had not played since January 8. He made 14.3 points, 7.9 assists, and 1.6 steals per game in 34 games.
Holidays earned 5,000 career points against the Washington Wizards on January 5, 2015. He was out for three weeks after aggravated an already injured lower right leg. After missing 41 games, he came back to action much later than expected, playing off the bench against the Phoenix Suns on April 10.
Holiday scored a career-high 38 points against the Charlotte Hornets on March 9, 2016. He was out for the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with a right interior orbital wall fracture on March 29.
Holiday played in the Pelicans' first 12 games while on a leave of absence to care for his wife on November 18, 2016. In a 113–101 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, he scored 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting in 23 minutes off the bench. In a 124-122 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on January 23, 2017, he had 33 points and 10 assists.
Holiday re-signed with the Pelicans on July 6, 2017. In a 122-118 loss to the Toronto Raptors on November 9, he had a season-high 34 points and 11 assists. In a 125-115 loss to the Golden State Warriors on December 4, he scored 34 points. He made five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, scoring 19 of his 34 points, helping the Pelicans beat the Philadelphia 76ers 131-124. In a 130-123 loss to the Houston Rockets, he had a season-high 37 points. He scored 28 of his 36 points after halftime to lead the Pelicans to a 123-121 overtime victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on February 25, 2018. In a 121-116 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, he had 19 points and 17 assists on March 6, he had 19 points and 17 assists. In a 107-103 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on March 27, he had 21 points, 11 assists, and 11 rebounds. Holiday had a career-high 33 points in Game 2 of the Pelicans' first-round playoff series against the Trail Blazers, assisting New Orleans in their 111–102 victory, giving the Pelicans a 2–0 series lead. Holiday scored 41 points as the Pelicans won by 131–123 over Game 4 in Game 4. In Game 5, the Pelicans went on to lose in five games to the Warriors in the second round, with Holiday scoring 27 points, ten rebounds, and 11 assists.
In a 107-98 victory over the Chicago Bulls on November 7, 2018, Holiday had 17 points, ten rebounds, and nine assists. With his fifth game, he tied for his fifth career assists. In a 126-110 victory over the Raptors on November 12, he had 29 points and tied a season record with 14 assists. In a 129-126 loss to the Clippers on December 3, he had season highs of 32 points and 14 assists. In a 116–108 victory over the Detroit Pistons on December 9, he scored 37 points. In a 121-116 victory over the Rockets on January 29, he had 19 points, eight assists, six rebounds, and a career-high six blocks, his first guard in NBA history, with at least 17 points, six rebounds, seven assists, and six blocks in a game. He underwent season-ending surgery on March 26 to fix a core muscle injury.
He and his brothers Justin and Aaron of the Pacers became the first trio of brothers to attend an NBA court simultaneously on December 28, 2019.
Holiday scored a season-high 37 points to lead off nine rebounds and eight assists in a 120-107 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 8, 2020.
Holiday was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a four-team trade involving the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder on November 24, 2020. In a game against the Memphis Grizzlies on March 4, 2021, Holiday scored 15 points in 23 minutes and took a game-winning 11 foot jump shot. In a win over the Kings on April 3, Holiday had a season-high 33 points on 14-of-23 shooting with seven rebounds and 11 assists. He decided to a four-year contract extension with the Bucks worth up to $160 million the following day. Holiday had a choice for the 2021-22 season worth $26 million. Holiday's average was 1.63 steals per game for the Bucks, which was fifth-best in the league, on his way to a NBA First Team All Defense pick. He had multiple steals in 32 games, the second-most of any player in the league over the season.
Holiday defeated the Miami Heat 132-98 in the first round playoff series on May 24, 2021, with a postseason high 15 assists, 11 points, and 7 rebounds. The Bucks eventually won the series 4–0. Holiday led the Bucks to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1974 in Game 6 of the Conference Finals against the Atlanta Hawks. Holiday was up 27 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists, and pulled a critical block from Devin Booker in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, helping the Bucks beat the Suns 123-119. Milwaukee defeated Milwaukee 105-98, beating the Suns 4–2, securing the 2021 NBA championship for the Bucks and awarding Holiday his first championship.
Holiday skipped six games due to an ankle injury in October 2021. In a victory over the Indiana Pacers, where Milwaukee was without its other two "big three" players, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton, on December 15, 2021, Holiday scored 26 points and collected 14 assists. In a 116–112 overtime loss against his former team, the New Orleans Pelicans, Holiday scored a career-high 40 points, grabbed 5 rebounds, and added 5 assists with 2 steals. Holiday banked in a driving layup with 1.9 seconds left on March 2, 2022, and the Milwaukee Bucks soared from a 14-point deficit in the first six minutes to defeat the Miami Heat 120–119. He had 25 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 2 steals in the game. In a 118-112 victory over the Chicago Bulls, Holiday scored 16 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter (10 in the final 5 minutes) along with 8 rebounds and 5 assists. In a 120-119 overtime victory over the Brooklyn Nets on March 31, Holiday scored 18 points and grabbing a season-high 8 rebounds.
Holiday defeated the Bulls by 119-95 on April 24, with 26 points and 7 assists in Game 4 of the first round of the playoffs. In Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, he scored 25 points, including the game-winner, in a 103-101 victory over the Boston Celtics on May 7. Marcus Smart was beaten on the Celtics' last two games, with a block and a steal to hold the Bucks' lead in a comeback victory over the fourth quarter after overcoming a 14-point deficit in Game 5. Holiday had 24 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists. Despite Holiday's 21-point, 5-rebound, 8-assist, and 2-steal outing, the Bucks will continue to lose to Celtics in Game 7 on Game 7.