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USA Today
24-06-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Jrue Holiday is so underappreciated
BREAKING: The Boston Celtics have traded Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN. Another summer, another Jrue Holiday trade to the Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers and Boston Celtics pulled off a trade while most of us were snoozing, reportedly swapping Holiday for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks in a deal that should give Boston some cap relief while also replacing a little of the offense they lost when Jayson Tatum went down with an Achilles injury. It wasn't all that unexpected… well, at least the Holiday part. We knew the Celtics were entering an offseason of likely changes as they approached the second apron of the NBA's collective bargaining agreement. Holiday was always a top candidate to be moved as a 35-year-old due $104M over the next three years with his game in apparent decline. It makes complete sense from Boston's side of things. That doesn't make the trade sting any less for Holiday, though. Putting myself in his shoes, this must suck so much. GRADES: Who won the Celtics-Blazers trade? Just imagine how it must feel to be traded by a team you just helped win a championship. Now imagine how it must feel to have that happen TWICE... in three years! As soon as things get shaky, Holiday just always seems to be the odd man out. Consistently friend zoned. Good enough to help a team win, but not good enough to commit to. In 2023, it was the Milwaukee Bucks who traded Holiday to Portland, two years after their championship run and just a day after he said he wanted to retire in Milwaukee. To make matters worse, his wife said the Bucks gave him no indication a trade was on the table. A month later, Portland flipped Holiday to Boston, where he presumably planned to finish his career after winning another title last summer -- just for it to happen all over again. Now, he finds himself back in Portland, where he should probably just get a permanent residence at this point. Think about how underappreciated Holiday has to feel right now. This is a two-time all-star with six All-Defensive teams on his resume. And he's a great locker room guy. He won the NBA's Sportsmanship Award for the second time in his career this season, and he's also a three-time recipient of the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award. He seems like a great guy. The 2024-25 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner is... Jrue Holiday!Holiday receives the Joe Dumars Trophy for the annual honor that recognizes the player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court. #NBAAwards I also don't think Holiday is done being a good player. Some will point to his scoring averages over the last two seasons dropping to his lowest since he was a rookie as proof of his decline. I would point to his role as the fifth offensive option on a loaded Boston team as an easy reason why he wasn't scoring as much. And though he didn't shoot the three quite as efficiently last season, he still had one of his best years inside the arc at 54 percent shooting. And even in decline, he's a far better defender than Simons ever will be. Also, let's not act like trading Holiday worked out well for the Bucks, who haven't made it out of the first round since. Look, I get it. At the end of the day, the NBA is a business and teams have to make tough decisions they may not want to make. That's what the Celtics did here, and I'm not even saying I blame them. Personal feelings can't get in the way of good team building. All I'm saying is you have to feel for Holiday, who will play for his fifth team if he ever suits up for Portland, which could flip him again. All he ever does is what he's asked to do, and all that does is help his teams win so much that he becomes expendable. Tyrese Haliburton has no regrets after Achilles surgery Tyrese Haliburton dropped a note on social media Monday night after surgery to repair his Achilles, and he had a lot to say. While Haliburton expressed "unfathomable" frustration for how his season ended, with a torn Achilles just minutes into Game 7 of the NBA Finals, he said he didn't regret his decision to play: "I'd do it again, and again after that, to fight for this city and my brothers. For the chance to do something special." Man. Don't know how to explain it other than shock. Words cannot express the pain of this letdown. The frustration is unfathomable. I've worked my whole life to get to this moment and this is how it ends? Makes no that I've gotten surgery, I wish I could count the… Haliburton apologized to Indiana for coming up short of a championship, but I'm sure the city and its fans didn't require that of him. He literally left it all on the court and they'll appreciate him forever for that. They'll also appreciate his effort to get back to his old self through what will surely be a long and tough rehab process. From everything Haliburton said, it sounds like he's up to it. We're all rooting for a speedy recovery. It sure sounds like the NFL colluded against guaranteed contracts Remember back in January, when the NFL won its case in a grievance by the NFLPA over the league's alleged collusion in not giving certain players guaranteed contracts when Lamar Jackson and Russell Wilson were seeking such deals? In the months since that ruling, both sides have been mum on what actually went down and we might just be finding out why now. Pablo Torre apparently got a hold of the previously unreleased 61-page ruling from the case by system arbitrator Christopher Droney, and on the latest episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out, he along with ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio uncover the potential truth about that case: the league did in fact collude against guaranteed contracts. EXCLUSIVE: Did a text calling Russell Wilson a "wuss" lead to the cover-up of NFL owners colluding against players?@PabloTorre and Mike Florio (@ProFootballTalk) reveal the secret document that billionaires and union execs don't want you to see: "Although the NFL won, the NFL lost," Florio wrote on his blog. "As Droney wrote at pages 55 and 56 of the January 14, 2025 ruling, 'There is little question that the NFL Management Council, with the blessing of the Commissioner, encouraged the 32 NFL Clubs to reduce guarantees in veterans' contracts at the March 2022 annual owners' meeting.' In other words, the NFL wanted its member teams to collude." The NFL ultimately won for a lack of evidence, but this seems damning enough. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the fallout of this becoming public. Quick hits: The A's break ground ... the Mets' new good luck charm ... and more And that's it, winners. We'll catch you tomorrow. Enjoy your day. 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Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NBA Announces Major Jrue Holiday News After Celtics' Win
On Tuesday night, the Boston Celtics blew out the Orlando Magic to win Game 5 of their first-round series and advance to the second round of the playoffs. The Celtics will take on the winner of the series between the New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons. As it stands, the Knicks lead the series 3-2 and will head to Detroit for Game 6. Regardless of who the Celtics match up with, fans should feel good about their odds to win the series and advance to the conference finals for the fourth consecutive year. Advertisement While they will rely heavily on their top players, such as Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, to lead them to another deep playoff run, the Celtics will also need their key role players to bring their A-games as well. This includes Jrue Holiday, who missed each of the team's last three games due to a hamstring injury. Following Boston's series victory over the Magic, the NBA made a notable announcement regarding Holiday, who remains a crucial part of the team's success. Boston Celtics guard Jrue HolidayDavid Butler II-Imagn Images Now in his 16th season in the NBA, Holiday has developed a reputation as a great teammate and locker room leader, and on Thursday, he was rewarded for this exact reputation. Advertisement According to the NBA Communications' official X page, Holiday has received the Joe Dumars Trophy and is the winner of the 2024-25 NBA Sportsmanship Award. This is the second time Holiday has received this award as he also won it during the 2020-21 season as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks. Holiday has constantly been one of the most important players on each team he has been on, and that is no different in his second season with the Celtics. As the Celtics aim to repeat as NBA Champions, they will rely heavily on Holiday to contribute in every aspect of the game. Related: Ja Morant Trade Report Turns Heads After Grizzlies' Loss to Thunder Related: Lakers Player Sends Message to Damian Lillard After Devastating News
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NBA ｜塞爾特人老將「假期哥」 第二度奪運動精神獎
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 20: Jrue Holiday #4 of the Boston Celtics dribbles against the Orlando Magic in Game One of the Eastern Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at TD Garden on April 20, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by) (Maddie Meyer via Getty Images) 塞爾特人老將「假期哥」賀列迪（Jrue Holiday），新鮮出爐榮膺2024-25年NBA運動精神獎，這是他生涯第二度贏得此殊榮，前一次是在2020-21球季效力公鹿時獲獎。 NBA運動精神獎自1995-96球季起每年頒發一次，旨在表彰最能在球場上體現運動精神與公平競爭理想的球員。獎盃以兩屆NBA總冠軍得主杜馬斯（Joe Dumars）命名，他亦是首屆獲獎者。 每支NBA球隊皆提名一位球員角逐年度運動精神獎，由聯盟高層組成的評審團，從30位提名人中選出六位決賽入圍者（每個分區一人），最終由現役NBA球員投票決定得主。 The 2024-25 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner is... Jrue Holiday! Holiday receives the Joe Dumars Trophy for the annual honor that recognizes the player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court. #NBAAwards — NBA (@NBA) May 1, 2025 除了兩次獲頒運動精神獎，賀列迪亦三度獲選為年度最佳隊友獎，表揚他無私的球風、在場內外的領袖氣質，及作為NBA球員榜樣的角色。此外，他亦是2024-25年度NBA社會正義冠軍獎的最終候選人之一，這是該獎設立五年以來，他第三度入圍決賽名單。 廣告 廣告 作為一位擁有16年資歷的老將，賀列迪兩度入選全明星，六度入選年度最佳防守陣容，並分別隨塞爾特人及公鹿奪得NBA總冠軍。他亦曾兩度代表美國男子國家隊出戰奧運，並奪得金牌。 總括而言，有獎又有品。
Time of India
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Jrue Holiday wins NBA's sportsmanship award for the second time, joining an elite club as the fifth player in history
Boston Celtics star Jrue Holiday (Image via) For the 2024-25 NBA season, Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday has won the NBA's sportsmanship award for the second time in his career. He is now only the 5th player in NBA history to have won the award more than once. With his team doing tremendously well in the postseason, having already moved to the Conference semifinals, Jrue has now yet another reason to celebrate. Jrue Holiday becomes fifth player with more than one NBA sportsmanship award Jrue Holiday topped the table with 34% of the first-place votes, which was cast by around 400 current NBA players, making him the winner for the second time. He first won this prestigious award in 2021, when he was with the Milwaukee Bucks . Now 4 years later, he has the honor again. — NBA (@NBA) Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Co-Founder of Google Brain, Andrew Ng, Is Reported To Have Read Every... Blinkist: Andrew Ng's Reading List Undo The sportsmanship award is called the Joe Dumars Trophy , named after the two-time champion and the inaugural winner of the sportsmanship award. Dumars won it during the 1995-96 season, and now the Basketball Hall of Famers name is forever etched alongside this prestigious award, that Jrue will receive at the end of the season. Jrue Holiday gains praise from Boston Celtics president Jrue Holiday has joined the likes of 4-time winner Mike Conley, 3-time winner Grant Hill, and 2-time winners Jason Kidd and Kemba Walker in this elite club of players to have won the award more than once. Hailing the 34-year-old, Boston Celtics President Brad Stevens said: 'In my experience, some of the best competitors are those who pair a quiet confidence with humility, show respect for the competition with their own preparation and work, and have the stamina to navigate the ups and downs of a season with grit and perspective. There is no better example of this than Jrue. He is the ultimate teammate and sets a great example for those striving to compete with integrity. His game does his talking, and his impact, on and off the court, goes well beyond his game.' His impact on and off the court has truly been tremendous, no wonder the Celtics star has everyone singing his praise. After such an incredible season, which the team has managed to continue into the postseason, things are only looking brighter for the star player. Also Read: Jrue Holiday wins 2025 NBA Sportsmanship Award beating out Kyrie Irving, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and more
Reuters
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Celtics' Jrue Holiday wins second Sportsmanship Award
May 1 - Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday won the NBA Sportsmanship Award for the second time on Thursday. Holiday, 34, previously received the Joe Dumars Trophy with the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2020-21 season. Presented since 1995-96, the award goes to the player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court. After each team nominated one player, a panel of league executives selected one finalist from each division. Current NBA players then voted for the winner. Holiday received a total of 134 first-place votes and 3,046 points in the balloting. Jarrett Allen of the Cleveland Cavaliers (56 first-place votes, 2,704 points) finished second and Kyrie Irving of the Dallas Mavericks (93, 2,640) placed third. Holiday is also a three-time winner of the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award and is a finalist for the 2024-25 NBA Social Justice Champion Award. He is a two-time All-Star, two-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Holiday averaged 11.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 62 games this season for the Celtics, who are awaiting their opponent in the Eastern Conference semifinals. --Field Level Media
