Jrue Holiday
American basketball player
Jrue Randall Holiday (born June 12, 1990) is an American basketball player. He plays for the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball with the UCLA Bruins.[1] He was picked by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2009 NBA draft.[2] He was picked in the first round of the draft. Holiday played with the 76ers for four seasons. He joined the New Orleans Pelicans in 2013. He won a gold medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] He helped the Milwaukee Bucks win the NBA Finals in 2021.[4]
Both of Holiday's parents played college basketball. They played at Arizona State University.[5]
References
change- ↑ "Commemorating the anniversaries of some of UCLA's most memorable NBA drafts". Daily Bruin. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ↑ "2009 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ↑ Reynolds, Tim (July 18, 2021). "Ready or not: Short-handed US basketball roster off to Tokyo". Associated Press. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ↑ "One win away, Jrue Holiday and the Milwaukee Bucks are staying the course". ESPN.com. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ Hayes, Marcus (June 25, 2018). "The true Jrue Holiday". Philadelphia Daily News. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013.