The NBA, like all professional sports, is a cold business. Not even the longtime veterans are safe from it. UCLA alum Jrue Holiday has been in the league for ov

The Raptors called the Celtics with the No. 9 pick in the 2025 draft, though it doesn't sound like Boston was very interested in the selection.

For now, the Celtics also have a scoring punch in the backcourt from Anfernee Simons, who they acquired in the Holiday trade with Portland. However, many reports since Simons’ arrival have indicated that Boston might be parting with the guard before he ever plays a game with the franchise.

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images From college athletes to going pro – NBA player Jrue Holiday and former U.S. Women's National Soccer Team player Lauren Holiday have stuck by each other's sides through it all.

Jrue Holiday is officially a member of the Portland Trail Blazers, but, in the press release, the Blazers announced a trade that looks different than the one that was reported two weeks ago. Anfernee Simons is still going to the Boston Celtics in a guard-for-guard swap,

The Boston Celtics began to re-tool their once championship roster this offseason by trading away point guard Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers. However, per NBA insider Jake Fischer, the Celtics turned down a very aggressive offer from the Toronto Raptors.

The Toronto Raptors were reportedly willing to part with RJ Barrett and the No. 9 pick in last month’s draft in an aggressive pursuit of Jrue Holiday. According

But for those of us who do not fit that particular outline of Celtics fandom, the hosts of the CLNS Media "How Bout Them Celtics!" podcast, Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance, took some time on a recent episode of their show to talk us all through the logic.

Jrue shared that he was introduced to Lauren at a UCLA women’s basketball game after a young fan mistook Jrue for his teammate Darren Collison. When he sat down in his seat, Lauren turned to him and said, “Don’t worry, you’re cuter than Darren is.”

Brad Stevens and the Celtics front office did their tough work early this offseason by dealing away Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday in cost-cutting moves that slashed Boston’s projected record-breaking luxury tax bill by $210 million for the 2025-26 season.