When the 2024 champion Boston Celtics traded Jrue Holiday to the Portland Blazers , many assumed the veteran guard was disgruntled about the move. For some veterans, moving on from a title-contending team amidst the latter stages of an NBA career isn't ideal. However, for Holiday, a two-time champion with the 2021 Milwaukee Bucks and Celtics, he's embraced his newfound role in Portland.

Holiday set the record straight with Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and the public, per Andscape's Marc Spears.

“Everyone was just talking about it. Nobody was really asking me about the trade,” Holiday told Spears after a preseason loss on October 8. “Everyone was assuming I was miserable or unhappy with it. But when I got the call from [Celtics president] Brad [Stevens], I was super excited.

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