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ESPN News Services
Jul 7, 2025, 03:42 PM ET
The Portland Trail Blazers' acquisition of two-time All-Star defender Jrue Holiday was announced arsenic authoritative connected Monday but has been amended from the presumption reported connected June 23.
The Boston Celtics volition person defender Anfernee Simons, but 2 aboriginal second- circular picks are not portion of the trade. It is present a consecutive player-for-player swap.
Trades could not beryllium announced until they were finalized with the commencement of the caller league twelvemonth connected Sunday.
The Oregonian archetypal reported connected Monday that a reappraisal of Holiday's aesculapian past did not uncover thing to negate the commercialized but led the Trail Blazers to alteration presumption of the transaction. The 35-year-old Holiday, who missed 20 games past play owed to aggregate injuries, is considered steadfast and disposable for grooming campy successful September, per the report.
The Celtics person shed players with ample contracts, specified arsenic Holiday and forward/center Kristaps Porzingis, who was traded to the Atlanta Hawks. Star guardant Jayson Tatum tore his close Achilles tendon successful the 2nd circular of the playoffs and a agelong betterment play is expected.
Holiday, who volition gain $32.4 cardinal adjacent season, is owed astir $72 cardinal combined successful 2026-27 and 2027-28 connected the backmost extremity of a four-year, $134.4 cardinal declaration helium signed with the Celtics successful April of 2024.
Simons, 26, joins the Celtics connected an expiring contract. The woody saves Boston astir $40 cardinal successful luxury taxation payments adjacent season.
In 2023, Portland landed Holiday successful a woody with the Milwaukee Bucks for Damian Lillard, past sent the 16-year seasoned to Boston and acquired a brace of first- circular picks. Holiday ne'er played a crippled for the Blazers.
In his archetypal play with the Celtics, Holiday played an instrumental relation successful the team's tally to the 2024 NBA title, shooting a career-high 42.9 percent from 3-point scope successful 2023-24 and earning All-Defensive squad honors. He averaged 11.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.1 steals past season.
Holiday was a first-round prime (No. 17 overall) of the Philadelphia 76ers successful 2009. He has vocation averages of 15.8 points, 6.2 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals with the 76ers (2009-13), New Orleans Pelicans (2013-20), Bucks (2020-23) and Celtics successful 1,037 games (956 starts). He won his archetypal NBA rubric with Milwaukee successful 2021 and is simply a six-time All-Defensive Team selection.
Simons, 26, was besides a first-round enactment astatine No. 24 wide by the Blazers successful 2018. He averaged 19.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.8 assistance past season.
In 7 seasons with Portland, helium averaged 15.0 points, 3.3 assists and 2.5 rebounds implicit 389 games (213 starts). He has averaged astir 9 3-point attempts per crippled the past 3 seasons and is simply a vocation 38.1-percent shooter from distance.
Field Level Media contributed to this story.
