Jrue Holiday

Jrue Holiday is exactly the kind of player I admire most. Drafted 17th overall out of UCLA in 2009, he never became a flashy scoring star, and that is the whole point. He built a long, respected career on suffocating defense and selfless winning basketball, the work that does not always show up in highlight reels but decides championships. At 6-foot-4 he guards the toughest assignment on the floor every night and asks for no credit. To me he embodies the unglamorous backbone every great team needs, and his longevity is the quiet reward for that discipline.

Name (English)

Jrue Holiday

Name (Japanese)

ジュルー・ホリデー

Reading

じゅるー・ほりでー

Born

June 12, 1990 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Horse

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Height

193 cm

Occupation

basketball player

University

University of California, Los Angeles

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jrue%20Holiday
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AA%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622213

Tags

• California
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-16

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