JUVIE HIM: The Celtics’ Jrue Holiday claims that a harrowing family experience helped him in his trade.

Guard for the Boston Celtics Jrue Holiday had a terrifying experience before to playing for the Milwaukee Bucks. When his wife was six months pregnant in 2016, he learned that she had a benign brain tumor.

Holiday said that period of his life helped him endure the Bucks trade because they were able to get through it.

In an April 3 report, Holiday said to The Ringer’s Mirin Fader, “I think it helped me prepare for [the trade].” “Life does touch you in different ways at different times, and you may just pick up this lesson subliminally. .. I am aware that some people lose hope in life. However, I believe that for me, and I am not sure why—perhaps it is because of my religion, maybe it is because of my family’s support—it has always worked out to be something I learned from and that has strengthened me enormously.

With the Bucks, Holiday had made his second All-Star team and won a championship. Before being traded to the Celtics, he spent five days as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Jrue Holiday’s Detailed First Response to the Trade

Holiday acknowledged how shocked he was that the Bucks made the move, despite the fact that it went through. When he first got the news, he told Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors how it all transpired.

Holiday provided all the information about the Draymond Green Show episode that aired on March 26.

“I am dozing off. I reply, “I will give him a call back,” when I see that the GM has called. My representative then called me after a mere two seconds. When I answer his phone, he asks to speak with someone else. “Nah bro, I am sleeping,” I say. “Well, you got traded, so you should probably call him back,” he says. I eventually looked at my phone, and he texted me all of the events, saying things like, “Yeah we traded you here, here.” When I called him later, he said something like, “Yeah, we traded you for Damian Lillard.” Thus, I was clueless as well.

With his past there, Holiday emphasized that he hoped the Bucks had informed him in advance.

“I think it was just shocking to me because I should have been informed 24 hours ahead of time instead of five minutes.” And perhaps my demands are excessive. It is almost like, “Well, we won, and I won there.”The Celtics and Jrue Holiday Are Both Interested in Extending

For the 2024–25 campaign, Holiday has a $37.4 million player option. He could choose to become a free agent. He may, however, negotiate a deal with the Celtics in advance. Brian Windhorst of ESPN reports that both parties wish to resolve it.

He is also qualified as of April 1. He is currently eligible, but as of April 1st, he will become even more eligible—this seems weird. Less restrictions apply to what he can sign as of April 1. Furthermore, I believe that there is a desire to move forward with the project as quickly as possible on all sides. On the March 25 episode of “The Hoop Collective,” Windhorst stated, “I am not sure if they do or not.

Although Holiday and the Celtics have not yet reached an agreement on an extension, this could alter in the days to come.

For Heavy.com, Matt John covers the NBA, concentrating on the Boston Celtics. He was born in Massachusetts and has been covering the NBA since 2018. He has worked for Basketball Insiders, FanSided, and Basketball News.Additional information on Matt John