After being traded to the Boston Celtics the day before training camp, Jrue Holiday has taken on the challenge of moving to a new city and accepting a new role on a new team. He dives into his experience, how he’s embraced having the ball in his hands less and how it all comes down to one thing: winning.
Winning a championship alongside Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and the rest of the Celtics is his one and only goal on the NBA court, but as Holiday explains, his competitive nature doesn’t stay in the locker room. He says it follows him home, into a house that features one of the most competitive families in the country. Holiday and his wife, two-time soccer gold-medalist and former US Women’s National Team member Lauren Holiday, can’t be on opposing teams for anything for fear of an argument. And now, their extreme wills to win have passed on to their kids to create an interesting dynamic to say the least. Holiday often calls his daughter “JT,” and he tells a story about how his son thought Jayson Tatum’s sneakers were actually his sister’s.
The second half of the episode dives into Holiday playing against his former team, the Milwaukee Bucks, for the first time and drawing the assignment to guard all-world forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. Was that actually Holiday’s idea? Maybe, he says. Holiday has now played alongside Antetokounmpo, Tatum, Brown, Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins and on a gold medal-winning USA Men’s Basketball Team, so Marc and Abby ask him about common threads among the best of the best.
The group rounds out the conversation by diving into Holiday’s experience at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics – AKA the Covid Olympics – and how bizarre it was for him to see Team USA’s opponents act like fanboys around the likes of Tatum and Kevin Durant.
View From The Rafters is presented by Flexcar.
1:00 – Jrue on his love for food
2:55 – Adjusting to playing with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown
13:40 – Jrue on his competitive nature his marriage to USWNT soccer great Lauren Holiday
23:05 – Celtics/Bucks rivalry, playing the Bucks for the first time, and defending Giannis
32:03 – Jrue’s experience at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
36:15 – How the NBA bubble led to the launch of his family’s JLH Fund
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16 Comments
LFG Jrue!!!☘️☘️☘️☘️
I'm happy that Jrue is a Celtic ☘️☘️☘️☘️
D'Amico gotta tone down his talking when the guest is still talking.
A hug from Italy! Let's go C's
I love what he’s added to this team LFG ☘️🏀
What he did on d Mitch when he tried to do that over the top almost lacrosse looking move on his drive. Jrue knew that move was coming.
Why do they keep talking over him?! I hate when they talk over their guests!
We miss Jrue in Milwaukee (obviously lol)
I just love him ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️🏀
If this isn't a hit I don't know what is!
Jrue likes ramen and pho? I'm buying a jersey
Jrue has a nice voice! Glad you are on the team. Let’s go C’s.
I wish u asked him about Payton Pritchard stepback dagger 3 on him in game 7 vs the bucks
Is Giannis a better Loser than your wife?🤣🤣. Bro, Giannis doesn't care cause dude has overachieved. Nobody saw Giannis being this good. If any, Tatum and the Celtics have been the most disappointing team in yhe entire NBA. The Celtics should have at least 2 championships right now but theu cant stop losing. The Celtics are actually behind on their schedule considering whar kind of team they had had for yrs.
bucks fan here miss u jrue
Abby got ahead of herself @1:45