Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday (21) drives for the basket against Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant (9) in the second quarter at Fiserv Forum.
Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday (21) drives for the basket against Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant (9) in the second quarter at Fiserv Forum.
When Jayson Tatum suffered a season-ending Achilles injury that will almost certainly cost him most of the 2025-26 NBA season, it called the very future of the Boston Celtics into question.
Would the team keep their expensive core together without a chance to make the NBA Finals for the second year in a row? Or would they look to move off of some more expensive, older options to get younger and cheaper moving forward?
Well, on Monday, June 23, fans got at least part of their answer, with the Celtics trading Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks, as initially reported by ESPN's Shams Charania.
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