> Another big reason Holiday is ecstatic to be in Portland is that it’s by far the closest he has ever played to his hometown of Los Angeles in his 16-year NBA career. The former UCLA star previously played for Philadelphia, New Orleans, Milwaukee and Boston, but hasn’t played in the Western Conference since 2020. Holiday, his wife Lauren, daughter J.T., and son Hendrix live in their home on 10 acres in the Santa Rosa Valley in the offseason. It’s about 40 miles west of Burbank Airport in Los Angeles County. Jrue Holiday’s parents live in Los Angeles, and he also has several family members in the Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area.
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> Holiday said his wife and children took the short flight from Portland to Burbank last weekend to spend time in their offseason home. Such a quick trip home would have been difficult to do in Jrue’s previous stops. Two of Holiday’s cousins — Santa Rosa College assistant men’s basketball coach Maurice Thompson and Virgil Thompson — attended his Blazers-Warriors preseason game.
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> “It’s a good situation for me and my family. And this team has been great for me.”