The Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to a trade with the Boston Celtics, landing a two-time champion.
Jrue Holiday will be playing for the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2025-26 season, after a trade was agreed with the Boston Celtics.
Anfernee Simons has been sent to Boston, with the Celtics looking to shed salary and rebuild. The full details of the trade are below.
- Portland Trail Blazers receive: Jrue Holiday
- Boston Celtics receive: Anfernee Simons, 2030 second round pick, 2031 second round pick
The Portland Trail Blazers were not the only team interested in acquiring Jrue Holiday, an NBA champion with the Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks.
Jake Fischer reports the Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks both showed interest in Holiday.
He clarified that the Trail Blazers have no intention of flipping Holiday, and plan to make him a key part of their plans to be competitive next season.
The Western Conference is stacked with talent and it is going to be tough for any team to break through, but Portland is going to give it a go.
Chauncey Billups helped the team improve from a 15th place 21-win record in 2023-24 to earn 36 wins in 2024-25, 12th in the West.
Holiday adds vital experience to their young group, which they will add to in the upcoming NBA Draft, with Portland holding the number 11 overall pick, which our latest mock draft projects to be Collin Murray-Boyles.
