Justin Holiday Rumors

For the first time ever, Bhutan is hosting four National Basketball Association (NBA) stars—an unforgettable moment that’s set hearts racing and basketballs bouncing across the country. Since their arrival on 31st July, the presence of AJ Green (Milwaukee Bucks), Jonathan Isaac (Orlando Magic), Mason Plumlee (Charlotte Hornets), and seasoned player Justin Holiday has captured national attention and reignited the love for the game, especially among the youth.

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Under the Hoops For Happiness initiative, the visiting NBA delegation has been holding basketball clinics, coaching sessions, and showcase matches in both Thimphu and Paro.

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But by the time 2022 came, when then-general manager Monte McNair and assistant general manager Wes Wilcox were looking for ways to turn their middling team into a playoff contender, Fox’s market value had plummeted to the point where Haliburton became the focal point of their rebuilding efforts. League sources say the Kings explored trades involving Fox, who had recently signed a five-year, $160 million deal, but simply didn’t find a suitable return. The discussions with the Pacers, league sources say, were two-pronged but quickly turned from Fox to Haliburton when it was clear that was the only real avenue to a deal. In turn, with first-year Indiana coach Rick Carlisle on the lookout for a point guard who could push the pace and help them return to contention, the Pacers sent All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and a 2027 second-round pick to the Kings in exchange for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson.

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The discussions with the Pacers, league sources say, were two-pronged but quickly turned from Fox to Haliburton when it was clear that was the only real avenue to a deal. In turn, with first-year Indiana coach Rick Carlisle on the lookout for a point guard who could push the pace and help them return to contention, the Pacers sent All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and a 2027 second-round pick to the Kings in exchange for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson. Yet while that deal looked like a win-win for both sides when the Kings were enjoying their “Beam Team” run two years ago, it has since become one-sided in the kind of way that reflects incredibly well on the quality of the Pacers program

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Despite former Nuggets coach Michael Malone wanting to re-sign him, according to league sources, Holiday has floated in the wind for a year. When Denver last saw him, he was making a major impact early in that fateful Timberwolves series of 2024 … until he went scoreless in 38 minutes across the last three games.

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Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna announced the signing of former NBA champion Justin Holiday on a 3-month deal with an option for a 2-month extension, until the end of the 2024-25 campaign. The player will leave for the United States on Sunday (Feb. 2) to collect his work visa and will return to Bologna early next week.

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For most basketball fans, the nickname Fab Five conjures up memories of the star-studded University of Michigan men’s basketball team of the 1990s with Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson. For basketball fans in Hawaii, about two decades earlier they had their own Fabulous Five: Dwight Holiday, Bob Nash, Jerome Freeman, Al Davis and John Penebacker, who made history and broke racial barriers. And thanks to the basketball foundation built by Holiday, his younger brother, Shawn, not only became a basketball star in his own right, but just happens to be the father of three NBA players: Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday, free agent guard Justin Holiday and Houston Rockets guard Aaron Holiday. “Uncle Dwight was a part of the original ‘Fab Five.’ I heard about that from my pops when I was growing up,” Jrue Holiday said in a phone interview. “He was a remarkable basketball player. I never got to see him play on film. But he could hoop and it runs in the family.”

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The University of Hawaii’s men’s basketball program had a dismal 6-20 record during the 1969-70 season. Coach Red Rocha turned the program around by adding a strong recruiting class with Dwight Holiday, Freeman, Nash, Penebacker and Davis. Dwight Holiday was a junior college star at Hartnell College in Salinas, California, who said he once scored 56 points. Holiday said he received scholarship offers from La Salle University in Philadelphia and the University of Detroit, but didn’t want to leave California. While working at Dick Bruhn Family of Stores in Salinas, then-Hawaii assistant coach Bruce O’Neal called him there trying to convince him to play for the Rainbows. “[O’Neal] kept calling the store,” Dwight Holiday, 71, recalled. “And this old white man that worked there said, ‘Who’s this man that keeps calling the store from Hawaii?’ I said, ‘They want me to play there.’ And he said, ‘If I could go to Hawaii, I would go.’ So, I went. I didn’t think about it that deeply. I didn’t know it was that far and across water.” Holiday, Nash, Freeman, Davis and Penebacker became the starting five of the most beloved Hawaii basketball team after it put the program on the map nationally. They also happened to be the school’s first all-Black starting five.

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Scott is reminded of Shawn Holiday when he watches Jrue Holiday in the NBA now. “Jrue plays just like him with his demeanor, toughness and the way he guards on the defensive end and pride in that,” Scott said. “[He] Can score when he has to or needs to but plays just like his dad.” That was surprising to Jrue Holiday when he heard those words for the first time. He said the competitiveness and willingness to play hard on both ends that he and his brothers have “taken to heart” came from his father. “Every time someone talked about my dad, they said, ‘Your dad was really good,’ ” Jrue Holiday said. “[Scott’s words] are just confirmation. Honestly, I couldn’t beat my dad [in one-on-one] until I was [in my] mid- to high teens. I never doubted my dad’s knowledge of the game, but just hearing that is confirmation that maybe under different circumstances he could have chosen to go to the NBA or be a professional basketball player.” “My old high school coach taught me the defense that I taught [Shawn] and Jrue uses now,” Said Dwight Holiday said.

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As has become September tradition, the Golden State Warriors’ practice facility is currently filled with high-energy scrimmages on a regular basis, mixing roster guys with younger players and veteran free agents still in search of a camp invite. Justin Holiday and Nassir Little, league sources told The Athletic, are among the several experienced wings who have shuffled through San Francisco in recent weeks.

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Vinny Benedetto: Calvin Booth says the Nuggets would like to bring back DeAndre Jordan and Justin Holiday. Booth acknowledges the Nuggets 15 roster spots are filling up pretty quickly and tough decisions will have to be made.

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Harrison Wind: Free agent Justin Holiday has signed with a new agency. pic.twitter.com/DNth880hKv

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The eldest Holiday sibling, Justin, 35, played for the Denver Nuggets last season, won an NBA title with the Golden State Warriors in 2015 and has played 11 NBA seasons. Aaron Holiday, 27, is a guard for the Houston Rockets who has played six NBA seasons. The Holidays also have a daughter, Lauren Fuller, 30, who played 12 games in two seasons for UCLA before retiring in 2014 after repeated head injuries. “We do have pride in it, but it’s more of a blessing,” Jrue Holiday, 33, said of three Holidays in the NBA during NBA Finals media day June 5. “That kind of humbles us, knowing that not that many families have the same type of experience. Every chance we get, we are really positive about that. It’s a blessing from God … “Also, people forget that we had a sister that played. She also has her input. It’s funny. We are all in a group chat. I talk to them separately or we will talk [together] about something. For the most part, I wouldn’t say it’s much about basketball. It’s more about life and encouragement if I have a bad game. We keep the basketball minimum and then life.”

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“The key was the blessing of Jesus Christ, our Lord and savior,” Shawn Holiday said. “We built our foundation on the church while they were growing up. I feel like their mind is to that. Some kids are rebellious, but they went along with what we were trying to show them. With God and us, that helped. The ability that God gave them, that’s what it is. “We’re always asked what was the secret. It’s all of them. We just helped them find a way. They put in the work.” “I believe it’s a lot of prayer. It’s God’s gift … I know one of the Scriptures we stand on is in Deuteronomy that says God said that if you keep my commandments, I will bless you. And I just really believe that our children believe that. We love God,” Toya Holiday said.

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