Jrue Holiday

Jrue Holiday
No. 11   Philadelphia 76ers
Point Guard
Personal information
Date of birth June 12, 1990 (1990-06-12) (age 21)
Place of birth Chatsworth, California
Nationality American
High school Campbell Hall School
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College UCLA (2008–2009)
NBA Draft 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17th overall
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Pro career 2009–present
Career history
2009–present Philadelphia 76ers
Stats at NBA.com

Jrue Randall Holiday (born June 12, 1990 in Chatsworth, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. He is the first player born in the 1990s to play in the NBA.[1][2] He played his only college basketball season for the UCLA Bruins before entering the pros. His older brother Justin played for the Washington Huskies.

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High school

Holiday attended Campbell Hall School in North Hollywood, California and was ranked as one of the best college recruits in the nation in the class of 2008. He was ranked #2 in the nation by Rivals.com and #4 by Scout.com.[3]

He played on the varsity basketball team all four years of high school. As a senior he was named the 2008 Gatorade Player of the Year. In his senior year he averaged 25.9 ppg, 11.2 rpg, 6.9 apg and 4.8 spg and lead Campbell Hall to a 31-5 record and the California Division IV state title over Cardinal Newman High School.[4] Holiday was selected as a 2008 McDonald's All-American where he scored 14 points and had five rebounds, five steals and three assists for the West Team. He also participated in the 2008 Jordan Brand Classic.

College

In July 2007 Holiday committed to play basketball at UCLA, where he was recruited and later coached by head coach Ben Howland. He chose UCLA over Washington.

Holiday had 11 points in his first career regular season game in a December 4, 2008 win over Prairie View A&M.[5] Despite being a natural point guard, Holiday started at shooting guard with senior (and New Orleans Hornets 2009 1st round draft pick) Darren Collison starting at point guard.

College statistics

College Year GP GS MIN SPG BPG RPG APG PPG FG% FT% 3P%
UCLA 2008-09 35 35 27.1 1.6 0.5 3.8 3.7 8.5 .450% .726% .307%

NBA career

Holiday was drafted 17th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2009 NBA Draft. He became the team's starting point guard in March of the 2009-2010 season. When Louis Williams returned from injury, Holiday lost his starting job for a few games, but since the Sixers kept on losing, Holiday regained the starting job, and kept it for the rest of the season. On April 3, 2010 Holiday scored a career high 25 points against the Toronto Raptors. He finished the game with 25 points, 7 assists and two steals. On November 5, 2010, Holiday beat his career-high, scoring 29 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers. On February 2, 2011, Holiday recorded his first career triple-double, with an 11 point, 10 rebound, 11 assist win over the New Jersey Nets.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year↓ Team↓ GP↓ GS↓ MPG↓ FG%↓ 3P%↓ FT%↓ RPG↓ APG↓ SPG↓ BPG↓ PPG↓
2009–10 Philadelphia 73 51 24.2 .442 .390 .756 2.6 3.8 1.1 .2 8.0
2010–11 Philadelphia 82 82 35.4 .446 .365 .823 4.0 6.5 1.5 .4 14.0
Career 155 133 30.1 .445 .375 .803 3.4 5.2 1.3 .3 11.2

Playoffs

Year↓ Team↓ GP↓ GS↓ MPG↓ FG%↓ 3P%↓ FT%↓ RPG↓ APG↓ SPG↓ BPG↓ PPG↓
2010-11 Philadelphia 5 5 37.6 .446 .524 .800 3.8 5.6 2.0 .4 14.2
Career 5 5 37.6 .446 .524 .800 3.8 5.6 2.0 .4 14.2

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