UCLA alum has shown no signs of slowing down

The UCLA Bruins are well represented throughout professional sports, particularly the NBA.

A former UCLA basketball star who has excelled at the next level, current Boston Celtic point guard Jrue Holiday has lived up to expectations. Holiday is in his 16th year in the NBA at age 34 and has shown no signs of wear and tear in his game.

Holiday was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers back in 2009. Holiday spent his first four seasons there, playing 298 games. During that four-year period, he averaged 13.3 points per game. His tenure with the 76ers following his years at UCLA gave Holiday a new brand to his name.

After four seasons, he left the 76ers and moved to the New Orleans Pelicans for the next seven seasons of his career. In New Orleans, Holiday showed he’s a guy who can cause problems on offense.

Averaging 17.2 points per game during his seven-year career with the Pelicans, Holiday made a name for himself after leaving Philadelphia. His best season for New Orleans was 2018-19, where he averaged 21.2 points per game and started all 67 games he played. New Orleans fans, the team’s true backbone, were saddened after Holiday left his homeland for seven seasons.