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Jrue Holiday being traded to Boston, AP source says, as Portland continues making moves

Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday moves the ball down the court during the first half of Game 3 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Miami Heat, April 22, 2023, in Miami. Holiday is being traded to the Boston Celtics, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Sunday, Oct. 1 2023, a move that comes just four days after being sent to the Portland Trail Blazers in the deal that sent Damian Lillard to the Bucks. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday moves the ball down the court during the first half of Game 3 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Miami Heat, April 22, 2023, in Miami. Holiday is being traded to the Boston Celtics, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Sunday, Oct. 1 2023, a move that comes just four days after being sent to the Portland Trail Blazers in the deal that sent Damian Lillard to the Bucks. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Jrue Holiday was out of the Eastern Conference for just a few days, and now it's the Boston Celtics who will hope that the Olympic gold medalist and NBA champion can help deliver them another title banner.

The Celtics finalized a deal with Portland on Sunday to land Holiday, who was sent to the Trail Blazers last week by Milwaukee in the trade that sent seven-time All-Star Damian Lillard to the Bucks.

Boston gave up two key pieces -- point guard Malcolm Brogdon and forward Robert Williams -- and Portland also gets two future first-round picks, said a person with knowledge of the trade who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal was still pending league approval.

ESPN first reported the trade agreement.

Holiday moves into the starting point guard spot in Boston that had been held in recent seasons by Marcus Smart, who was sent to Memphis during the offseason in a three-team trade (also including Washington) that brought Kristaps Porzingis to the Celtics.

Smart is a dogged defender. And Holiday is the same. He's a five-time All-Defensive selection -- a first-teamer on that team last season -- who has appeared on defensive player of the year ballots in each of the last three years.

The 33-year-old Holiday was also an All-Star last year for the first time in a decade and is coming off a season in which he averaged 19.3 points and 7.4 assists, both better than his career averages of 16.4 points and 6.5 assists.

Flipping Holiday for Brogdon, Williams and more draft capital means the Trail Blazers have now turned Lillard into four players (with Deandre Ayton and Toumani Camara also included as part of Wednesday's deal), three first-round picks and two pick swaps. That's a strong haul for Lillard, who was officially welcomed to Milwaukee by his new team on Saturday.

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