After a first season where all went well for Jrue Holiday in the Celtics uniform, the second act was a disappointment. His individual performances and collective impact went downhill from 2023–24 to 2024–25, and despite his best effort, he couldn’t replicate the footprint he had last year. That being said, what were the root causes behind this underperforming season? Looking back, there were both contextual reasons and individual causes.
A new treatment
Holiday this season had to deal with a new treatment from opposing defenses. Indeed, starting in December 2024 with the Memphis Grizzlies, teams began to consider Holiday a non-shooting threat and invited him to shoot from beyond the arc.