No matter how polished Holiday looks in the regular season — no matter how many deflections he racks up, how well he moves the ball, how rock-solid he seems in every advanced metric — it all leads to the same postseason ceiling. He becomes a defensive specialist who can only help you win if the offense doesn’t ask too much of him.

“Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday is the recipient of the Joe Dumars Trophy for winning the 2024-25 NBA Sportsmanship Award,” NBA Communications said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “This is the second NBA Sportsmanship Award for Holiday, who also earned the honor in the 2020-21 season with the Milwaukee Bucks.”

Jrue Holiday won his second NBA Sportsmanship Award and became the first Celtics player to receive the honor, the league announced on Thursday. The guard won the award when he was with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2020-21. Holiday, 34, is the fifth player to win it multiple times, joining Mike Conley, Grant Hill, Jason Kidd, and Kemba Walker.