Jrue Holiday told NBA reporter Jim Owczarski of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he wants to spend the rest of his career with the Milwaukee Bucks. The UCLA product also revealed that he’s not going to retire after the 2024-25 season. Holiday has a player option for the 2024-25 season.

“Before I even won here I think I said I’m a Buck for life and I mean that like deep in my heart,” Holiday said. “I don’t want to play for any other team. I think we have a chance to continue to do great things as the Bucks team and organization so I want to be in Milwaukee.”

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Holiday appeared in 67 games for the Bucks last season. He averaged 19.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 7.4 assists while shooting 47.9% from the field, 38.4% from beyond the arc and 85.9% from the free-throw line. The two-time NBA All-Star signed a four-year, $135 million extension with Milwaukee in April 2021.

A California native, Holiday has career NBA averages of 16.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 6.5 assists with the Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Pelicans and Bucks. He has made five All-Defensive teams and helped Milwaukee win the 2021 NBA championship over the Phoenix Suns in six games.

Holiday is extension-eligible with the Bucks in the winter. It will be interesting to see if Milwaukee offers the veteran an extension.

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“That’s the challenge – the challenge is to see what’s next,” Holiday said. “That does start with the grind in the summertime. It is pushing yourself to the max conditioning wise, pushing your body, using other guys as motivation, if it’s Giannis or if it’s somebody like Steph Curry or guys that I know that I’m going to go up against that I know are getting better and trying to defeat me and I want to do the same to them.”

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