Aaron Shawn Holiday was born on September 30,1996 and is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.
36 Facts About Aaron Holiday
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Aaron Holiday was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2018 NBA draft with the 23rd overall pick.
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Aaron Holiday played three seasons for Indiana before being traded to the Washington Wizards and later to the Phoenix Suns.
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Aaron Holiday is the younger brother of fellow NBA players Jrue and Justin Aaron Holiday.
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Aaron Holiday was born in Ruston, Louisiana, to Shawn and Toya Aaron Holiday.
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Aaron Holiday attended high school at Campbell Hall in Los Angeles, where he was a four-year starter.
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Aaron Holiday averaged 28.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 6.0 assists as a junior before being named both CIF Southern Section IV-A and Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year honors.
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Aaron Holiday improved as a facilitator as a senior, when his scoring dropped, but his passing enabled other teammates to emerge as scoring threats.
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Aaron Holiday was rated a four-star college recruit as one of the top prep players in the nation, ranked No 40 by Scout.
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Aaron Holiday entered the University of California, Los Angeles, with a reputation as a tenacious defender capable of applying full-court pressure.
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Aaron Holiday hoped the freshman could help ease ball-handling duties from incumbent point guard Bryce Alford, the coach's son, who was more effective catching the ball and shooting.
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Aaron Holiday started all 32 games during the season, averaging 10.3 points while leading the team in both steals and three-point field goal percentage, which ranked sixth in the Pac-12.
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Aaron Holiday did not complain about his new role, and thrived while continuing to receive starter-like playing time as the Bruins frequently used a four-guard lineup.
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Aaron Holiday added 11 rebounds and four assists and did not commit a turnover while playing all 40 minutes.
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Aaron Holiday was the first UCLA player to have at least 33 points and 11 rebounds in a game since Ed O'Bannon in 1995.
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Coach Alford stated that Aaron Holiday's value was underscored by the team's plus-minus when he is out of the game, and he called his star guard a candidate for Pac-12 Player of the Year.
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Aaron Holiday was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for a third time, which led the conference.
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Aaron Holiday played all 40 minutes of the game for the fourth time in five contests.
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Aaron Holiday scored 20 points and committed a career-high 10 turnovers, but led a defense that limited Jaylen Adams to eight points on 2-for-16 shooting.
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Aaron Holiday finished the season averaging a Pac-12 leading 20.3 points per game and ranked second with 5.8 assists while playing in a conference-high 37.7 minutes per game.
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Aaron Holiday was voted third-team All-American by the Sporting News, and was named first-team All-Pac-12.
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Aaron Holiday was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2018 NBA draft with the 23rd overall pick, and signed a three-year contract worth $6,496,800.
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Aaron Holiday had a team-high nine points in the fourth quarter in a game which the Pacers played mostly without their leading-scorer Oladipo.
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Aaron Holiday had not played in the previous nine games, and had logged just 16 minutes all season.
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Oladipo missed 11 games before returning, during which Aaron Holiday averaged 8.0 points on 42.9 percent shooting, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.9 assists in 16.6 minutes.
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However, Aaron Holiday fell out of the rotation again after Indiana acquired guard Wesley Matthews later in the month.
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Aaron Holiday appeared in 50 games during the regular season, averaging 5.9 points while making 40 percent of his field goals, including 34 percent on 3-pointers.
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In late January 2020, Holiday fell out of the rotation after Oladipo recovered from his knee injury and made his season debut; T J McConnell had supplanted Holiday as the backup to starter Malcolm Brogdon.
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However, Aaron Holiday worked better with the starting unit, and he started 33 starts when the team dealt with injuries.
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Aaron Holiday missed the last four games of the regular season with an injured big toe, but returned for the play-in games.
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Aaron Holiday's playing time decreased as the season progressed, although he did start the last four games leading up to the season's trade deadline.
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On February 10,2022, Aaron Holiday was traded to the Phoenix Suns for cash considerations and a trade exception.
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Aaron Holiday averaged 6.8 points in 22 games for the Suns.
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On July 6,2022, the Atlanta Hawks signed Aaron Holiday, which reunited him with his former Pacers coach Nate McMillan as well as his brother Justin.
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Aaron Holiday is the youngest of four children, all of whom became basketball players.
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Additionally, Aaron Holiday is a brother-in-law of US women's national soccer team player Lauren Aaron Holiday.