Journeyman Small Forward: Justin Holiday
Teams played for: 10 (Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks x2, Chicago Bulls x2, New York Knicks, Memphis Grizzlies, Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets)
Longest tenure: 2.5 seasons (Indiana, 2019-2022)
Career statistics: 8.4 PPG, 2.8 RPG, and 1.4 APG in 622 games
Best year: 2020-2021 with Indiana (10.5 PPG, 38.2% on 3FGs, 3.6 RPG, 1.7 APG, and 1.0 SPG)
While Jrue Holiday has been one of the biggest storylines this offseason, Justin Holiday will get some love today as he holds down the small forward position for the All-NBA Journeyman Team. Unlike his younger brother, who entered the NBA at age 19, Justin Holiday started his NBA career at age 23.
Funny enough, after going undrafted in 2012, he joined Jrue on the 76ers, the season before “Trust the Process” started. After appearing in only nine games for the Sixers in 2012-2013, Holiday played overseas in Hungary for a year before rejoining the NBA.
Luckily for him, he joined the 2014-2015 Warriors, who blasted onto the scene that year, posting a 65-17 regular season record. Holiday did not have a huge role with that team but did play 59 regular season games for them and got himself a championship ring out of it. He then made six more pit stops, collecting 158 starts over the next four seasons, until he ended up on the Pacers, playing alongside his other younger brother, Aaron Holiday.
Two more mid-season trades later, Holiday now starts the season fresh with the title-defending Nuggets. It is fitting that the Nuggets had both Jeff Green and Ish Smith on their team last year from the All-NBA Journeyman Team and they now get another representative in Holiday.