Media Person: Guangzhou Long-Lions signed former NBA player Justin Holiday

6686 Sports News on November 6 According to a report from "Inspector Zhao", the Guangzhou Long Lions signed Justin Holiday. The former NBA player will represent the team in the new CBA season.

Justin Holiday was born in the United States in April 1989. He is 36 years old this year. He is 1.98 meters tall and plays the second/third position. His basketball career spans the NBA, NBA Development League, and European League competitions. In the 2012-13 season, he joined the Philadelphia 76ers to start his NBA career. He returned to the NBA in 2014 and won the NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2015. He then moved to many NBA teams such as the Hawks, Bulls, Knicks, Grizzlies, Pacers, Kings, Mavericks, and Nuggets. He played a total of 680 NBA games in his career, averaging 8.0 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game.

In 2025, Holiday joined the Italian Bologna Vitus team. In the 2024-25 season, he played 6 league games in Serie A, averaging 3.2 points and 1.8 points in 11.7 minutes per game. In rebounding, the shooting percentage in the three categories was 100/17.6/100%; he played in 9 cup games, averaging 16.1 minutes per game, averaging 4.1 points and 2.1 rebounds, and the shooting percentage in the three categories was 40/30.8/50%.

Previously, Holiday had represented the Guangzhou Dragon Lions in the NBA preseason. He scored 3 points, 3 assists and 3 interceptions against the Spurs, 10 points, 6 rebounds and 2 interceptions against the Clippers, and 2 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 interception and 1 block against the Timberwolves.