Can something be both expected and shocking? If so, the trade between the Boston Celtics and the Portland Trail Blazers might count as such. After two seasons in Boston, Jrue Holiday was dealt back to the Blazers — the team that first routed him to the Celtics in 2023 after the Damian Lillard trade — for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks.

He previously spent four days as a Trail Blazer after being traded by the Bucks and then acquired by the Celtics in 2023.

The Portland Trail Blazers traded away guard Anfernee Simons to the Boston Celtics on Monday in exchange for veteran guard Jrue Holiday. Holiday had been on the trade block for some time since the Celtics needed to shed salary this offseason.