Bucks Star Jrue Holiday?s Heartwarming Gesture on Christmas Wins NBA Fans? Hearts

Jrue Holiday and the Milwaukee Bucks lost their game against the Brooklyn Nets. However, Holiday won the hearts of NBA fans around the world with his heartwarming gesture. The 2021 NBA champion and his wife and soccer star, Lauren, formed the Jrue and Lauren Holiday Social Impact Fund with a vision to support black-owned businesses. The couple has been impacting the community ever since. Now, they have an early Christmas gift for every NBA player as they continued their efforts to help black-owned businesses.

Jrue Holiday and Lauren gifted every player in the 30 NBA teams a Black Wall Street the Board Game. They gifted over 450 games and helped the business as well.

Fans loved the gesture of Jrue Holiday

As per reports from Andscape, “Black Wall Street the Board Game is inspired by the historic Black Wall Street in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was one of the wealthiest Black neighborhoods in the United States during its roughly 20 years of existence beginning around the turn of the 20th century until it was destroyed in 1921. The goal of the game is to increase the participants? knowledge of Black history and financial literacy.”

The gesture of Jrue Holiday and his wife Lauren received huge praise from NBA fans. The fans shared their reaction to the post. Here are some reactions:

The fans loved Holiday’s efforts to help black-owned businesses and raise awareness about it. New Orleans Pelicans star C.J. McCollum thanked Holiday for the gift as well.

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2020 was a tough time for almost everyone in the country at the height of the pandemic and nationwide protests for the killing of George Floyd. It was the same for Holiday as well. Also, his wife was pregnant at the time. It was during this time he decided to form the fund.

Holiday’s Social Impact Fund

When the NBA decided to take the league to the bubble in Orlando, Jrue Holiday was contemplating sitting out the season. When he opened up about this to his wife, Lauren suggested he could give his salary from the bubble to charity. The two-time teammate of the year liked the idea and decided to continue playing.

As per reports from Sports Illustrated, Holiday made around $5.3 million. However, the couple did not give it to charity. They wanted to impact more lives and formed the Jrue and Lauren Holiday Social Impact Fund. The fund was formed to help black-owned businesses which struggle to get loans from banks.

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The Milwaukee Bucks was also the first team to protest in the bubble for the killing of Jacob Blake. The shooting took place several miles from their training facility. They kicked off a historic NBA protest when they boycotted an important game-5 of the playoffs against the Orlando Magic. Many teams then followed suit, and, the NBA had to suspend the games.