The Houston Rockets have signed free agent guard Aaron Holiday.
Holiday (6-0, 185) was originally the 23rd overall pick by Indiana in the 2018 NBA Draft. In five seasons for the Pacers, Washington, Phoenix and Atlanta, he appeared in 308 games with 62 starts while averaging 6.6 points and 2.2 assists assists and 1.6 rebounds in 17.2 minutes per game. Holiday is also a career shooting percentage of 84.1% from the foul line.
Dating back to 2019-20, Holiday has shot 38.6% from 3-point range, including a Falcons-best 40.9% in 2022-23. During that four-season span, he was one of four players to have more than 130 games played averaging 6.0 ppg and 2.0 apg at under 19.0 mpg.
Holiday’s two older brothers, Justin and Giroux, have both been in the NBA for over 10 seasons. Justin was briefly with The Rockets this past February. Aaron earned First Team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors in his final season as a junior at UCLA in 2017-18.