According to an AP source, it has been reported that Jrue Holiday is being traded to Boston while Portland remains active in making other transactions.

Just a few days after leaving the Eastern Conference, Jrue Holiday has joined the Boston Celtics. The team is optimistic that the Olympic gold medalist and NBA champion can contribute to their quest for another championship.

On Sunday, the Celtics completed an agreement with Portland to acquire Holiday. Holiday had been traded to the Trail Blazers by Milwaukee in exchange for seven-time All-Star Damian Lillard, prior to this.

Boston gave up two key pieces – point guard Malcolm Brogdon and forward Robert Williams – and Portland also gets two future first-round picks, said a person with knowledge of the trade who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal was still pending league approval.

The trade agreement was initially reported by ESPN.

Holiday moves into the starting point guard spot in Boston that had been held in recent seasons by Marcus Smart, who was sent to Memphis during the offseason in a three-team trade (also including Washington) that brought Kristaps Porzingis to the Celtics.

Smart is an extremely determined defender, just like Holiday. He has been chosen for the All-Defensive team five times, and was a first-team member last season. He has also been considered for the defensive player of the year award in the past three years.

The 33-year-old Holiday was also an All-Star last year for the first time in a decade and is coming off a season in which he averaged 19.3 points and 7.4 assists, both better than his career averages of 16.4 points and 6.5 assists.

Flipping Holiday for Brogdon, Williams and more draft capital means the Trail Blazers have now turned Lillard into four players (with Deandre Ayton and Toumani Camara also included as part of Wednesday’s deal), three first-round picks and two pick swaps. That’s a strong haul for Lillard, who was officially welcomed to Milwaukee by his new team on Saturday.