Boston Celtics guard Jrue Vacation has been named the recipient of the 2025 Pink Auerbach Award.
The annual award, which was offered to Vacation at midcourt by Celtics Lead Proprietor and Governor Wyc Grousbeck and Co-Proprietor and Managing Accomplice Bob Epstein, previous to Boston’s recreation towards the Charlotte Hornets, is historically given to the Celtics participant or coach who finest exemplifies the spirit of what it means to be a Celtic by way of distinctive efficiency on and off the courtroom.
“Jrue has been key to the success of our workforce,” stated Wyc Grousbeck. “His dedication to excellence, each in his play and management, units a typical for everybody round him. He all the time does the appropriate factor in the appropriate manner. He is an ideal embodiment of what it means to be a Boston Celtic—devoted, selfless, and relentless in his pursuit of success.”
