Dallas – With wins over the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, Tyrese Haliburton has been one of the most well-known figures in the media since he guided the Indiana Pacers to the NBA In-Season Tournament championship game.
Before the Pacers fell to the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 in the IST championship game, Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle emphasized how important Indiana views Halliburton as a real organizational cornerstone who has a significant impact on winning.
“He’s a fantastic young athlete. Regarding Haliburton, Carlisle stated, “He’ll undoubtedly be an All-Star this year.” “I would expect that he will be All-NBA, and he’s the kind of guy you can build a team around because he influences winning in so many ways.”
In 18 games, Haliburton is averaging a career-best 26.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 12.1 assists—a league high. He will undoubtedly make an All-Star team due to his influence, and he will continue to prove his worth as a powerful scoring threat who can distribute the ball to open up opportunities for the offense.
About Haliburton, Carlisle remarked, “He’s a connector but he can put up a 30 or 40-point night scoring the ball if needed.” “He is expected to provide 10 to 12 assists each evening.
He elevates others around him. He establishes a connection with the organization, the community, and his teammates. He is therefore quite unique because of those characteristics, you know.” NBA In-Season Tournament star Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers.When Carlisle was still the Dallas Mavericks’ coach, Kyle Terada of USA TODAY Sports revealed that the organization attempted “desperately” to negotiate a deal in order to be in a position to select Haliburton in the 2020 NBA Draft, but they were unable to accomplish so.
Even with players like Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball, the Mavs thought he was the best player in the class. “After the trade call was over, you know, I truly thought he was a tremendous player when I was in Dallas, and we made a valiant effort to move up in 2020 to secure his selection in the draft.
He went 12 or 13 or something, and we thought he was the best player in the draft, so I’ve always been a believer.” Recent comments from Carlisle, who highlighted Haliburton’s ability to avoid traps and still create for his teammates, compared his passing ability to what he saw while coaching Luka Doncic and Jason Kidd during his time with the Mavs.
“The other thing I really was impressed with was the way [Tyrese Haliburton] trusted his teammates when they started trapping him all over the floor,” Carlisle commented about Haliburton. “There are those people who can pass the ball in a way that inspires teammates’ confidence.
Jason Kidd performed it in front of me. The action was witnessed by me by Luka Doncic. Tyrese is doing it right now, too.” The thought of Doncic and Haliburton playing together in the backcourt is intriguing. Given that the Mavs acquired Kyrie Irving after failing to get a second contract for Jalen Brunson, the team’s future would have taken a drastically different turn.
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