The Indiana Pacers were supposed to be tanking right now; one of a handful of teams who entered the 2022-23 campaign seemingly more invested in the draft lottery than the season itself. But things haven’t gone according to plan in Indiana, as the Pacers have been one of the NBA’s most pleasant surprises through the first quarter of the year.
The biggest reason for that? Tyrese Haliburton is a budding superstar, and he’s already too good for the Pacers to tank.
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29 Comments
Shai
Can Haliburton Mathurin Turner be a decent base going into the future?
Massive 2017/18 Vibes with Oladipo surprising the league and killing the pacers tank
Tyrese Haliburton has been on a ROLL the past three games đȘ Indiana Pacers Chris Paul is the OG âPoint God,â but we must crown Tyrese Haliburton âPoint God 2.0â or the up-&-coming âPoint Godâ!
40 AST & ZERO TOV over his last three games played! đȘ
22 years old đ
He is climbing that MVP ladder
The Pacers doing so well because of him.
He is the real Lonzo ball
Haliburton for all-star this year!!!!
Been saying since High School. Heâs the successful version of Michael Carter-Williams.
2023 All-Star and All-NBA 3rd Team. đ„
rick carlisle always get the most out of his roster. something our dumb fanbase can't see. being a mavs fan is hell sometimes
Still can't believe Haliburton got picked outside of the top 10 in his draft class. Great trade by the Pacers.
A superstar that got clamped by offnight đŽ
I LOVE TYRESE HALIBURTON
Not great game today for Haliburton and Pacers against another supposed to be tanking team Jazz and All Star candidate Markkanen, who got his 10th double double of the season.
Jazz vs Pacers 139 vs 119
Pacers were 11 down already after 1st quarter, 16 down after 1st half, 20 down after 3 quarters. Fourth quarter was basically a battle between bench players and ended up to a tie.
PTS Markkanen 24, PPG 22.3
PTS Haliburton 14, PPG 19.1
FG Markkanen 8-15 (53%) , season FG% 53.1
FG Haliburton 5-16 (31%) , season FG% 46.1
3P Markkanen 5-9 (56%), season 3P% 40.4
3P Haliburton 3-9 (33%), season 3P% 36.9
REB Markkanen 13 (2 OREB), season REB 8.6
REB Haliburton 6 (0 OREB), season REB 4.7
AST Markkanen 3 , APG 2.2
AST Haliburton 4, APG 10.9
STL Markkanen 1, season STL 0.5
STL Haliburton 2, season STL 1.8
TO Markkanen 1, season TO 2.0
TO Haliburton 3, season TO 2.6
+/- Markkanen 19, season +/- 3.5
+/- Haliburton
12, season +/-1.4NETRTG Markkanen 27.7, season NETRTG 5.6
NETRTG Haliburton -21.2, season NETRTG -2.3
USG% Markkanen 21.2, season USG% 23.3
USG% Haliburton 25.0, season USG% 23.2
PIE Markkanen 24.4, season PIE 14.8
PIE Haliburton 8.0, season PIE 16.0
What makes both Markkanen and Haliburton great are their low USG%, they both are teamplayers with good numbers.
Lmao the term superstar is used WAAAAY too loosely nowadays⊠dude proven nothing yet beyond being a great playmaker and good 3pt shooter. Letâs give him a label that perhaps 8-12 guys in the ENTIRE league deserve đ€Łđïž
I love Ty too but my god
Thats why i always trde for Tyrese in 2K
Should be on a 4 game losing streak sans the rookie buzzer beater⊠Wembanyama is the prospect that was promised, and his is the song of blue and gold. Tyrese will average 20 assists with Wembanyama and break Stocktonâs record⊠donât give away the future dynasty for a firstsecond round exit!
I must be a much better eye for talent than most. Because I knew Bennedict Mathurin was an easy Top 3 pick to the right team. As I knew Murray, Banchero and Ivey were. I said Chet would never be that good in the NBA.. I stand firm on that, I believe he will have decent stretches.. but his body and as far as long term and big success no..
thescore think they sneaky with that canadian easter egg with mathurin
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Good video
I like Sabonis a lot, but they f'd up trading Haliburton. I do think they needed to trade 1 of the 3 guards, but imo it was Fox. He's a very good player and still only 25, but you see the ceiling with him. Fox would have gotten you a better package back. I might be wrong, but I would think so. Haliburton, Mitchell, an acquired player in Fox trade, and likely high picks in coming yrs would have been my philosophy
heâs a dawg
I hate the pacers jerseyâs I wish I could see him in a better jersey
sad moment as a kings fan
kings traded away the future to make a 'win now 'move that might get them a playoff spot…
being compared to harden and magic seems appropriate đ
Facts
wanted the Bulls to draft him over PWill. Then I almost cried when the Kings just practically gave him away. Heâs going to be a problem he is almost the perfect point guard for this era. Height,length, shooting, defense, playmaking this dude is just different.
Hali is a true Point Gawd. Dude is the best passer in the league statistically @ 10-11apg and he can average 20ppg. He and the Rookie Mathurin are literally carrying this team. Mathurin should be in contention for 6th man of the year and Hali should be in contention for MVP. Also Carlisle should be in contention for Coach of the year, frfr. Also Turner is having a career year but it's obvious it'd bcuz of Hali's greatness at Point but still wanna give Turner his props for stepping up. It would be dope if Turner finally won Defensive Player of the year too.