Tyrese Haliburton has been the greatest participant in the In-Season Tournament by far and former Golden State GM of 11 seasons Bob Myers has revealed that the Pacers star was virtually a Warrior.
It was the 2020 NBA Draft and Myers recalled the story of how Haliburton was being thought-about.
“That workout was a few miles from here, in Vegas with myself,” Myers said on ESPN, the place he has develop into an NBA analyst. “Yeah. Steve Kerr, Joe Lakeham, and he did what he does. He made a ton of pictures. And we checked out one another and we stated, he could be fairly good, totally different sort of shot, somewhat little bit of a set shot, funky shot, however he made all of them. What bothers me greater than something was his exercise was good.
“When we met with him after I should have known then because of who he is as a person and as a leader, because you meet with people, you talk to him that that conversation left a mark because of how smart he is and how confident – it’s not fake. It’s not arrogant. It’s confidence. And so when you talk about players wanting to play with him, that’s real because he’s a great player…”
Haliburton is having fun with a breakout season in 2023-24 averaging 26.9 factors per recreation and 11.5 assists whereas taking pictures 44 % from three and 88 % from the free throw line.
He absolutely schooled the Celtics when he and the Pacers eradicated them from the In-Season Tournament earlier in the week.
Then backed it up once more on Thursday when Indiana eradicated Milwaukee and Haliburton put up 27 factors, seven rebounds and 15 assists.
Since being traded from the Kings in 2022, he has gone from power to power, however after Myers’ story, one can’t assist however marvel how he would have fared in a system like the Warriors’.
