While Cleveland Cavaliers fans have doubled the leader of Indiana Pacers Tyrese Haliburton with “overestimated“The songs at the French-premier line halfway through match 2 of their semi-final series of the Eastern Conference, the Cavs star, Donovan Mitchell, tried to calm the crowd, as if he knew what the consequences could be.
That tells us everything we need to know about what the NBA feels about Haliburton. Although he was elected “The most overrated player in the league“By an anonymous panel of his peers, according to athletics, there is – and should be – a real fear of what he is capable of doing to the opponents, even the head of the East.
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True to the form, Haliburton scored seven points in the last 84 seconds of match 2, including a 3-point pointer last second, to finish an improbable return and give his team a 2-0 lead in the series.
“Now that this label is there, it will be every time we play someone,” said Haliburton the day after the songs. “Each time on the road, it will probably follow me until the next survey will be released, and we will see if I am again n ° 1, but for me I simply control what I can, guy and, yes, overestimate this.”
It is important to note that only 13 respondents in the Athletics players survey in fact voted Haliburton “overrated”. It could have been the entire Milwaukee Bucks. While Indiana beat the Bucks en route to the first NBA Cup championship match in 2023, Haliburton made fun of the celebration of “Lady Time” by Damian Lillard. He piled up While the Pacers eliminated Milwaukee in the first round of the 2024 qualifiers.
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Lillard was a man made, a future temple of fame; Haliburton was not yet …
Maybe the New York Knicks or Brooklyn Nets voted for Haliburton. They also engaged in wars of words With Haliburton in recent seasons. While nobody explained publicly exactly why a contingent of NBA players feels so negatively about Haliburton, the course of the Tim Hardaway Sr. renown temple, whose son plays for Detroit pistons, may have offered the best explanation of the “Gil's Arena” podcast.
“If I come back and putting my s *** and myself, I want to go f *** up haliburton“He said.” I want to do it F ***. He talks so much about S ***. I want to go back and break his mother *** ING A **. … He thinks he's all. “
Newsflash for Hardaway and his comrades: Haliburton could be all that. Often, at least in relation to his personality, he is done to script his own heritage of the temple of fame.
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During five seasons, Haliburton collected on average 17.5 points (on the 48/39/86 of shooting), 9.2 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.1 interceptions and blocks combined in 33 minutes per match. The list of players who have an 18-4-9 on average during their career: Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas, John Wall and Trae Young. And, believe it or not, Haliburton was by far the most effective shooter of this group.
If the Pacers carry out a second race consecutive to the final of the conference, Haliburton would join Robertson, Johnson and Thomas (three of our point gods) as the only ones to go so far in the playoffs several times. Only Robertson and Johnson did it during their first five seasons.
Haliburton increased his match in the playoff series, with an average of 18-6-11-the numbers in the playoff series equaled only by Magic. Admittedly, Haliburton is not at the magic level, but there is also no comparison of their support moldings. Pascal Siakam is the Haliburton co-star. Everyone from Myles Turner to TJ McConnell is a quality player for the Pacers, but they are hardly Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy and Lakers Showtime.
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We have to start wondering what Haliburton would be capable of a more dynamic team. Pacers could be a more serious piece of conflict. As it stands, they are about to upset a team of 64 victories in the second round. Could the team they beat in the second round of last year wait for them in the conference final and from there? Who knows, especially given The injuries that rise.
When Haliburton was on the ground in these playoffs, the Pacers scored 121.4 points by 100 possessions – better than the best attack in the League this season and among the The biggest offenses of all time. They are even better in the clutch, marking 1.58 ridiculous points by possession in these qualifying series. They were also among the offenses in the most effective crisis in the regular season. Haliburton is the reason.
He sees the ground as well as anyone who is called Nikola Jokić. Its rating efficiency obliges the defenses to make a choice: defend it in 1 against 1, where it can beat anyone outside the dribbling or help, allowing its creation of games to flourish. The ability to excel in both is often what unlocks the last stage of fame.
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Haliburton has been targeted as a defender, and that is perhaps another reason why some NBA players feel that he is “overrated”. He has also struggled to extend sections of the last two regular seasons. After looking like an MVP candidate for the first months of last season, his averages changed significantly following a strain of the hamstrings. The same goes for the start of this season, as He faced mental health difficulties.
It is probably not a coincidence that these stretches be sandwiched A disappointing individual effort at the Olympic Games And coincided with the vote for “the most surfed player in the league”. Since then, his performance has taught us a different lesson: Tyrese Haliburton is perhaps the most underestimated superstar in the NBA.
