- Tyrese Haliburton, the 25-year-old starting point guard for the Indiana Pacers, is having a moment. While the Oklahoma City Thunder had the best record in the NBA this year, and their star player, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, was named league MVP, they are two games away from elimination in the NBA Finals courtesy of Haliburton and his Pacers. Haliburton, who was voted “most overrated” in an anonymous survey of his peers this year, is cementing his legend status.
Tyrese Haliburton is used to being overlooked. He wasn’t a blue-chip prospect coming out of high school, despite leading his team to a state championship and being named Wisconsin Player of the Year in 2018. He was traded away by the team that drafted him out of college, the Sacramento Kings, in 2022. He made the roster for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, but barely saw the court. He has an odd-looking shot. And an anonymous survey of NBA players conducted by The Athletic named him the league’s “most overrated” player.
