Oh what a beautiful time we are living through. On my left players like Andre Drummond or DeAndre Jordan who explain to us via Insta videos that they are polishing their 3-point shots, and in the right corner the young wolves who write in pencil the next lines of their CVs . Not long ago Ja Morant explained to us that he was a Top 5 leader in the NBA, everyone laughed but no one laughs anymore, and today it’s Tyrese Haliburton’s turn to tell us about his personal aspirations. A little softer but just as plausible.
If you do not know Tyrese Haliburton two observations are essential. 1) You’re stuck and 2) Immediately sand YouTube and you’re going to have a great Sunday. Yes because the leader of the Pacers – and very briefly darling of the Kings for a season and a half – is one of those thrilling players who will undoubtedly write some stylish pages for the NBA of the future. Drafted in 12 by Sacto in 2020, Hali quickly established himself as a solid, intelligent and spectacular player, so much so that Kings fans saw in him a new reason to hope for a better tomorrow.
A trade later and Tyrese had left for the Pacers, we’re not here to judge, and it’s today in the plains of Indiana that the crack makes its ranges, within a group in total reconstruction and carried by a band of U23s with long teeth (Bennedict Mathurin and Chris Duarte, among others). Tyrese Haliburton will be the starting point guard for this team, obviously, and following the departure of Malcolm Brogdon for Boston, he even recovered the entire bunch of keyswith the collective ambition to advance the friends and the franchise.
Guest at the start of the week on the Setting the Pace podcast, Tyrese Haliburton was able to discuss some interesting topics for next season, comments relayed by theIndy Star and of which we summarize the main lines for you now:
On the failed signing of Deandre Ayton:
“I think we were aggressive. The front office was aggressive in an effort to find the Playoffs. I’ve already talked about it, but it’s a franchise that has played in the Playoffs almost every year of my life and there is this ambition to return to this level, this ambition to play for the title, like any other franchise. »
About Bennedict Mathurin’s Draft:
“It’s a very good fit for us. Already humanly, because he (Mathurin) has a different approach to the game from mine. Where I am more of a vocal leader, he can be a leader by example, by what he shows on the pitch. He got used to playing without the ball and it’s a good thing for my game because I myself have the ball a lot in my hands and everyone must know how to position themselves in relation to that. He is very good at cutting in the circle and physically tanky, strong enough to play in several positions. »
On his personal goals this season:
“It’s not necessarily something set in stone but I want to be a 20/10 player (20 points and 10 assists per game). And I want to be All-Star. Those are my two main goals this season, that’s what I have in mind.
17.5 points and 9.6 assists last season from his arrival in Indianapolis, and the age – and therefore the room for improvement – of the 22-year-old leader suggests that the objectives mentioned are quite possible. The roster is low in experience but devilishly exciting, Tyrese Haliburton is of the race of geniuses so at work everyone, and we imagine that a guy born on February 29 had anyway decided very early to be different, and the author of this article knows what he is talking about.