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Legion Hoops: “Do you know where I can apply for one of those no show jobs like Kawhi got?” Tyrese Haliburton: “Tell them to find me too!” 😭

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NBA all-star Pascal Siakam visited Gagetown, N.B., students and received an honourary doctorate on Wednesday. The 2019 NBA Champion with the Toronto Raptors was in town for a celebration of Data Dunkers, which is described as an innovative basketball and data science learning experience for students in Grades 5-to-12. The program focuses on activities which are designed to help students learn how to find the meaning in data, particularly by using data that is openly available from the NBA and WNBA.

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Siakam is a partner for the program through his foundation PS43. The foundation aims to make a difference in the lives of children through education. “Technology is the future,” Siakam told reporters Wednesday. “We just want to continue to empower kids through technology and through education. For us this was the perfect way to do it, basketball and data together, that’s a perfect marriage.”

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Clark Kellogg appeared to have been on the path to a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame career after one of the greatest rookie seasons in NBA history. That Hall of Fame call eventually came true nearly 40 years after playing for the Indiana Pacers. But instead — to his surprise — he’s made the Hall as a star basketball television analyst rather than a star player. “I feel like I’m really good at what I do, but I had never even thought about this kind of honor,” Kellogg told Andscape. “I just wanted to serve the game and do a quality job. That’s really it, man. This just hadn’t really registered on my wish list, if you will. “When I got the call, I was just overwhelmed with gratitude, and you start thinking about the people that have been part of your journey.”

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Kellogg began his broadcasting career as a Pacers radio analyst in 1987 and also served as a television analyst for ESPN, the Big East Network, Prime Sports and Cleveland State men’s basketball. “I take the craft seriously, but I also don’t take myself too seriously about it,” Kellogg said. “I have an enthusiasm and a joy and a fun for what God has privileged and graced me to do in this space. The love of the game is genuine and authentic. And I think how I’ve tried to display that and demonstrate that as an analyst — be it in the studio or at the game site and how I’ve worked with the team as part of it. “I’ve prioritized being a good teammate, and I’ve prioritized trying to serve the game and all of its people well. Perhaps that is what attracted the Hall to give me this honor.”

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The NBA G League today released its complete game schedule for the league’s 25th season, which tips off on Friday, Nov. 7. The new season features an expanded playoff field and 31 teams, including the rebranded Noblesville Boom, the affiliate of the Indiana Pacers. The NBA G League schedule will continue to be divided into two parts: 14-game Tip-Off Tournament, followed by a 36-game regular season. All 31 NBA G League teams will compete in at least 50 games during the 2025-26 season.

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Tyrese Haliburton: Summer of new hobbies lol

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Who else are you tight with in the league? Tyrese Haliburton: A few different guys. I mean, that Olympic team made me cool with, like, everybody. That’s been the cool part about it. Not many people are cool with Joel Embiid. I happen to be pretty cool with him. He actually FaceTimed me the other day, and I’m like, "You don’t call anybody." So he’s genuinely checking on me. That’s the cool part about the lives we get to live—you get to grow close with the people you grew up watching.

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Why are people not cool with Embiid? Tyrese Haliburton: ’Cause he’s outside. He goes out. He’s a cool-ass dude. I think he’s just wary of people. Like, he keeps you at arm's distance, you know? He doesn’t let a ton of people in. Jake Paul: Long-ass arm. Tyrese Haliburton: Yeah. He keeps everybody kind of at a distance. But we work out with the same trainer in L.A., so usually he kicks everybody out of the gym when he works out— He lets me stay. So I know I’m in his good graces when I’m there.

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And Kuminga remains a square peg in a system designed for those who fit neatly into round holes. “One guy that was put in a similar situation is Paul George when he got to Indiana,” one NBA front-office executive tells NBC Sports Bay Area. “When he got there, they were right on the cusp. Danny Granger was playing in front of him, and Lance Stephenson was there. And eventually, he was able to play with that David West group; they were competing for championships. “But it was like the perfect setup for Paul. They weren’t a big-market team, but they were a good team. He got a chance to grow while they were trying to win. And a lot of his mistakes weren't as magnified as Kuminga’s have been because of the team he is on.”

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The Indiana Pacers star recently appeared on the “Impaulsive” podcast and was asked about his nickname “The Haliban,” which is a play on the Afghan terrorist group the Taliban. The nickname was supposedly due to Haliburton terrorizing other teams on the courts with clutch shots throughout the playoffs. But the two-time All-Star called it “unfortunate” that his name was being associated with such a group. “It’s unfortunate,” Haliburton said of the nickname. “Obviously, the Taliban is a terrible group of people, and it’s unfortunate that on social media it’s become the thing. Obviously, I could never publicly acknowledge it or respond. People would come on my Twitch chat and spam that.”

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Scott Agness: Tyrese Haliburton is sitting courtside for the first Fever game this season. He’s usually up in a suite. And Connor McCaffery is wearing a Nike hoodie with Clark’s logo

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Some people are saying the NBA is actually scripted—because of the Knicks-Pacers in the Finals. And of course, that segment we had years ago with Brunson and you... So, like—is it fake? Tyrese Haliburton: Well, the problem is—I play for the Indiana Pacers. So, if the NBA was going to rig the league, the last two teams they’d probably rig it for would be the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder. But from a city standpoint, bro... it’s like— Also, like, getting flights to those places is really difficult. You’re going to have a connection if you’re not flying private every single time. So I mean, I think that if the league wanted to rig it, they would’ve probably rigged it for the Knicks to be successful. So I think it’s just kind of good luck—just happenstance—that we happened to be there.

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Tyrese Haliburton: I think it'll be 15 months until I play my next game... A lot of journaling—just writing stuff down, getting thoughts out. All those things have definitely been good. But yeah, just trying to think, like: "Bro, what color shoes am I going to wear when I get back?" You know, just thinking about all those little things. Like— "How are we going to build?" "What’s my social media strategy going to be?" "What’s the promo going to look like?" All those things have been fun to think about. But you know—it’s a slow process, bro. It’s like Groundhog Day every single day. Doing the same [ __ ], same lifts, all those same things.

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