Tyrese Haliburton Rumors

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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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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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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Tyrese Haliburton: I've had calf strains before, and I met with the doctor. He said, "In the regular season, I would tell you to sit two to three weeks, but it's the Finals. And I'm like, "What the [ __ ]? You think I’m going to sit down?" I'm not going to say who, but I had some close friends, family, and mentors in my life call me after Game 5 and say: "Hey, shut it down." Interviewer: Do you wish you would have taken that advice? Tyrese Haliburton: No. Hell no. Hell no. I’ll be honest—I called KD after I got my MRI after Game 5. I said, "Bro, do you regret playing in the game you tore [your Achilles]?" He said, "No, not at all." He said, "You never—" I was like, "Alright." Yeah, I wasn’t going to switch anyway, so I’m glad he said that. It made me feel a little bit better. But no, I don’t regret it, bro.

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Tyrese Haliburton: I strained my hamstring a couple years ago. Interviewer: That’s a couple months, right? Tyrese Haliburton: Yeah, it was like... I think I was out for a month. And it was the same year I needed to play 65 games to get my supermax. So I was rushing to get back, like: "I need—I’m making this money." Like: "I got this money." So that was probably the most mentally draining. But this? This is a whole other level, bro.

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If you could go back in time and gift your younger self any piece of memorabilia—signed, team-wear, whatever it is—what would it be, and why? Tyrese Haliburton: That's a great question, bro. My answer now is probably a little different than it would’ve been before I got to the NBA, ‘cause like—I’m cool with the guys now. I think I grew up... like, LeBron was always the sh*t to me. Like, he was always the greatest of all time in my eyes. So, something LeBron-related would’ve always been at the top. It was either Bron or something John Cena-related. I still— My dad just brought it to my house like a year ago—he found my childhood spinner belt.

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"I obviously want to be good tomorrow but I know it takes time," Haliburton said. "The team has already ruled me out for the year, so I'm in no rush. It's just about getting 100 percent, not necessarily as fast as I can, but getting 100 percent is important. I don't want to come back and be 85, 90 percent. I want to be able to come back at 100, so I'm just taking my time through that."

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Haliburton said, “It’s very important” to have someone to talk to during this time. Haliburton added that his relationship with Clark has grown outside of basketball, but said the two can relate to how defenses guard them on the court. “Our offensive (and) defensive issues are the same sometimes. Everything is really similar between us,” Haliburton said.

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”It sucks that she’s been hurt for as long as she has. But just for us to be able to communicate even in our recovery, we lift at the same time, so it’s just us two in the weight room,” Haliburton told reporters Saturday. “We spend a lot of time together. It’s good to have each other to lean on in a time like right now.”

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