Tyrese Haliburton Rumors

Tragedy struck a bachelorette party hosted by Tyrese Haliburton's fiancée, Jade Jones, in St. Barts earlier this month when one of her friends died ... TMZ Sports has learned. Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ Sports ... 26 year old Makenzi Kern passed away unexpectedly from health complications ... and the family does not suspect that foul play, drugs, or alcohol contributed to her death.

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While athletes in tennis and even the NFL have double dipped in broadcasting and playing, the trend of active player contributors continues to gain steam in professional basketball. NBA players Kyle Lowry and Tyrese Haliburton joined Prime Video as athlete contributors. On the WNBA side, Kelsey Plum signed on as a player contributor for Prime, Sophie Cunningham is working as a studio analyst for USA Network and Caitlin Clark made multiple appearances on NBC’s studio show for NBA games.

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“Sometimes when older guys are talking about the sport, sometimes it can sound a little, ‘Back in my day,’ whereas I think getting my perspective on things, as a guy who is having success currently, is just a little different,” Haliburton said. “I think it’s interesting to hear their perspective on things and have rebuttals and conversations which I’m appreciative of, because obviously Steve (Nash) and Dirk (Nowitzki) played in a different game versus myself. So I’m very appreciative of those different perspectives. I think that’s what makes our game beautiful.”

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Oh No He Didn't: Hali on if coaches are teaching flopping: "Yeah for sure it's being taught. I don't think it's as much head coach teaching as much as it is like player development even before you get to the NBA it's just something you like kind of work on by nature...even in pickup they're working on how they can draw fouls. I think that's a part of the game"

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Oh No He Didn't: Tyrese Haliburton: "A place like New York they have a lot of passionate fans of course and people love the Knicks, but there's a lot of celebrities in there and there are sometimes they're like too cool to get super loud vs OKC's"

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It is far too early in the recovery process to predict when Donte DiVincenzo will return to action. Tearing an Achilles tendon is among the most serious injuries in the game, often keeping players out for a year or more. Boston’s Jayson Tatum returned in less than 10 months, but that is considered an outlier. Still, DiVincenzo is trying to follow Tatum’s lead. He flew to New York for surgery less than 24 hours after suffering the injury, following a similar timeline that Tatum went through. DiVincenzo has spoken to Tatum, Tyrese Haliburton and Damian Lillard, all of whom have recently suffered the same injury, about their recoveries. “I just asked a million questions, and they’ve all helped me in different ways,” DiVincenzo said. “But all their journeys are different.”

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Scott Agness: A visual update from Tyrese Haliburton, now 11 months removed from Achilles surgery.

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Rayasianboy: "If time goes back, Game 7, but you know you're gonna tear your shit. Would you still play?" Tyrese Haliburton: "Sure, we had a chance." Rayasianboy: "You think so? You'll still play? Even if you know you're gonna fuck up, you'll still play?" Tyrese Haliburton: "I knew going into the game there was a chance, so yeah, I wouldn't change it. If I had sat, that would have been weak."

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Tyrese Haliburton: "I would just say, dog, it's okay to say no to people. That's what I really struggled with early in my career, saying no to people because it's hard, especially when it's people you love, people that been there when you need them and stuff." Rayasianboy: "They've been telling you to get the water, be the water boy as a rookie, and you're scared to say no." Tyrese Haliburton: "Those are just rookie duties. You gotta do that. Yeah, you gotta do that." Rayasianboy: "If you don't do that, if you try to be against them, they're gonna tell you, 'No, I don't want to do that.'" Tyrese Haliburton: "They're gonna pop your car, fill your car with chocolate or something."

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Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of Haliburton — still rehabbing from the torn Achilles he suffered in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals — hitting what was ultimately ruled a game-tying shot after review, but still became one of the defining moments of the postseason. Haliburton’s willingness to embrace the moment — and the role of the villain in front of a hostile crowd — did not come by accident. The then fifth-year pro’s showmanship was shaped through years of watching professional wrestling. He grew up wanting to be the bad guy. He spent time perfecting what he wanted to say, how he wanted to act and learning from the performers he saw each week on the screen.

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As his basketball career blossomed, he folded those lessons on television into his own persona on the floor. It was why he felt so comfortable leaning into the heel role in that moment at Madison Square Garden and why he doesn’t shy away from being the “bad guy” whenever the Pacers hit the road. “I think I’ve just grown a reputation in our league,” Haliburton told The Athletic earlier this season. “Like when we go on the road — I talk s—, I am who I am, and I think on the road it’s easy to say that I’m the bad guy and at home it’s easy to say I’m the good guy, so I think it just depends where we are. But I would say anything that’s not Indiana, I’m probably the bad guy.”

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Why do you think wrestling has gotten so big? Tyrese Haliburton: I think there’s a growing mainstream popularity within it. It used to be like, I don’t want to say not cool, but everybody goes through the same phase, right? When you’re super young you like it, then you find out John Cena’s not actually dying. He’s not actually so hurt that he can’t move.

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It’s interesting because so many people remember the Reggie choke after you hit the shot at MSG. In wrestling, there’s a performance … Tyrese Haliburton For sure. It’s performing. Is there a part of that, even looking back at that moment, where you’re like, “Hey, I want all the heat. I want you all to boo the hell out of me because I know what I just did?” Haliburton: (Smiles) For sure. I welcome it. I feel like part of our sport is entertainment, and I think all the best players are great entertainers too. People pay hard-earned money to come watch us play and be entertained. I think it’s cool when people pay to watch me win and people pay to watch me lose. That’s all super cool to me. That’s the great part of being a professional athlete.

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LeBron James will likely have a few things to say about free agency, the state of the NBA and his own future on July 16. James - the NBA's all-time leading scorer - will be appearing at Fanatics Fest NYC that day at the Javits Center in New York and recording a live version of the "Mind the Game" video podcast with Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton, the sports apparel giant announced Wednesday. The taping will come roughly 2 1/2 weeks after the start of NBA free agency. James has not yet announced if he will return next season for a 24th year of his record-setting career. He just finished his eighth season with the Los Angeles Lakers and could elect to stay with that team or sign elsewhere as a free agent.

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