<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-reveals-jeff-van-gundy-question-that-pissed-him-off');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton reveals Jeff Van Gundy question that ‘pissed him off’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pacers-news-Tyrese-Haliburton-reveals-Jeff-Van-Gundy-question-that-pissed-him-off.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton reveals Jeff Van Gundy question that ‘pissed him off’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T08:33:16-07:00">October 9th, 8:33am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-09T08:33:16-07:00">October 9th, 8:33am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The career of Indiana Pacers star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-face-puma-new-deal">Tyrese Haliburton is on a rapid ascent</a>. His stock as a player is at an all-time high after leading the Pacers all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals last season, and then he proceeded to have himself an exceptional summer, being a part of the 12-man Team USA roster that won gold during the 2024 Paris Olympics.</p><p>However, Haliburton wasn’t always this successful. Thus, he’s not letting everything he accomplished this past season to get to his head. In fact, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5829693/2024/10/09/tyrese-haliburton-interview-pacers-shoe-puma/" rel="noopener">a question hurled at him</a> last year during the 2023 FIBA World Cup by Team USA coach/director of scouting Jeff Van Gundy continues to reverberate in his head, and he’s still using that as fuel to continue succeeding in his Pacers career.</p><p>“Van Gundy was a big part of my motivation going into this last year because with the (2023 FIBA) World Cup team, he just kept challenging me. Like, ‘Why haven’t you won yet?’ And I could come up with all of these excuses as to why I haven’t won, but the fact of the matter was I hadn’t won. So all I could think about all year was how much Van Gundy pissed me off,” Haliburton shared in an interview with James Boyd of The Athletic.</p><p>To be fair to Haliburton and the Pacers, it’s not as if he’s feeling immense pressure to already deliver a championship for his team. He only has two seasons of experience as the Pacers’ lead guy, and throughout his stint in Indianapolis, the team has improved dramatically.</p><p>The 2022-23 season, of course, was a disappointment for the Pacers. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-is-tyrese-haliburton-playing-vs-raptors">Haliburton’s injury</a> doomed their playoff hopes in 2023, and they were still in the middle of retooling their roster after bottoming out in 2022.</p><p>But while Haliburton has taken Van Gundy’s question to heart, he expressed his gratefulness towards the veteran coach for keeping it real and for lighting a fire underneath him that is impossible to extinguish.</p><p>“But it was real, though, and that’s why I love JVG. That was a real challenge that he had for me. (It’s) why I’m thankful for that guy and why we have a great relationship,” Haliburton added.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers continue on in their ascent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Tyrese-Haliburton-during-2024-Eastern-Conference-Finals.jpg"></figure><p>Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers may have had themselves a successful 2023-24 season, but they know that they have not achieved anything yet in the league. Sure, making it to the Eastern Conference Finals is a commendable accomplishment, but rarely, if ever, are runners-up ever remembered in the annals of NBA history.</p><p>The makings are there for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/predicting-pacers-record-2024-25-season-schedule-release">Pacers to become more than</a> just a footnote in the playoff run of the eventual champion. They are building something sustainable in Indianapolis, and Haliburton certainly has the talent and the drive to be the best player on a championship-winning team.</p><p>It’s Haliburton’s unselfishness and ability to take over when required that makes him suited to take on a lead role for the Pacers. But Haliburton need not do it by his lonesome. The Pacers have assembled a stacked roster, with NBA champion Pascal Siakam leading the team’s cast of talented role players across multiple positions.</p><p>The Eastern Conference may be loaded at the top, but the Pacers have built for themselves the requisite confidence level that could take them over the hump.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton reveals Jeff Van Gundy question that ‘pissed him off’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-message-caitlin-clark-fever-lose-sun-playoffs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Haliburton’s message after Caitlin Clark, Fever lose to Sun in playoffs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Pacers-news-Tyrese-Haliburtons-message-after-Caitlin-Clark-Fever-lose-to-Sun-in-playoffs.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Haliburton’s message after Caitlin Clark, Fever lose to Sun in playoffs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-26T09:21:26-07:00">September 26th, 9:21am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-26T09:21:26-07:00">September 26th, 9:21am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indiana <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fever-news-caitlin-clark-accomplishes-michael-jordan-like-feat-despite-playoff-loss">Fever’s playoff run was ended after the Connecticut Sun</a> defeated them in Game 2 on Sept. 25. During the second half of the season, rookie Caitlin Clark elevated her game and helped the team get into the position, and many saw what’s to come for their future. Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton was one of the people who continued to support the Fever throughout the season, and after their last game, he sent them a <a href="https://x.com/TyHaliburton22/status/1839120498464010269" rel="noopener">nice message</a> on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>“Helluva season [IndianaFever],” Haliburton tweeted.</p><p>Haliburton showed up to one of Fever’s games earlier in the season and <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1831520419305701611" rel="noopener">showed love</a> to Clark on the sidelines after she recorded her second triple-double.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyrese Haliburton congratulates Caitlin Clark after her 2nd career triple-double 🤝 </p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/Pacers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pacers</a>) <a href="https://t.co/bUjm1Y8LUd">pic.twitter.com/bUjm1Y8LUd</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1831520419305701611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Fever and Pacers are two young teams, and they should make the city of Indiana proud of what they accomplished this year.</p><h2>Fever bounced out of playoffs against the Sun</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Caitlin-Clark_6a2fde.jpg"><figcaption>Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Indiana Fever had their season end in the first round of the playoffs against the Connecticut Sun, losing 87-81. With the win, the Sun advanced to the second round to face the Minnesota Lynx, while the Fever will be headed home. The Fever came back late in the game, but it wasn’t enough to force a Game 3 and go back to Indiana.</p><p>Caitlin Clark, who finished the game with 25 points, nine assists, and six rebounds, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fever-news-caitlin-clark-reveals-worst-part-tough-playoff-defeat-sun">spoke following their loss</a>.</p><p>“A tough one, especially because we climbed all the way back in and definitely had our opportunities late,” Clark said. “Few different miscues… that’s sometimes the worst part of it. You feel like you’re really playing your best basketball and then it has to end.”</p><p>Fever head coach Christie Sides shared a message after the game as well, and what went on throughout the game that ultimately led to their loss.</p><p>“These guys were never in a position that we couldn’t win this game,” Sides said. “It was like an engine. We kept getting better as the game went on. We kept putting them in bad situations where they had to make decisions as it relates to when Caitlin was pushing… I don’t even think we made an adjustment at halftime. We watched a couple situations that we knew we could be better at.”</p><p>It will be interesting to see what the Fever do during the offseason and who will want to come play with Clark. The Fever also have some free agents, so they make it a priority to bring those players back to return and finish what they started this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Haliburton’s message after Caitlin Clark, Fever lose to Sun in playoffs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-trolls-haters-with-savage-shot-at-east-rival');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton trolls haters with savage shot at East rival');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Tyrese-Haliburton-trolls-haters-with-savage-shot-at-East-rival.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton trolls haters with savage shot at East rival</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-17T20:05:18-07:00">September 17th, 8:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-17T20:05:18-07:00">September 17th, 8:05pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2024 NBA offseason is nearing its end, but Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton is making sure that he is able to maximize the free time that he has on his hands. On Tuesday, Haliburton, who had previously been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wwe-tyrese-haliburton-stares-down-jalen-brunson-appearance-with-logan-paul">a guest star on Monday Night RAW</a>, took his talents to NXT and volunteered to get the contract signing between Ethan Page and Trick Williams for an NXT Championship Match on the CW premiere show on October 1 done.</p><p>Haliburton brought with him a few of his Pacers teammates, including Myles Turner, Obi Toppin, and Andrew Nembhard, as “reinforcements”, much to the dislike of the fans in attendance at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. Haliburton, of course, has appeared on television as a natural heel. Born to relish the heelish spotlight, the Pacers star was back to his usual tricks on Tuesday night.</p><p>After the crowd booed at the sight of Haliburton’s Pacers teammates, the 24-year-old floor general <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1836229011875217723" rel="noopener">took a shot</a> at the Orlando Magic and its fans, all in good fun of course.</p><p>“I get it, I get it. I would boo too if I had to be an Orlando Magic fan,” Haliburton said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I would boo too if I had to be an Orlando Magic fan."</p><p>Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton absolutely COOKED Florida's other NBA team at NXT 💀</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a>)<a href="https://t.co/xetua6KGBe">pic.twitter.com/xetua6KGBe</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1836229011875217723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Haliburton did not have any beef with the Magic franchise prior to tonight, so one would think that he’s just drumming up his heel persona for WWE television. The Pacers star also has experience playing with the Magic’s best player, Paolo Banchero, having teamed up with him during their disappointing 2023 FIBA World Cup stint for Team USA.</p><p>Alas, Haliburton continues to make enemies; the New York Knicks fanbase isn’t already fond of him, what with the Pacers being the team that knocked off the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-jalen-brunson-pacers-tyrese-haliburton-wwe-match">Knicks in last year’s playoffs</a>, and now, the Magic, another up-and-coming team in the Eastern Conference, will be keeping a close eye on the 24-year-old point guard out of Iowa.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers have a bright future ahead</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/USAs-Tyrese-Haliburton.jpg"></figure><p>Tyrese Haliburton has had himself one heck of a year thus far; he finally made it to the playoffs for the first time in his career, and not only that, he helped lead the Pacers to a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals despite coming into the postseason as the sixth-seed.</p><p>But then Haliburton’s year only proceeded to get better; he was called upon to represent Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics — an incredible feat given how stacked the roster they sent to France was. Sure, the Pacers star did not play too big of a role in their gold medal run, but he was an outstanding presence to have on the locker room as he embraced the opportunity to root for his more esteemed teammates from up close.</p><p>Haliburton, in fact, couldn’t process <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-tyrese-haliburton-lebron-james-full-circle-moment-gold">how surreal the experience</a> of teaming up with LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry was; his formative years as a basketball player came when those three were at their best, and to see them continue to play at a high level despite getting up there in age must have been a real treat for the Pacers star.</p><p>Heading into the 2024-25 season, the Pacers have an even brighter future ahead of them. Haliburton will have gained more reps alongside Pascal Siakam, further boosting the team’s chemistry. They also have a nice young core that should sustain them for years to come.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton trolls haters with savage shot at East rival

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-all-star-tyrese-haliburton-makes-surprise-debut-on-nxt');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Haliburton trashes the Magic, dabs CM Punk in surprise debut on NXT');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Tyrese-Haliburton-makes-surprise-debut-on-NXT.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Haliburton trashes the Magic, dabs CM Punk in surprise debut on NXT</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-17T18:09:02-07:00">September 17th, 6:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-17T19:52:31-07:00">September 17th, 7:52pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After watching Trick Williams and “All Ego” Ethan Page duke it out instead of signing their contract for a title match during the opening segment of the show, NXT GM Ava announced that she needed help to get the deal done in time for the promotion’s debut on The CW and called on none other than Tyrese Haliburton, the Indiana Pacers star guard, <a href="https://Twitter.com/WWE/status/1836205788408197211" rel="noopener">to help get the deal done</a>.</p><p>… what in the professional sports adlib is that all about?</p><p>Now granted, it’s not like <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wwe-tyrese-haliburton-stops-by-pacers-smackdown-wants-to-take-a-bump" rel="noopener">Haliburton hasn’t been connected to WWE in the past</a>, as he’s appeared on television for the promotion on multiple occasions, including a very interesting angle earlier this summer where <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wwe-tyrese-haliburton-stares-down-jalen-brunson-appearance-with-logan-paul">he and Jalen Brunson got very close to physica</a>l as part of a grander angle with Logan Paul and LA Knight at Madison Square Garden, but what connection does he have to NXT?</p><p>Was he in Orlando working out with Palo Bnacharo and company before basketball activities start to pick up in Indiana? Or is he simply a three-for-three WWE fan, connecting with Ava and talking turkey about everything from BBall to her father, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s movie career?</p><p>Either way, in the main event of the show, it will be Haliburton making sure everyone goes by the books, which can either go very well, very poorly, or very weirdly. Let’s hope Shawn Michaels is up to date on his insurance payments, as if he isn’t, this could be a costly main event for HBK if something goes south.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Give me the contract, and I'll get it done."</p><p>After the chaos to start the show, <a href="https://twitter.com/Pacers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pacers</a> All-Star <a href="https://twitter.com/TyHaliburton22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TyHaliburton22</a> promises he will get <a href="https://twitter.com/_trickwilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_trickwilliams</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialEGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OfficialEGO</a> to sign the contract before the night ends! 👏<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWENXT</a> <a href="https://t.co/WSP8Qceg5N">pic.twitter.com/WSP8Qceg5N</a></p><p>— WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1836205788408197211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Tyrese Haliburton threw shade at the Orlando Magic in NXT debut</b></h2><p>Taking the ring in his all-over print Shawn Michaels print shirt, Haliburton walked out to the ring and went about his business, but not before taking a few shots at a certain local sports team first.</p><p>“Ava tried a little bit earlier, it didn’t work, so I’m here to make sure Trick Williams and Ethan Page get this contract signed. But I didn’t come alone; I brought reinforcements of my own,” Tyrese Haliburton explained as the crowd showed his Pacers teammates in the front row. “And I get it, I would boo too if I had to be an Orlando Magic fan, I get it, I get it. But we’re not here to talk about that.”</p><p>As the crowd booed the Pacers All-Star and would continue to boo him for the rest of the show, he brought out the two men needed to make things official Williams  – who Hali repeatedly called his brother – and Page, who himself had some less than savory things to say about Indiana’s top performer, comparing himself to the Boston Celtics and Trick Willie to the blue, yellow, silver, and white.</p><p>“This is absolutely ridiculous. Trick! Trick. I gave you an out earlier, but you decided to come out here and stutter anyways. But you know what? That’s absolutely fine with me. If this is what you want, you wanna force me to sign this contract, I’ll do it. But let me put this in a way that you and your pal here will understand. When it comes to this championship, Ethan Page is the Boston Celtics. And on October first when I beat you in Chicago, you will be like the Indiana Pacers and the rest of the NBA because you’re gonna have to watch me be victorious, carry this championship, this entire company and brand, and the Era of Ego will continue to make history. Now hold that open so I could sign it.”</p><p>Welp, there you go, folks; not only did Page sign the contract, but he also decided to take the oldest <i>page</i> out of the professional wrestling playbook – talking smack on a sports team – and while you had to have a certain level of sports knowledge to understand the references, it sure cheesed off both Williams and the NXT audience all the same.</p><p>Fortunately, Haliburton had a card up his sleeve too to get the last laugh – as any semi-babyface should – and requested production play CM Punk’s music, walking off camera but not before he got dabbed up by the “Best in the World.”</p><p>So, what was the point of this segment? Frankly, I have no clue; Haliburton really didn’t have a connection to either man in the ring, to NXT, or to the city of Orlando outside of his basketball career. Swap him out with, well, anyone else from the basketball, baseball, or even football world – Baker Mayfield would have been cool – and the segment would have been exactly the same.</p><p>Still, Haliburton is now a certified member of the WWE Universe, with a page on the official roster website almost certainly coming in the not-too-distant future. What does that mean for the future? It’s impossible to say, but considering his commitments to the Pacers, it’s borderline impossible to imagine he’ll start a Logan Paul-esque side career in the squared circle any time soon unless he’s ready to retire from the NBA.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I would boo too if I had to be an Orlando Magic fan."<a href="https://twitter.com/TyHaliburton22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TyHaliburton22</a> came with some backup in the form of some <a href="https://twitter.com/Pacers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pacers</a> teammates and then let the NXT crowd hear it! 😂<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWENXT</a> <a href="https://t.co/bvfeXNw7Ja">pic.twitter.com/bvfeXNw7Ja</a></p><p>— WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1836224223007641759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Haliburton trashes the Magic, dabs CM Punk in surprise debut on NXT

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-message-indiana-future');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Haliburton’s blunt message about his Pacers future');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/0Tyrese-Haliburtons-blunt-message-about-his-future-with-Pacers0.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Haliburton’s blunt message about his Pacers future</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-11T10:55:17-07:00">September 11th, 10:55am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-11T10:55:17-07:00">September 11th, 10:55am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton has established himself as one of the best players in the NBA. Will Haliburton stay with the Pacers for the foreseeable future, or <a href="https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1833905875662332120" rel="noopener">will the star consider a change of scenery</a>?</p><p>“I’m not going anywhere,” Haliburton said on The Pat McAfee Show. “So if they want to play with me they would then have to come here. The Stephon Marbury comment is a little weird… Why does Phoenix need me, they’ve got Tyus Jones, they’ve got a good squad over there… I mean, I understand but I’m good in Indy, they’re good in Phoenix. Everybody’s good right now.”</p><p>Former NBA player Stephon Marbury recently made headlines after stating that Haliburton may be a good fit for the Phoenix Suns. Haliburton, though, is content in Indiana. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/indiana-pacers-bold-predictions-2024-25-season-schedule-release">Pacers will have an opportunity to make serious noise</a> during the 2024-25 season with Haliburton leading the way.</p><p>For now, Haliburton is focused on preparing for the new campaign. He is also seemingly enjoying his life in Indiana. The Pacers guard is often seen at Indiana Fever games. Additionally, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/colts-news-tyrese-haliburton-pat-mcafee-partying-together-texas-game">Haliburton recently attended an Indianapolis Colts game</a>.</p><p>Haliburton was also a member of the 2024 USA Summer Olympic team that won gold, although he did not receive much playing time. Still, Haliburton got to spend time with legends such as LeBron James.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Haliburton gets 100% real on LeBron James, Olympic teammates</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Tyrese-Haliburton-during-2024-Eastern-Conference-Finals.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Haliburton surely would have loved to play more in Paris. Regardless, it was still surely a tremendous experience.</p><p>“Great teammate,” Haliburton <a href="https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1833910150438260881" rel="noopener">said of</a> LeBron James while speaking on The Pat McAfee Show. “Everybody was super cool… I was just asking a bunch of questions. I was asking guys about stories from when I was a kid… We would all just have dinner together and just talk hoops for hours… It was a good time.”</p><p>Haliburton will likely play a big role for the USA Olympic Team in the future, assuming he opts to participate once again. This year’s Olympic team was led by future Hall of Famers such as LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant. Tyrese Haliburton and Anthony Edwards may lead the way in 2028, though.</p><p>With that being said, Haliburton still enjoyed the 2024 Summer Olympics.</p><p>“A lot of times, especially early in Vegas, I’d be shooting on a hoop and I think LeBron, him and AD (Anthony Davis), wanted to work out there,” Haliburton said. “And they were kind of just like, ‘come workout with us.’ I was like, ‘for real? Okay, that’s pretty cool.'”</p><h2><b>Pacers’ 2024-25 outlook</b></h2><p>Of course, Pacers fans want to know what to expect during the upcoming 2024-25 season. When asked if Indiana will win the championship this season, Tyrese Haliburton confidently said “yeah.”</p><p>The Pacers reached the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2024 playoffs. They were defeated by the eventual champion Boston Celtics, but it was still a strong overall season for Indiana. The Pacers project to be serious contenders once again as Tyrese Haliburton looks to lead the franchise to a championship.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Haliburton’s blunt message about his Pacers future

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/fever-news-caitlin-clark-shares-moment-with-tyrese-haliburton-after-triple-double');   ga('set', 'title', 'Fever’s Caitlin Clark shares moment with Tyrese Haliburton after triple-double');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/0Caitlin-Clark-shares-moment-with-Tyrese-Haliburton-after-triple-double0.jpg"></figure><h1>Fever’s Caitlin Clark shares moment with Tyrese Haliburton after triple-double</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-05T07:06:14-07:00">September 5th, 7:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-05T07:06:14-07:00">September 5th, 7:06am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">WNBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fever-news-caitlin-clark-completes-astonishing-wnba-not-seen-before-history">Indiana Fever continue to win after clinching a spot in the playoffs</a>, and Caitlin Clark continues to make history. In the Fever’s win against the Los Angeles Sparks, Clark posted a triple-double, making her the only rookie to do it, and the only rookie to do it twice. Clark is now tied for fourth all-time in triple-doubles, with Alyssa Thomas having 12, Sabrina Ionescu having four, and Candace Parker having three.</p><p>Another Indiana star, Tyrese Haliburton, was <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1831520419305701611" rel="noopener">in the building</a> for the game, and he and Clark embraced each other after the Fever’s victory. This isn’t the first time that Haliburton has come and supported the Fever this season, and he’s also shown love to Clark.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyrese Haliburton congratulates Caitlin Clark after her 2nd career triple-double 🤝 </p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/Pacers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pacers</a>) <a href="https://t.co/bUjm1Y8LUd">pic.twitter.com/bUjm1Y8LUd</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1831520419305701611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Earlier this season, Haliburton tweeted on X, formerly Twitter, “Hope y’all seeing what 22 doin at Gainbridge.”</p><p>As the Fever continue to win, more people will be at the game, and it’s obvious that people are enjoying what the basketball team is doing. To make it better for people coming to watch, there’s a good chance she’ll be seeing Clark on the court a lot because for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fever-news-caitlin-clark-gets-real-playing-40-minutes-triple-double-feat">fourth time this season, she played all 40 minutes</a>.</p><p>“I like sprinting, I already told you guys,” Clark said after the game. “Finding a balance of when to conserve my energy within the game and playing with pace at the same time, there’s times you can pick and choose… tonight, I felt really good and could go the whole stretch…the (coaches) don’t really ask me, it’s not really my choice… I could probably play another 40.”</p><h2><b>Fever clinch playoff berth for first time since 2016</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Caitlin-Clark-3.jpg"><figcaption>© Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption></figure><p>The Indiana Fever clinched a playoff spot on Sept. 3 after the Las Vegas Aces defeated the Chicago Sky and the Phoenix Mercury defeated the Atlanta Dream. The team has gone above and beyond of what some people thought they were going to do, but they’ve been on a roll as of late, and they’ve <a href="https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41116102/caitlin-clark-indiana-fever-qualify-wnba-playoffs" rel="noopener">made history</a> doing it.</p><p>“The Fever are the second team in WNBA history to make the playoffs after starting the season 1-8 or worse,” ESPN’s Michael Voepel wrote. “The Charlotte Sting, who disbanded after the 2006 season, made the WNBA Finals in 2001 after starting the season 1-8, and lost there to Los Angeles.”</p><p>The Fever are now 7-1 since the Olympic break and have had some quality wins against some good teams in the league, and they may be a tough team to beat when the playoffs come around. Caitlin Clark isn’t doing it by herself, as Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston are playing good this season as well. When the playoffs come around, there will most likely be a lot of people tuning in to watch the Fever, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if Tyrese Haliburton showed up to a game again.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Fever’s Caitlin Clark shares moment with Tyrese Haliburton after triple-double

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-tyrese-haliburton-reveals-length-of-team-usa-recruiting-efforts');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton reveals extent of Team USA recruiting efforts');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Pacers-news-Tyrese-Haliburton-reveals-length-of-Team-USA-recruiting-efforts.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton reveals extent of Team USA recruiting efforts</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-01T06:53:14-07:00">September 1st, 6:53am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-01T07:38:36-07:00">September 1st, 7:38am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Olympics are a time when all the best basketball players come together for their country with the goal of winning a gold medal, but sometimes other things come out of it. While building friendships with the players, there could also be some <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-austin-reaves-recruiting-team-usa-fiba-world-cup">recruiting for players looking to join their respective teams</a> in the NBA. During the Paris Olympics, Tyrese Haliburton made sure to put on his <a href="https://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/sports/nba/2024/08/30/tyrese-haliburton-tried-to-recruit-every-guy-from-team-usa-to-indiana-pacers-in-nba/75017519007/" rel="noopener">recruiting hat</a>, trying to get some of the Team USA players to join him on the Indiana Pacers.</p><p>“I recruited every guy on that team basically,” Haliburton told Indiana reporter Justin Marville. “Anyone that wants to come join us in Indiana, I’m all for it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“I recruited every guy on that team basically… anyone that wants to come join us in Indiana, I’m all for it… I definitely got recruited, but I’m not going anywhere.”</p><p>Tyrese Haliburton said he tried to recruit every Team USA player to come play for the Pacers 😅</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/jmarv4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jmarv4</a>) <a href="https://t.co/RZuuhOsShc">pic.twitter.com/RZuuhOsShc</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1830088028301508633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Haliburton even mentioned that he was recruited himself, but there was no chance of leaving the Pacers and the team that they’re building. He also thinks that some of the other players on the team could join each other down the line.</p><p>“There will probably something that comes out of it,” Haliburton said. “I definitely got recruited, but I’m not going anywhere.”</p><p>Haliburton had the chance to play with some of the best athletes in the world such as LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant, and at 24 years old, he was taking in whatever he could that could help his game and how he carries himself.</p><p>“The biggest thing I took from them is just how serious they are about their routines,” Haliburton said. “Just seeing how routine they are, just how they treat their bodies and how they’re able to do what they do at such a high level at their age.”</p><p>Even though Haliburton tried, there’s no chance that any of these players will be leaving their respective teams anytime soon. Kevin Durant and Devin Booker have a good thing going in Phoenix; Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, and Derrick White will be looking to win another championship in Boston; Stephen Curry, Anthony Edwards, Bam Adebayo, and Joel Embiid are the franchise players on their teams; and LeBron James and Anthony Davis don’t look like they’re leaving Los Angeles.</p><h2><b>Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton want to repeat success of last season </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Tyrese-Haliburton.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The Indiana Pacers surprised a lot of people when they made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals to play the Boston Celtics. Throughout the season, they showed flashes of being a dark horse team that could make some noise, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-raptors-pelicans-three-team-trade">acquiring Pascal Siakam</a> made their team even better.</p><p>This season they’ll be looking to replicate that success in a conference that has gotten stronger over the offseason and stay atop the standings. Over the past two years, Tyrese Haliburton has grown and become one of the league’s top point guards, and he’s ready to lead the Pacers to a possible championship.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton reveals extent of Team USA recruiting efforts

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/knicks-news-jalen-brunson-pacers-tyrese-haliburton-wwe-match');   ga('set', 'title', 'Knicks’ Jalen Brunson, Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton open to WWE match');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Jalen-Brunson-Tyrese-Haliburton-open-to-WWE-match.jpg"></figure><h1>Knicks’ Jalen Brunson, Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton open to WWE match</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-17T09:19:13-07:00">August 17th, 9:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-17T09:19:13-07:00">August 17th, 9:19am</time><address><a>Preston Byers</a>Preston Byers is an experienced writer and journalist who currently serves as an associate editor for ClutchPoints and as a staff writer at The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle, where he covers sports in the Mahoning Valley. Previously, Preston worked as an associate editor for Dot Esports and a site expert for FanSided's Union and Blue.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Haliburton went to battle on the hardwood during the New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers second-round playoff series this past season, but it’s possible we could eventually see them on a different battleground: <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jalen-brunson-thanks-triple-h-for-letting-him-live-out-his-wwe-dream">a WWE ring</a>.</p><p>Brunson and Haliburton, both All-NBA players, likely have some years left in their NBA careers, but Brunson is not shutting down <a href="https://wrestlingheadlines.com/jalen-brunson-hopes-that-a-wwe-matchup-against-tyrese-haliburton-can-be-spoken-into-existence/" rel="noopener">the possibility of</a> wrestling against Haliburton in WWE.</p><p>“I’m never going to say never,” Brunson said during Fanatics Fest NYC. “Maybe we can speak it into existence.”</p><h2><b>Could Jalen Brunson vs. Tyrese Haliburton happen in WWE?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/New-York-Knicks-guard-Jalen-Brunson-11-controls-the-ball-against-Indiana-Pacers-guard-Tyrese-Haliburton-0.jpg"><figcaption>© Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-jalen-brunson-reacts-wwe-appearance-injury">Brunson and Haliburton have already appeared</a> on WWE programming, as the pair of NBA players got involved during a Logan Paul vs. LA Knight vs. Santos Escobar triple threat match on ‘Smackdown’ in June. The event took place at Madison Square Garden, the home arena of Brunson’s Knicks, and during the match, Haliburton (sporting a ‘Tyrese 3:17 shirt’) attempted to come to the aid of Paul with a pair of brass knuckles but was distracted by Brunson, who jumped over the barricade.</p><p>After the match, Haliburton and Paul appeared ready to attack Knight, although Brunson entered the ring with a steel chair, which eventually caused Paul and Haliburton to flee.</p><p>While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wwe-tyrese-haliburton-stares-down-jalen-brunson-appearance-with-logan-paul">WWE-NBA crossover</a> worked out well, it did cause some panic among Knicks fans, as during Brunson’s brief in-ring appearance, he winced and looked at his left hand, which he had broken during the playoffs and recently had surgery on to repair. The seemingly random act seemed to indicate a reaggravation of his injury, but Brunson said after the fact that he was improvising.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JALEN BRUNSON AND TYRESE HALIBURTON MEET IN THE RING 😳</p><p>(Via <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEonFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEonFOX</a>)<br> <a href="https://t.co/87N8ePA9se">pic.twitter.com/87N8ePA9se</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1806859215576969645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I did freestyle a little bit, and the part I freestyled, everyone freaked out over,” Brunson said on the ‘Roommates’ podcast. “My sisters sends me this screenshot… of a tweet of a person screenshotting the video and looking at my hand being bent and so it was just like a broken heart, like it was a bunch of broken hearts. Everyone was like, ‘Just stay home! Stop playing around, wrap him in bubble wrap!'”</p><p>While it seems like Brunson is OK, it surely will not help any potential case for a WWE match — as an active NBA player, anyway. Although Dennis Rodman and Karl Malone famously wrestled in WCW in the 1990s to capitalize on their fame and the Chicago Bulls vs. Utah Jazz rivalry, the Knicks and Pacers very understandably will likely not allow that to happen with Brunson and Haliburton.</p><p>NBA contracts have clauses that state what activities players cannot do, and professional wrestling is almost assuredly one of them. In any case, Brunson and Haliburton, both of whom make much more than Malone and Rodman did (the pair of current players will each make $180 million or more over the next five years) and thus do not need to wrestle to make a lot of money.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Knicks’ Jalen Brunson, Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton open to WWE match

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/fever-news-caitlin-clarks-eruption-vs-mercury-draws-tyrese-haliburton-reaction');   ga('set', 'title', 'Caitlin Clark’s eruption in Fever win vs. Mercury draws Tyrese Haliburton reaction');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Caitlin-Clarks-eruption-vs.-Mercury-draws-Tyrese-Haliburton-reaction.png"></figure><h1>Caitlin Clark’s eruption in Fever win vs. Mercury draws Tyrese Haliburton reaction</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-16T21:15:17-07:00">August 16th, 9:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-16T21:15:17-07:00">August 16th, 9:15pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Friday night, the Indiana Fever had <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mercury-vs-caitlin-clark-fever-wnba-prediction-odds-pick-8-16-2024">their first game</a> back from the prolonged WNBA intermission due to the 2024 Paris Olympics. What that entailed is another sell-out game for the Fever, thanks in large part to Caitlin Clark’s sweeping influence that continues to envelope the nation.</p><p>Clark, despite being in her rookie year, continues to improve from game to game, and on Friday, there was a sort of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mercury-news-mercury-diana-taurasi-caitlin-clark-outlook">changing of the guard</a> that occurred as she outdueled future Hall of Famer Diana Taurasi in a 98-89 win over the Phoenix Mercury. The 22-year-old guard put up 29 points and 10 assists on 8-16 shooting from the field and 9-10 shooting from the line, making up for her 4-11 night from beyond the arc.</p><p>Caitlin Clark is changing the Fever’s fortunes as the game-changing prospect that was promised for the team after a few years of dwelling in the basement of the WNBA. As a fellow star for Indianapolis hoops, Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton wants the entire basketball world to <a href="https://x.com/TyHaliburton22/status/1824598029506080968" rel="noopener">take notice</a> of how great Clark has been in her first professional season.</p><p>“Hope y’all seeing what 22 doin at Gainbridge,” Haliburton wrote on his official X account.</p><p>Indeed, Clark has made good on the hype she generated throughout her four illustrious years playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes. She continues to put up buckets, which is characteristic of her given that she finished her collegiate career as the all-time leader in points scored in both the men’s and women’s game combined.</p><p>The Fever have also been reaping the benefits of Clark’s greatness; they may have begun the 2024 WNBA season on a rough note, but here they are now, in seventh place in the league — in position to make the postseason if the season were to end tonight.</p><p>It’s rare for any professional athlete to be as ballyhooed as Clark is and somehow <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fever-news-indiana-record-breaking-caitlin-clark-effect">surpass all the lofty expectations</a> of her still. And everyone better keep tabs on what she’s doing for the Fever, as Tyrese Haliburton said.</p><h2>Caitlin Clark and Tyrese Haliburton — changing Indiana hoops</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Fever-guard-Caitlin-Clark-22-celebrates.jpg"></figure><p>Entering the 2020s decade, professional basketball in the state of Indiana wasn’t exactly at its best. The Pacers missed the playoffs from 2021 to 2023, while the Fever continued their terrible run of form that dates back to 2017. From 2017 to 2023, the Fever won just 58 of their 232 games for an exact win rate of 25 percent. Suffice to say, that is terrible.</p><p>But even with a ton of high draft picks, the Fever struggled to turn things around. They missed out on a few first overall picks (the Las Vegas Aces’ draft lottery luck must be examined); they picked second during the A’ja Wilson draft and then in 2019, they selected Teaira McCowan with the third overall pick, missing out on Arike Ogunbowale and Napheesa Collier. And then in 2020, they picked third in a draft with two stellar prospects in Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally.</p><p>Finally, the Fever have their franchise cornerstone in Caitlin Clark, giving a team with solid players such as Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell a transcendent talent to steer the ship. Clark is much like Tyrese Haliburton; Haliburton has become a full-fledged star for the Pacers, and these two <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/predicting-caitlin-clark-wnba-all-time-assist-record">nightly 20-10 threats</a> with unlimited range from deep are looking to lead their respective Indiana basketball teams to great heights — and given the talent they possess, they are more than capable of doing so.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Caitlin Clark’s eruption in Fever win vs. Mercury draws Tyrese Haliburton reaction

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/olympics-news-tyrese-haliburton-lebron-james-full-circle-moment-gold');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Haliburton, LeBron James share full-circle Olympics moment after gold');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Olympics-news-Tyrese-Haliburton-LeBron-James-share-full-circle-moment-after-gold.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Haliburton, LeBron James share full-circle Olympics moment after gold</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-13T13:40:02-07:00">August 13th, 1:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-13T14:14:39-07:00">August 13th, 2:14pm</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-mens-basketball-avengers-counterparts">2024 Paris Olympics </a>are over, and Tyrese Haliburton can now reflect on how far he’s come. The Indiana Pacers star went from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-lebron-james-stephen-curry-kevin-durant-teaming-up-rare-signed-card">idolizing LeBron James to winning</a> gold medals with him.</p><p>Haliburton <a href="https://twitter.com/TyHaliburton22/status/1823403299560976462" rel="noopener">posted the evidence</a>, via his social media.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">my mom sent me these pics this morning, life crazy lol <a href="https://t.co/nYJMM3PdKb">pic.twitter.com/nYJMM3PdKb</a></p><p>— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) <a href="https://twitter.com/TyHaliburton22/status/1823403299560976462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“My mom sent me these pics this morning, life crazy lol,” Haliburton said.</p><p>Haliburton wore a LeBron Eastern Conference All-Star jersey on the left and a St. Vincent St. Mary’s High School one on the top right, where “The King” played from 1999 to 2003.</p><p>James<a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1823422103682507257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1823422103682507257%7Ctwgr%5Eaba50d0f36df7a4728e872105dec8b6424a12c20%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnba%2Flebron-james-loved-throwback-tyrese-haliburton-photos" rel="noopener"> reacted to the full-circle post</a>, via his social media.</p><p>“Haha! Crazy bro!!! WOW!! 🙏🏾🫡👑” he replied.</p><p>However, baby Haliburton wasn’t just a LeBron fan. The 24-year-old also idolized Kevin Durant, as <a href="https://twitter.com/TyHaliburton22/status/1823405234653213056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1823405234653213056%7Ctwgr%5Eaba50d0f36df7a4728e872105dec8b6424a12c20%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnba%2Flebron-james-loved-throwback-tyrese-haliburton-photos" rel="noopener">shown in his follow-up post</a>, via his social media.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">this too lol <a href="https://t.co/GNQdzyRovR">https://t.co/GNQdzyRovR</a> <a href="https://t.co/eJ18iQveHg">pic.twitter.com/eJ18iQveHg</a></p><p>— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) <a href="https://twitter.com/TyHaliburton22/status/1823405234653213056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This was even more poetic, as Haliburton was wearing a Durant USA Olympics jersey in the left photo. Little did he know that he’d don an adult-sized USA jersey alongside “KD” in the Olympics one day.</p><p>How did Haliburton do in the 2024 Olympics?</p><h2><b>Tyrese Haliburton had a minor injury in the Olympics</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/USAs-Tyrese-Haliburton.jpg"><figcaption>© Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Haliburton was relegated to the bottom of USA’s rotation this past summer, playing in just three games. The Iowa State alum totaled 26 minutes and eight points. However, <a href="https://www.espn.com/olympics/basketball/story/_/id/40813240/2024-olympic-basketball-team-usa-france-potential-trilogy-la28" rel="noopener">he was hobbled</a> by an unreported “minor leg injury” throughout the Olympics, via ESPN.</p><p>Additionally, the presence of more established superstars like James, Durant, Steph Curry, Anthony Davis, and Joel Embiid would’ve made it tough to see the floor in the Olympics, even at full health. Haliburton <a href="https://x.com/TyHaliburton22/status/1822401754945798346" rel="noopener">embraced his “bench boy” status,</a> though, via his social media.</p><p>“When you ain’t do nun on the group project and still get an A,” Haliburton said as he held up his gold medal.</p><p>Now, the 2020 first-round pick can turn his attention back to the Pacers, as they’ll look to take the next step after reaching the Eastern Conference Finals last season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Haliburton, LeBron James share full-circle Olympics moment after gold

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/olympics-news-tyrese-haliburton-secret-injury-paris');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Haliburton had secret injury at Paris Olympics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tyrese-Haliburton-had-secret-injury-in-Paris.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Haliburton had secret injury at Paris Olympics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-12T07:21:04-07:00">August 12th, 7:21am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-12T07:21:04-07:00">August 12th, 7:21am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Team USA won gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t some controversy surrounding the team throughout their run. Head coach Steve Kerr drew quite a bit of criticism for his unorthodox lineups, and one guy who frequently found himself getting the short end of the stick was star Indiana Pacers point guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-tyrese-haliburton-clowns-joel-embiid-passport-joke">Tyrese Haliburton</a>.</p><p>While there was a bevy of talented players at Team USA’s disposal, Haliburton only took the court in three games, and even then, he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-tyrese-haliburton-message-gold-medal">played sparingly</a> in those contests. Many folks believed that Haliburton was simply the last guy in Kerr’s rotation, and while that may have been the case, it was also revealed that Haliburton was dealing with a <a href="https://www.espn.com/olympics/basketball/story/_/id/40813240/2024-olympic-basketball-team-usa-france-potential-trilogy-la28" rel="noopener">minor leg injury</a> throughout the Games.</p><p>“Tyrese Haliburton was slowed in the Olympics by a minor leg injury — Team USA didn’t announce it, but he had an MRI, sources said — and was caught in a numbers game, but he still has a future with the program.” – Brian Windhorst, ESPN</p><h2><b>Tyrese Haliburton’s reason for lack of playing time with Team USA gets revealed</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tyrese-Haliburton-of-Team-USA.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Haliburton is fresh off a wildly impressive campaign for the Pacers (20.1 PPG, 10.9 APG, 3.9 RPG, 47.7 FG%), as he earned his second All-Star selection and first All-NBA honor. And yet, considering all the talented players on Team USA, it wasn’t totally surprising to see him be the last guy off the bench for Kerr.</p><p>It is worth noting, though, that Haliburton’s season with the Pacers ended prematurely due to a hamstring injury he suffered in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics. Haliburton ended up not playing another game after suffering that injury, and Indiana would get swept as a result.</p><p>It remains to be seen whether or not this is a similar injury as the one that ended Haliburton’s season, but Pacers fans will probably be pleased to see that the team played it safe with him during the Olympics, as risking further injury would have been a worst case scenario for them. Regardless, Team USA managed to largely skate past their competition without Haliburton, and he got a gold medal as a result. And while he probably would have rather played more, this injury update provides some context as to why he was rarely on the floor.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Haliburton had secret injury at Paris Olympics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/olympics-news-tyrese-haliburton-message-gold-medal');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Haliburton drops hilarious message after winning Olympics gold medal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tyrese-Haliburton-drops-hilarious-message-after-winning-gold-medal.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Haliburton drops hilarious message after winning Olympics gold medal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-10T16:31:56-07:00">August 10th, 4:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-10T16:31:56-07:00">August 10th, 4:31pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Team USA men’s basketball won the gold medal after defeating France by a final score of 98-87 on Saturday. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lebron-james-olympics-mvp-win-splits-team-usa-fans">LeBron James led the way and won MVP</a>, while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-stephen-curry-game-sealing-3-pointer-france-viral">Stephen Curry took over</a> in the gold medal game. Meanwhile, one of the primary storylines during Team USA’s run was Jayson Tatum’s lack of playing time. And buried beneath that storyline was the fact that Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton averaged just under nine minutes per outing and did not play in the gold medal contest.</p><p>Haliburton has maintained a positive mindset, however. He took to X (formerly Twitter) to <a href="https://x.com/TyHaliburton22/status/1822401754945798346" rel="noopener">share a hilarious message</a> about the situation.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">When you ain’t do nun on the group project and still get an A🏅 <a href="https://t.co/xpshYZhMyA">pic.twitter.com/xpshYZhMyA</a></p><p>— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) <a href="https://twitter.com/TyHaliburton22/status/1822401754945798346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“When you ain’t do nun on the group project and still get an A,” Haliburton wrote.</p><p>Haliburton played in three games and averaged 2.7 points per outing in those contests during the Olympics. Nevertheless, receiving the opportunity to play alongside future Hall of Famers such as James and Curry in Paris was likely a tremendous experience. In the end, Haliburton still earned the gold medal.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Haliburton among future stars of Team USA men’s basketball</b></h2><p>The 24-year-old established himself as one of the best players in the league during the 2023-24 season. Haliburton is now a two-time All-Star and he’s helped the Pacers become a postseason contender once again.</p><p>The future of USA basketball is unquestionably bright. There is a chance that this was the final Olympic Games for James, Curry and Kevin Durant. In 2028, stars such as Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton will receive their opportunity to lead the team.</p><p>At the moment, though, the young USA players will celebrate with the veterans after winning the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The team was challenged by Serbia and France in the final two games, but Team USA found a way to emerge victorious nonetheless.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Haliburton drops hilarious message after winning Olympics gold medal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/olympics-news-tyrese-haliburton-clowns-joel-embiid-passport-joke');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Haliburton clowns Joel Embiid over passport joke at Olympics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Olympics-news-Tyrese-Haliburton-clowns-Joel-Embiid-over-passport-joke.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Haliburton clowns Joel Embiid over passport joke at Olympics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-26T14:59:18-07:00">July 26th, 2:59pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-26T15:29:26-07:00">July 26th, 3:29pm</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Much has been made of Cameroon native <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/joel-embiid-heckled-as-he-arrives-in-france-for-olympics-with-team-usa">Joel Embiid joining Team USA</a> for the 2024 Olympics. Now, even <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-fires-back-at-st-talkers-cry-fluke">Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton</a> is turning on the former NBA MVP.</p><p>Haliburton joked with Embiid <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1816909894383222863" rel="noopener">about his passport</a> as the team sailed the Parisian waters.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="da">Tyrese Haliburton: “Give your passport back.”</p><p>Joel Embiid: “I’m American, man.” 😂</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/TyHaliburton22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TyHaliburton22</a> / IG)<a href="https://t.co/o40c0bRGiG">pic.twitter.com/o40c0bRGiG</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1816909894383222863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Give your passport back,” Haliburton said as Embiid waved a mini-American flag.</p><p>“I’m American, man!” Embiid responded. Haliburton also added a “Captain America” caption to the Instagram story.</p><p>Is Embiid getting unfairly harassed by the basketball world for his decision to join the Red, White, and Blue?</p><h2><b>Joel Embiid would have gotten more respect for joining another team in the Olympics </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/USAs-Joel-Embiid.jpg"><figcaption>© Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Embiid <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/07/26/joel-embiid-lebron-james-olympics/74538255007/" rel="noopener">could have played</a> for Cameroon or France, rather than joining the American super-team, via USA Today’s Jeff Zilgitt.</p><p>“Embiid had national team choices,” Zilgitt explained. “Born in Cameroon, he could’ve played for his native country. He also could’ve played for France, which recruited him heavily to play alongside Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama. Imagine that front line for France.”</p><p>Haliburton’s joke, of course, was a reference to French fans telling Embiid to “give back his passport” after choosing the American squad, since he’s a French citizen.</p><p>“Embiid considered France but the country’s national team federation gave Embiid a deadline to decide, and he didn’t like that,” Zilgitt continued. “France president Emmanuel Macron even texted Embiid, and the two talked on the phone. The French president’s campaign to get Embiid fell short.”</p><p>Embiid, who moved to the USA from Cameroon at 16 to pursue a professional basketball career, was well within his right to choose the American squad. However, he won’t get the same type of respect from hoops fans as superstars like Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, and Giannis Antetokounmpo, who all play for their native squads despite not having as much talent on those teams.</p><p>Furthermore, Embiid has been outplayed by Anthony Davis through the five exhibition games at the Olympics. Davis recorded 11.8 points per game on 48.8% shooting, with 9.8 rebounds, one steal and three blocks. Embiid scored 10.4 points on 51.5% shooting, with 6.8 boards, 0.8 steals and just 0.2 blocks.</p><p>Therefore, Embiid is likely to come off the bench as Davis’ backup when the group-stage games start on Sunday. Winning a gold medal as a role player on a stacked team isn’t as interesting of a legacy as a star player who carries an undermanned team deep into the tournament, which is why hoops fans around the world have given him a hard time.</p><p>Regardless, the controversial star has a chance to win his first gold medal this summer, which would be a welcome addition to a trophy case that only consists of individual awards at the moment.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Haliburton clowns Joel Embiid over passport joke at Olympics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-michael-jordan-inspired-tyrese-haliburton-game-7-knicks');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Michael Jordan inspired Tyrese Haliburton in Game 7 vs. Knicks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/How-Michael-Jordan-inspired-Tyrese-Haliburton-in-Game-7-vs.-Knicks.jpg"></figure><h1>How Michael Jordan inspired Tyrese Haliburton in Game 7 vs. Knicks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-24T18:40:47-07:00">July 24th, 6:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-24T18:40:47-07:00">July 24th, 6:40pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is a sports writer for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers and Team USA star Tyrese Haliburton, has now emerged as one of the NBA’s elite point guards, draws his greatness from a deep internal drive, much like other top athletes. But during the NBA Playoffs against the New York Knicks, he notably tapped into his inner Michael Jordan.</p><p>In a GQ feature story, Haliburton <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/tyrese-haliburton-gq-hype?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhtwitter&amp;utm_content=app.dashhudson.com/gq/library/media/434856200" rel="noopener">revealed that he drew inspiration</a> from Michael Jordan and Tom Brady to secure the biggest win of his young NBA career against the Pacers’ bitter rivals the New York Knicks.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Haliburton channeling his inner Michael Jordan</b></h2><p>“So, Game 7 came around, and I’m like, I gotta come up with something to get me going. Like I heard Tom Brady say that one time, like he would look for things to get him going, and Michael Jordan said the same thing—like, sometimes he would make things up,” said Haliburton.</p><p>“So there’s a dude courtside, he’s chirping to me in warmups … and then he was really talking crazy. And I wasn’t going to say anything, I’m like, I’m gonna let this go. I’m gonna get him later,” continued the level-headed Pacers guard.</p><p>“And then [Pacers teammate and karate black-belt] James Johnson walked over. And James obviously is the muscle of the NBA. And when James walked over, the dude got quiet. So I just went over there. I was like, ‘Why are you quiet now? Like, are you scared of him?’ And then that’s kind of what got us going.”</p><p>Tyrese <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburtons-instant-reaction-to-indianas-wild-game-7-win-vs-knicks">Haliburton then guided the Pacers</a> to a 130-109 demolition of the Knicks, with everything falling perfectly into place. The Pacers boasted the NBA’s second-ranked offense during the regular season and led the playoffs as the number one offense.</p><h2><b>Leading the Indiana Pacers over the New York Knicks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tyrese-Haliburton-with-the-Indiana-Pacers.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Haliburton’s mindset proved infectious as the Pacers scored on their first four possessions and racked up 23 points on their first 11 trips down the floor.</p><p>Even after the Knicks managed a few stops, the Pacers quickly reignited, scoring 16 points on their next six possessions. The Pacers were in the zone, pouring in 39 points on 19 possessions and hitting 7 of their 9 three-point attempts.</p><p>Haliburton missed his first two shots, including an easy put-back but once he found his rhythm, he really took off.</p><p>Tyrese Haliburton continued his surge, sinking shot after shot to keep Indiana in control as the Pacers’ offense thrived. With Indiana up by 12 and Haliburton at 11 points with 2:03 remaining in the quarter, he maintained his intensity, even engaging with a fan in the front row while knocking down more threes.</p><p>The Pacers excelled offensively in the first quarter, ending it with a 39-26 lead. At that point, Indiana had hit 16 of 21 shots, with Haliburton (14 points) and Siakam (11) already scoring in double figures.</p><p>Fueled by his confidence, the Pacers’ offense remained relentless, shooting 53-for-79 (67.1%)—the highest shooting percentage ever recorded in a playoff game. Haliburton finished Game 7 with a game-high 26 points and six assists.</p><h2><b>Higher hopes for Haliburton and the Pacers</b></h2><p>Last season with Indiana, Haliburton averaged 20.1 points and 10.9 assists on 47.7% shooting, helping the Pacers get to the Eastern Conference finals. His stellar performance also earned him his first career All-NBA Third Team selection.</p><p>Haliburton and the Pacers are gearing up for another push to the Eastern Conference finals and beyond next season. Before that, though, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tyrese-haliburton-2024-olympics-props-prediction">Haliburton will represent Team USA</a> at the Paris Olympics, where the Americans will seek to clinch a gold medal.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Michael Jordan inspired Tyrese Haliburton in Game 7 vs. Knicks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-fires-back-at-st-talkers-cry-fluke');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton fires back at ‘s**t talkers’ who cry ‘fluke’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/7641619357.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton fires back at ‘s**t talkers’ who cry ‘fluke’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-24T10:37:10-07:00">July 24th, 10:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-24T10:37:10-07:00">July 24th, 10:37am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers are currently in the midst of a 2024 offseason that would figure to see the team want to mostly stand by and run it back with the roster that got them to the Eastern Conference Finals a season ago. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-bargain-bin-free-agent-target-round-out-roster">Haliburton emerged as</a> one of the game’s elite players from the guard position in 2023-24, starting the All-Star team and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-andrew-nembhard-59-million-contract-extension">helping lead Indiana</a> on a deep playoff run despite his individual production floundering throughout the season.</p><p>Haliburton was rewarded <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/tyrese-haliburton-gq-hype?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhtwitter&amp;utm_content=app.dashhudson.com/gq/library/media/434856200" rel="noopener">for his efforts</a> with a spot on the Team USA Olympics team, where he is currently tuning up with his teammates in anticipation for the Olympics and Paris, and recently, he broke down why he feels a chip on his shoulder heading into the 2024-25 NBA season.</p><p>“I’m coming into this year, and whether it’s the case or not, viewing it like everybody thinks my success in the first half of last season was a fluke, and I got to prove it again,” Haliburton said, via Andrew Grief of GQ on X, the social media platform formerly referred to as Twitter. “And that’s just who I am and that’s how I’m just cut that way. That’s the fun part about it for me: it’s just another chip on my shoulder, [added] to the thousands that are already there.”</p><p>“…I’m greedy, I want to be great,” he added. “So, I mean, what is there to be satisfied about?”</p><h2><b>Was the Pacers’ run a fluke?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Haliburton-with-Team-USA.jpg"><figcaption>Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Two things can be true at once: The Pacers would probably have gone home in the first round in the playoffs if not for a wild amount of injuries to their opponents in this past postseason, but they also can only play who is in front of them and deserve credit for taking advantage of the opportunities they were given.</p><p>Haliburton saw his individual numbers take a drastic decline about halfway through the regular season after suffering a hamstring injury, but the All-Star was able to pick things back up at least somewhat in the playoffs, hitting a game winner in Game 3 vs the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round and overcoming a rough first couple of games to torture the New York Knicks in round two.</p><p>Next year, virtually no one will be picking Indiana to return to the NBA’s final four, with teams like the Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics, and others figuring to be firmly ahead of them in the race.</p><p>Just don’t tell that to Haliburton.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
20.1	3.9	10.9	0.7	1.2

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
20.1	3.9	10.9	0.7	1.2

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