Promising Kings rookie Tyrese Haliburton is expected to miss the rest of the 2020/21 regular season with a hyperextended left knee, per a team press release. An MRI examination revealed the injury.
The 28-37 Kings are currently the No. 12 seed in the West, 3.5 games behind the tenth-seeded Spurs for a play-in tournament berth. The club’s statement did not disclose whether or not Haliburton would be available for a potential play-in or playoff appearance, but the odds are against Sacramento making up that ground.
The injury, suffered Sunday in a game against the Mavericks, will not require surgical treatment. Haliburton, a leading contender for Rookie of the Year honors, will be missing Sacramento’s final eight games, including a game tonight.
Sacramento selected the 6’5″ Haliburton with the No. 12 pick out of Iowa State during the 2020 draft. In 58 games (including 20 starts) with the Kings, Haliburton has averaged 13.0 PPG, 5.3 APG, 3.0 RPG, and 1.3 SPG across 30.1 MPG. The 21-year-old is boasting a solid shooting line of .472/.409/.857.
That’s unfortunate, but thankfully it wasn’t that serious.
If only the Knicks drafted him…
chicago at 4 should of grabbed him.
Personally, I thought he was top 5. When he was still available when the Knicks were up, I thought ‘how lucky they are to have this gift drop to them – things are looking up.’
And then they took Toppin.
And nothing wrong with Toppin, except they have Randle where Toppin belongs and needed the PG that Haliburton is – aside from him being the best player available. Haliburton and RJ in the backcourt would’ve been pretty sweet. Sprinkle in Quickly off the bench and you’ve got quite the rotation for years to come.
if ny drafts hali, i don’t think they take quickley. there wasn’t really any pfs available at that point when they did draft again. wonder who they would of went after, jaden mcdaniels?
GSW would be in such a better place if they drafted him like I wanted them to.
I had Avdija, Haliburton, Ball and Wiseman as my top 4, smh
Wishing him well. … another injury.