Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton dealt with a “minor leg injury” and underwent an MRI during the Olympics, sources tell Brian Windhorst of ESPN.
Haliburton was essentially Team USA’s 12th man during the Olympics in Paris, which concluded on Sunday. He averaged just 8.8 minutes per game in his three appearances; the Americans went 6-0 to claim the gold medal, so the 24-year-old didn’t play at all in three contests, including the semifinal and final.
Haliburton was hampered during the 2023/24 season with a hamstring strain he sustained in January. While he ultimately appeared in 69 games and made the All-NBA Third Team, securing an extension that starts at 30% (instead of 25%) of the salary cap, his effectiveness was clearly diminished post-injury. Haliburton wound up missing his final two postseason games vs. Boston with a hamstring injury as well.
There’s no indication that the leg issue Haliburton was managing during the Olympics is a cause for concern going forward, given Windhorst’s description. Still, it’s a noteworthy event when a player like Haliburton — one of Team USA’s top performers at the 2023 World Cup — undergoes an MRI.
He got too excited on the bench and hurt himself
lol. Love the spin and ego massaging going on right now. Same for Tatum and how he just had a baby, etc. etc.
Lol the story actually not about ego, it’s about how Haliburton, a player who’s injury history is a legitimate concern for Pacers fans and was a talking point all last year, underwent an MRI during the off-season. Lol
His playoffs ended with a leg injury…
Sure they should have replaced him but they didn’t.
Mildly interesting is that Haliburton was kept on the bench but George was sent back, even though he was healthy enough to practice – what did he do? Another one of his Hibbard stunts?
Honestly how did Curry score the highest combined 2-game points Olympic record in the 2 games that mattered most and not win the MVP of the series? Iggy basically played well in 1 important game and won 2015 FMVP over Steph, when Steph outplayed him in all other games?
The way the NBA votes against Steph every time, really shows the corruption by Clutch media here. Steph has been THIS good for THIS long and yet these idiot voters picked cheater Harden, choker Russ, choker Embiid, and Steph-gravity recipient KD over the man who was better and the reason why his team won more than them all?? What does “valuable” even mean??
Haliburton was hurt celebrating a Steph three.