Indiana Pacers: Tyrese Haliburton is here to stay as franchise cornerstone
By Joe Lyon
The Indiana Pacers did something amazing on the first day of the new NBA calendar year; they locked in Tyrese Haliburton for the next five years.
What then ensued on twitter was, first off, hilarious by Tyrese Haliburton with an all-time great twitter moment. But then there was a bunch of comments on social media that were discussing how good/bad of a value the contract was.
— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) July 1, 2023
Haliburton lit up twitter immediately after signing with a straight 34 second video of the million dollar man, a professional wrestler, laughing. It was fitting because Ty is known to be a big fan of wrestling. But then twitter continued to show support of the move with the biggest names in Pacers media immediately showing support for the franchise cornerstone.
Seen people saying "overpay".
— 8 Points, 9 Seconds (@8pts9secs) July 1, 2023
Those people can kick rocks. @TyHaliburton22 is worth
EVERY.SINGLE.PENNY.
Congrats Ty. https://t.co/Y6BsU8uwDL
I might go to my grave never forgetting that Tyrese Haliburton made $200 million and then went to Twitter to post a video of The Million Dollar Man laughing for 34 seconds. An all-timer.
— Tony East (@TonyREast) July 1, 2023
Props to @TyHaliburton22 on an amazing journey:
— Alex Golden (@AlexGoldenNBA) July 1, 2023
•Ranked 172nd in the county (3-star recruit) when he committed to Iowa State.
•Became a starter his second game at Iowa State after an injury to their starter, and never lost his starting spot.
•Suffered season ending injury… pic.twitter.com/7pxXRvN4Vy
You love to see it, along with the change in how he’s viewed as more of a partner than what was the case with the prior three All-Stars. He has a voice. The team is being built with him in mind. Long way from saying PG doesn’t call the shots around here. https://t.co/pEqBcBgPNu
— Caitlin Cooper (@C2_Cooper) July 1, 2023
We will continue to double down on this take: Tyrese is not an overpay, if anything, he is underpaid in the value he will bring to the Indiana Pacers. He is a generational point guard and is already the best in the east, only behind players like Luka and Steph in the west. Don’t sleep on Haliburton becoming an all-time Pacer and a perennial All-Star in the NBA.
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The Pacers have committed to Tyrese Haliburton being the face and building around him.
All of the signings, all of the offseason movement, all of the draft additions, all of it points to the Pacers wanting to build the team completely around Haliburton. They are bringing in shooters, players that when given the ball while open can hit down shots. They are bringing in versatile forwards, players that can excel in the short and long pick and roll, which Haliburton will be able to execute flawlessly.
This is an exciting time to be a Pacers fan and keep your eyes to the news cycle to see who the next building block around Haliburton will be!
