Tyrese Haliburton one of the best playoff performers of this new generation?

[Message Boar]

Odd that modern version of Reggie Miller is also a Pacer

Yeah this realization only just struck me now.

It didn't dawn on you during the choke celebration?

I'm European and kind of busy irl, so didn't watch live.

[benson13]

Plus he performs. Dude gave the Reggie Miller choke after he sent the game to OT, and he handed the ball to KAT with .2 seconds left and walked away. That absolutely killed me.

[KGtabake]

I've just realized the people that hates him, are the ones whose team were beaten by him (Bucks, Cavs and Knicks). Makes perfect sense now, as he does drives the opposing fans nuts with his antics in the same way Miller did back in the 90s. The guy is the modern day Reggie Miller....when healthy.

Celtics fan here and i dislike him.
What's the verdict? Does that make sense?
His team was beaten by mine last season. So?

[bledredwine]

His confidence really is Reggie'esque.

[Edvan88]

I've just realized the people that hates him, are the ones whose team were beaten by him (Bucks, Cavs and Knicks). Makes perfect sense now, as he does drives the opposing fans nuts with his antics in the same way Miller did back in the 90s. The guy is the modern day Reggie Miller....when healthy.

Celtics fan here and i dislike him.
What's the verdict? Does that make sense?
His team was beaten by mine last season. So?

That means you are no ordinary people. You are a special kind of people.

[hardenASG13]

They took a Thunder team that would likely sweep their way to the ECF to 7...despite having 4 playable players with MPJ injured and their awful bench. Stop it People expected a 4/5 game series...

Cmon son

People expected a 4/5 game series because they expected OKC to play and shoot better. But they shot extremely poorly. Do you think they looked remotely like a 68 win team in that series?

Zero credit to Denver's defense - just OKC playing poorly.

Denver made them look mortal - they won't be challenged again for the rest of the 'yoffs. They're gonna beat Minny in 4/5, and make light work of the EC Champ...

Denver played a zone, which yielded a ton of open looks that OKC usually hits. They shot uncharacteristically bad on them judging by their record. Did you see something else that Denver was doing defensively?

[KGtabake]

I've just realized the people that hates him, are the ones whose team were beaten by him (Bucks, Cavs and Knicks). Makes perfect sense now, as he does drives the opposing fans nuts with his antics in the same way Miller did back in the 90s. The guy is the modern day Reggie Miller....when healthy.

Celtics fan here and i dislike him.
What's the verdict? Does that make sense?
His team was beaten by mine last season. So?

That means you are no ordinary people. You are a special kind of people.

It probably means that when a vast variety of people think that someone isn't carrying himself well, that someone is doing something wrong.

When Haliburton was voted by other players as overrated that didn't happen because they actually think he's overrated. I don't believe it had to do with his worth as a player.
It has to do with his arrogance and overall behaviour.

The guy was mocking Lillard 2 seasons ago by doing the dame time celebration. For absolutely no reason.
Lillard ain't a champion. He ain't Steph Curry or something.
But he's someone who has done far more things than Haliburton.
When i see things like that, i don't have to dislike him when he plays the Celtics.
I dislike him because he has no class.
Reggie Miller did the choke thing on Spike Lee and obviously there was a history behind it.
Haliburton just did it on an entire arena because he had seen it on YouTube and was waiting for a game like that to duplicate it.
For no reason.
If he doesn't know how to respect others, why should he get respect by other players or fans or whoever?

Anyways, his playoffs showings are great.
The answer to the thread's question is probably yes.
The rest don't matter to him, so no point in keep discussing about it.

[Yoshun]

I'm pulling for the Knicks but Hali was exceptional last night.

I was hoping for this series all playoffs and last night didn't disappoint. I hope this goes 7.

[Bornstellar]

Pacers blessed to have him .

I'd love him on my Spurs team.

And we could had him instead of Vassell

Guess it worked out for us in the end. Haliburton is a baller though. Feels like every time I watch the Pacers he has some crazy clutch performance

[jkvonny]

Pacers blessed to have him .

I'd love him on my Spurs team.

And we could had him instead of Vassell

Guess it worked out for us in the end. Haliburton is a baller though. Feels like every time I watch the Pacers he has some crazy clutch performance

Yes, true on that. Vassell is ok tho but Hali is really clutch and bold. Like Reggie Miller/Steve Nash. Baller.

[AFM]

He aint nearly as ugly as Miller

[web123888]

He’s the best PG in the league.

[Drakeem]

Seeing him get hate the same way Miller did for a lack of class makes me feel good.

The NBA is in good hands with this new generation. They got something.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Celtics fan here and i dislike him.
What's the verdict? Does that make sense?
His team was beaten by mine last season. So?

That means you are no ordinary people. You are a special kind of people.

It probably means that when a vast variety of people think that someone isn't carrying himself well, that someone is doing something wrong.

When Haliburton was voted by other players as overrated that didn't happen because they actually think he's overrated. I don't believe it had to do with his worth as a player.
It has to do with his arrogance and overall behaviour.

The guy was mocking Lillard 2 seasons ago by doing the dame time celebration. For absolutely no reason.
Lillard ain't a champion. He ain't Steph Curry or something.
But he's someone who has done far more things than Haliburton.
When i see things like that, i don't have to dislike him when he plays the Celtics.
I dislike him because he has no class.
Reggie Miller did the choke thing on Spike Lee and obviously there was a history behind it.
Haliburton just did it on an entire arena because he had seen it on YouTube and was waiting for a game like that to duplicate it.
For no reason.
If he doesn't know how to respect others, why should he get respect by other players or fans or whoever?

Anyways, his playoffs showings are great.
The answer to the thread's question is probably yes.
The rest don't matter to him, so no point in keep discussing about it.

Obviously you’re welcome to feel the way you feel, but you talk about history and there is absolutely history between the Pacers and Knicks, obviously from the past, but also even from last year. I think it was just showing love to Reggie. The way the Pacers organization and entire state of Indiana love Reggie, is next level. There is just a massive amount of respect everyone has for him and I think Haliburton was honoring an Indiana icon.

Also I don’t view his celebration as mocking Lillard. Tyrese has said he wears 0 in part because his favorite player is Lillard. He has a ton of respect for him. I think it’s part little brother mentality of trying to let big bro know you can hoop too kinda thing. Also, for whatever happens on the court, he’s always 100% class off the court. He plays with passion then leaves it at the door.

Not that any of that would change your mind, but just adding some nuance to the discussion because why not. I understand how some of that stuff rubs people the wrong way, but man, it’s just a little trash talk, he’s not playing dirty, or making things personal outside of the basketball court, he just plays with a chip on his shoulder and fires himself up with harmless antics.

[flow]

Sucks to be a Kings fan right now...

Fox over Haliburton will end up being one of the worst decisions in NBA history when it's all said and done

It's not even the worst decision ever made involving Haliburton.

Pistons drafting Killian Hayes over Haliburton was way worse. At least Fox is a star player in his own right. Hayes is a nothing reserve.

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[Raps in 4]

Sucks to be a Kings fan right now...

Fox over Haliburton will end up being one of the worst decisions in NBA history when it's all said and done

It's not even the worst decision ever made involving Haliburton.

Pistons drafting Killian Hayes over Haliburton was way worse. At least Fox is a star player in his own right. Hayes is a nothing reserve.

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Hali was drafted 12th. 10 teams **** up by passing on him (I'm not counting the Wolves since Ant is pretty good).

[Marvin Martian]

Sucks to be a Kings fan right now...

Fox over Haliburton will end up being one of the worst decisions in NBA history when it's all said and done

It's not even the worst decision ever made involving Haliburton.

Pistons drafting Killian Hayes over Haliburton was way worse. At least Fox is a star player in his own right. Hayes is a nothing reserve.

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The draft is a crapshoot anyway and many other teams missed out. SAC decision was worse because they got to see both players in action and in practice and somehow came to the conclusion that Haliburton had to go.

[flow]

Fox over Haliburton will end up being one of the worst decisions in NBA history when it's all said and done

It's not even the worst decision ever made involving Haliburton.

Pistons drafting Killian Hayes over Haliburton was way worse. At least Fox is a star player in his own right. Hayes is a nothing reserve.

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Hali was drafted 12th. 10 teams **** up by passing on him (I'm not counting the Wolves since Ant is pretty good).

Yes, but Detroit was the only team that took another point guard over him. They were going to take either Hayes or Haliburton. They chose disastrously wrong.

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[Edvan88]

That means you are no ordinary people. You are a special kind of people.

It probably means that when a vast variety of people think that someone isn't carrying himself well, that someone is doing something wrong.

When Haliburton was voted by other players as overrated that didn't happen because they actually think he's overrated. I don't believe it had to do with his worth as a player.
It has to do with his arrogance and overall behaviour.

The guy was mocking Lillard 2 seasons ago by doing the dame time celebration. For absolutely no reason.
Lillard ain't a champion. He ain't Steph Curry or something.
But he's someone who has done far more things than Haliburton.
When i see things like that, i don't have to dislike him when he plays the Celtics.
I dislike him because he has no class.
Reggie Miller did the choke thing on Spike Lee and obviously there was a history behind it.
Haliburton just did it on an entire arena because he had seen it on YouTube and was waiting for a game like that to duplicate it.
For no reason.
If he doesn't know how to respect others, why should he get respect by other players or fans or whoever?

Anyways, his playoffs showings are great.
The answer to the thread's question is probably yes.
The rest don't matter to him, so no point in keep discussing about it.

Obviously you’re welcome to feel the way you feel, but you talk about history and there is absolutely history between the Pacers and Knicks, obviously from the past, but also even from last year. I think it was just showing love to Reggie. The way the Pacers organization and entire state of Indiana love Reggie, is next level. There is just a massive amount of respect everyone has for him and I think Haliburton was honoring an Indiana icon.

Also I don’t view his celebration as mocking Lillard. Tyrese has said he wears 0 in part because his favorite player is Lillard. He has a ton of respect for him. I think it’s part little brother mentality of trying to let big bro know you can hoop too kinda thing. Also, for whatever happens on the court, he’s always 100% class off the court. He plays with passion then leaves it at the door.

Not that any of that would change your mind, but just adding some nuance to the discussion because why not. I understand how some of that stuff rubs people the wrong way, but man, it’s just a little trash talk, he’s not playing dirty, or making things personal outside of the basketball court, he just plays with a chip on his shoulder and fires himself up with harmless antics.

Well said. People want more personality from the players and when they show just a tiny bit of it, they call him no class. I don't even know where this ignorance claim came from. He has also been humble outside of the court (saying he is getting paid a lot to just play a game) and even poke fun at himself (for his Olympic gold medal for example).

[Wingy]

I've just realized the people that hates him, are the ones whose team were beaten by him (Bucks, Cavs and Knicks). Makes perfect sense now, as he does drives the opposing fans nuts with his antics in the same way Miller did back in the 90s. The guy is the modern day Reggie Miller....when healthy.

Celtics fan here and i dislike him.
What's the verdict? Does that make sense?
His team was beaten by mine last season. So?

That means you are no ordinary people. You are a special kind of people.

he comes off kinda douchey, so while I’m certainly no hater, I’m not really a fan. Despite that, I sure wish my team (Bulls) had listened to a lot of our posters and drafted the guy.