New Report Reveals How Close Pacers Were to Not Getting Tyrese Haliburton in 2022 originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Sacramento Kings traded Tyrese Haliburton to the Indiana Pacers on Feb. 8, 2022. Since then, the Kings have made the playoffs once, losing in the first round of the 2023 postseason to the Golden State Warriors in seven games.

According to Sam Amick of The Athletic, the Sacramento Kings almost traded De’Aaron Fox instead of Tyrese Haliburton in 2022. However, the Kings couldn’t find a suitable return for Fox, so they traded Haliburton,

Raise your hand if you saw this sort of star turn coming when Haliburton was traded to Indiana in 2022. Sacramento certainly didn’t.

Haliburton joined Nikola Jokic and Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA playoff history to record at least 30 points, 10 rebounds, and 15 assists in a game. What set Haliburton apart: he did it with zero turnovers.

But by the time 2022 came, when then-general manager Monte McNair and assistant general manager Wes Wilcox were looking for ways to turn their middling team into a playoff contender,

OKLAHOMA CITY — Tyrese Haliburton hasn’t just powered the Indiana Pacers to their first NBA Finals appearance in 25 years. He has inspired a gold rush with his clutch shooting.

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick's take about Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton is aging well after his playoff run.

The Indiana Pacers took down the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, and now come just three wins away from winning their first championship sinc

Tyrese Haliburton rookie card sold for $119,560 through Goldin Auctions on May 31. That beat the previous record by almost $36,000.