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Indiana Pacers | #0 | Guard

Tyrese Haliburton

PPG

18.6

RPG

3.5

APG

9.2

HEIGHT

6'5" (1.96m)

WEIGHT

185lb (84kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Iowa State

AGE

25 years

BIRTHDATE

February 29, 2000

DRAFT

2020 R1 Pick 12

EXPERIENCE

5 Years

6'5" | 185lb | 25 years

DRAFT

2020 R1 Pick 12

BIRTHDATE

February 29, 2000

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Iowa State

EXPERIENCE

5 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Originally selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft by Sacramento, Haliburton has averaged 17.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 1.4 steals over 260 games (221 starts) over four seasons with the Kings and Pacers…He is a two-time NBA All-Star and a All-NBA Third Team performer in 2023-24…Has posted 106 double-doubles in his career, including 106 double-doubles and one triple-double with the Pacers…2022-23: Became the first player in NBA history to average 20 or more points, 10 or more assists and shoot 40 percent or better from 3-point range and became a first-time NBA All-Star in a breakout season…Averaged 20.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 10.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game over 56 starts…Scored 20 or more points 30 times with six outings of 30 or more…Posted 32 double-doubles - fourth among all guards in the NBA…Finished with a season-high 43 points, set a new franchise record as he made 10 3-pointers on 16 attempts and made the game-winning 3-pointer with 4.3 seconds remaining to lift the Pacers to a 111-108 road win at Miami, 12/23...Haliburton recorded 40 assists with zero turnovers over the three games from Nov. 25-28. He became the first player to record 40+ assists and no turnovers over any three-game span in NBA history...Recorded 10 or more assists in seven straight games from Nov. 19-30, which was the longest streak of his NBA career. He has passed Don Buse’s previous franchise record (six straight, 1976-77) for the most consecutive games with 10 or more assists...Haliburton was selected as a reserve in the Eastern Conference for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game. He became the 15th Pacers player to be named an NBA All-Star…Missed 26 games due to injury: two with a sore left groin, 10 with sprains in his left knee and left elbow, one with a sore right calf, two with a bruised left knee and 11 with a right ankle sprain/injury management…2021-22: Played a total of 77 games with Sacramento and Indiana and averaged 15.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 8.2 assists (seventh in the NBA) and 1.7 steals (tied for third) over 35 minutes per game…Shot 47.3 percent from the field, 41.4 percent from 3-point range (11th) and 84.2 percent from the foul line (40th)…Started 51 games for the Kings and averaged 15.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 8.2 assist and 1.7 steals per game…Scored a season-high 38 points at Philadelphia, 1/29…Was acquired from Sacramento Feb. 8 along with Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson in exchange for Justin Holiday, Jeremy Lamb, Domantas Sabonis and a future second-round draft pick…Averaged 17.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 9.6 assists per game in 26 starts for the Pacers after the trade…Scored 30 points on 10-for-11 shooting and tied the franchise record for most 3-pointers made without a miss as he shot 6-for-6 from distance at Boston, 4/1...Set an Indiana franchise record for the most assists recorded in a game without a turnover in which he scored 19 points, set a season high with nine rebounds and tied his career high with 17 assists against Detroit, 4/3...He became first player in the NBA since LeBron James in 2018 to record at least 17 assists without a turnover, and was the only player in the NBA in 2021-22 to record two games with 15 or more assists and zero turnovers…2020-21: Earned NBA All-Rookie First Team honors as he averaged 13 points, 3.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 30.1 minutes per game in 58 games (20 starts) during the 2020-21 season...Recorded five double-doubles... Scored 20+ points in nine games and dished out 10 or more assists in five...Ranked third amongst all rookies in scoring (13.0 ppg), second in assists (5.3), sixth in field goal percentage (.472), third in three-point field goal percentage (.409), second in steals (1.3) and third in minutes (30.1) per game...Named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for the months of December/January and February…Missed 14 games due to injury: Eight games due to left knee hyperextension, four games due to left calf soreness and two games due to left wrist bone bruise.

BEFORE NBA

2019-20: Played and started 22 games before season ended with a left wrist fracture Feb. 8...At the time of his injury, he ranked sixth in the Big 12 in scoring (15.2), second in FG percentage (50.4), first in assists (6.5), first in steals (2.5), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3), third in 3-ponit percentage (41.9) and 13th in rebounding (5.9)...His 6.5 assists per game average is the sixth-best single-season average in school history...Earned All-Big 12 Second Team accolades despite shortened season...Posted one of 25 triple-doubles nationally, the sixth in school history and just the 17th in Big 12 history when he finished with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists at TCU...Reached doublefigure points in 18 games, including six games with 20 or more points...also had two double-digit rebounding games and three games with double-digit assists for a total of four double-doubles...Owns the third-best career 3-point field goal percentage in school history at 42.6 percent...Finished career with 267 career assists, which ranks 17th in school history...His 108 career steals rank 20th in school history.

PERSONAL LIFE

Born Feb. 29, 2000 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin…Son of John and Brenda Haliburton…His cousin Eddie Jones was a three-time NBA All-Star, playing 14 years in the NBA.