Tyrese Haliburton's Star Power Emerges in NBA Tournament
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00:02 The Lakers win the in-season tournament and LeBron is the MVP.
00:06 Let's not let the Indiana Pacers get overshadowed here.
00:09 That was a stunner for me seeing them get all the way to the end.
00:13 And boy, some trade remorse I gotta feel like for
00:16 sending Tyrese Halliburton to the Indiana Pacers.
00:19 This is an emerging star right now,
00:21 Gilbert, in the National Basketball Association.
00:23 We saw a little bit of this, but this was a big stage for
00:27 him to perform like he did some people thought maybe he should have been
00:31 the MVP of the in-season tournament.
00:33 And if this continues, he'll be in the All-Star game and
00:37 everything that comes along with it.
00:38 Is he a guy right now, Gilbert, that is emerging as like, let's say,
00:41 a top 10, top 15 player in the NBA, could even be higher than that?
00:45 >> Absolutely, I think first of all, this is what the in-season tournament is about
00:49 for those that had mixed feelings about the tournament.
00:51 It puts a spotlight on teams who otherwise we might not have paid that much
00:55 attention to.
00:55 You see the Pacers get wins over the Celtics and the Bucks,
00:58 really establish themselves as legitimate threats,
01:01 at least as an up and comer in the Eastern Conference.
01:03 And obviously Tyrese Halliburton stands at the forefront of that.
01:06 He's a guy who is one of the best playmakers in the NBA.
01:09 He takes care of the ball.
01:10 Two of those games against the Celtics and Bucks,
01:12 he didn't even turn the ball over once in those games.
01:15 So think about him and what he's doing as a young player who's just 23 years old.
01:19 He certainly announced his arrival as a budding superstar in this league,
01:23 especially representing the next generation.
01:25 And the Pacers as a team that could probably make some noise,
01:28 they're kind of in that middle tier in the Eastern Conference,
01:31 could finish anywhere between seventh and fourth when you look at the landscape of
01:35 the Eastern Conference this season.
01:36 So Pacers fans should certainly be excited about it.
01:39 And it's great for the NBA as well, just because it's a team who doesn't get that
01:42 much attention otherwise, and
01:44 will have opportunity to establish themselves here and moving forward.
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