How does Tyrese Haliburton’s Achilles injury impact the Pacers’ offseason plans? | NBA Today

How does Tyrese Haliburton’s Achilles injury impact the Pacers’ offseason plans? | NBA Today

breaking news this afternoon our senior insider sham shirania joins us now shams you reported a couple of hours ago that tyrese hallebertton did tear his achilles last night what more can you tell us about this devastating injury george i’m told that tyrese hallebertton will be undergoing surgery to repair that right achilles tendon tear very soon the surgery is imminent and that injury timeline will likely put him out for the entire 202526 nba season and remember this is a player that gutted out a calf strain an ankle issues all during the nba finals on that same right leg in that achilles area and then last night suffers the achilles tear he’s had a me memorable playoff run over the last year he’s risen to superstardom in the nba but his achilles tear now likely puts him out all of next season thank you shams we will connect with you here in just a few moments as well so thanks again now perk what’s your reaction to this news that tyrese did in fact tear his achilles and as you heard sham say will be out next season well well first praying for him you know for speed of recovery for him to get back on the floor you don’t want to see a guy go down like that especially on the stage like that but wendy here we are again right it seemed like every single time you and i are sharing you know this platform together when it comes down to addressing this situation and i understand you want to be out there on the floor we go back to 2019 when you and i were covering the nba finals danny you were actually in the nba finals about to win your championship with the toronto raptors and i said the same thing to kevin durant right i told him to his face and i said it publicly you know i wouldn’t play you know the calf injury man we you know it’s it’s nothing it’s nothing to play with history tells us that and and i hate it for him because you you have that balance you want to be out there but at the same time you know you have you you’re the indiana pacers you have 200 plus million dollars that is invested into tyrese hallebertton and the thing is you have to protect your guy you have to protect your guy i know he wanted to be out there but i think a conversation a hard conversation needed to be had that he needed to sit out the remaining of this nba finals and get up to getting healthy so that he can make sure he’s available for next season now all of a sudden we’re here now where sts is reporting that he’s going to miss next season and it’s just unfortunate yeah um perk i that was those are two of the worst things i’ve ever witnessed in the nba watching remembering kd leaving the arena in in the case in 2019 he he left the arena during the game got in an airplane and flew to new york to have surgery the next day in this case tyrese hallebertton off to an absolutely brilliant start to this game we know that tyrese when he gets off to great starts it changes his whole mentality when he hits his first few shots we also know that when he scores over 20 points the pacers are next to unbeatable so he is experiencing like this dream situation where he is having a great start potentially a great game in game seven of the finals and then he falls and the reason he’s so upset george as you watched him get carried to the back isn’t just because his pain is so deep it’s because he knows that he was having an incredible moment that he had dreamed of that had slipped away and he knew it in that moment and look here’s the problem the problem is he had played in game six and been able to really play well and trust the leg and get it done and so that’s the thing that’s so tricky and that’s one of the reasons why when you see calf strains you often see players get shut down for weeks even though it doesn’t seem like it would be that severe of an injury they get shut down for weeks for this exact reason because of this and it’s just a heartbreaking situation and unfortunately the pacers will now deal with it next year and we have the eastern conference completely reshaped by torn achilles tendons to jason tatum tyresese hallebertton and damen lillard next season yeah it’s a it’s a tough one man um to see but most players most guys will say “is it worth putting your calf on the line for an nba championship?” most guys would say yes right obviously granted this the situation the injury that happened you can’t predict that it’s going to happen but it’s like will i push it you kind of put that on the line for that but sometimes like perk said you got to have the organization has to have your back and protect you from yourself sometimes but if you ask tyrese if he would he change things he might not he give himself a chance to win nba championship game seven everything on the line these are the moments that you live for but with that being said the east is wide open like wendy said teams like orlando milwaukee you know obviously cleveland and new york are the heavy favorites but those other teams they have a chance now to have a window to make it to eastern conference finals if not the finals next year tons of respect at that level for sure in the finals a memorable playoff run for the pacers despite the loss but the lasting image of game seven might end up being tyrese hallebertton going down just 7 minutes into the game our sham shirani reported earlier that hallebertton has a torn achilles the nba world reacted on social media last night to the crushing scene shay gilis alexander who was guarding hallebertton on that play spoke about it after the game my heart dropped for him like i couldn’t imagine uh playing the biggest game of my life and something like that happening it’s so unfortunate it’s not fair um but competition isn’t fair sometimes but yeah i just felt so bad for him um and just asked if he was okay obviously he wasn’t but uh prayers go out to him for sure hell of a player he authored one of the great um individual playoff runs in the history of the nba with dramatic play after dramatic play it was just something that no one’s ever seen yeah danny i would echo those sentiments of rick carlile a postseason to remember for hallebertton in case you need a reminder first round game five against the bucks trailing by seven 40 seconds left in ot hallebertton beat giannis on the gamewinner from mr overrated to mr fledge he had time and time again clutch basket after clutch basket all throughout the whole postseason second round against the cavs in game two on the road another seven-point comeback here left his mark in this one in the step back anytime the the game was on the line he wanted the ball and he showed why conference finals this is the shot everybody’s going to remember this was the one at the garden don’t do them like that and give him the reggie choke sign sent them to ot and then finish the deal there iconic iconic moment and then game one of the finals i’m right there at that scores table i had a perfect view of that point seconds left you don’t see that often for the mid-range game winner what a pull up there a clutch run unlike anything we’ve ever seen from tyresese hallebertton unbelievable with hallebertton 26 season danny in jeopardy the pacers have uh 15 to1 odds to return to the finals at the moment six shortest odds in the conference the cavs knicks magic celtics and sixers all have shorter odds to be east champs our front office insider bobby marks joining us now the pacers had an amazing run as we highlighted there bobby but this hallebertton injury puts a real dark cloud over their future so bobby how do things look for indie heading into the offseason well i think georgia silently starts with the free agency of miles turner the top center on the free agent market what happens with miles turner in light of this tyrese hallebert injury as brian and shams had reported indiana was willing to pay the luxury tax to bring miles turner back they have not done so since 2006 what happens with turner this market is not great out there unless you are resigning with your own team and if turner does resign what is happens to the future of benedict matan who is rookie extension eligible he could be a free agent in the 2026 offseason and then certainly aaron nmith who has two years left on his contract and is also extension eligible for up to three year $64 million remember the strength of this indiana team was their bench and does it the hallebertton injury coupled with a turner uh new contract does that diminish moving forward here so bobby the east is wide open as we go into next season more so than i can remember for sure where do the pacers stack up in the east moving forward here you know what george i had three revisions for their offseason article going into last night and we had to write a fourth one based on on the hallebertton injury and in the prior three they were the favorite they were the favorite in the eastern conference along with oklahoma city out west and i think last night certainly changes that where now they are in a position similar to where certainly where boston is with the jason tatum injury where milwaukee is with the damen lillard injury we’re looking at cleveland certainly in new york the cavs finished with the best record those two teams are should be the favorites and then of course orlando and then we as we see here boston and for you know we’re not talking about last year’s offseason winner philadelphia certainly keep an eye on philadelphia if that roster can stay healthy yeah i think when you look at the pacers they’re clearly one of the deepest teams in the league so on one hand you know they can survive an injury but on the other they are so geared towards the way tyresese hallebertton plays with their high-speed attack they’ve really built their entire team around hallebertton when rick carile got there to be the head coach his number one priority was to get a point guard specifically tyrese hallebertton who he wanted to draft in dallas before he left the mavericks and so i believe the pacers are still going to be extremely formidable with this team the question as bobby you know raises is i do think they’re going to prioritize resigning miles turner the question is will they go into the luxury tax to do so meaning would they take another player potentially that would push him in the luxury tax and trade him to save money that’s probably something that they’re having hard conversations and considering after they deal with taking care of tyres hallebert and having surgery uh very soon to get that addressed danny it’s interesting to brian’s point about the offense being his basically rick carile famously had not turned the reigns over to very many point guards he did that with hallebertton from their first dinner together when he got traded from sacramento so certainly a big blow to them in that regard definitely but i i i you got to give pascal sakum a lot more credit and also their backup you know bob myers said something when i was watching the finals they have some of the two best backup point guards in the league with nemhard and tj mcconnell they’re going to get their money’s worth out of these two guys so this team is still a very good team top six team in my eyes as a playoff for next year the east is wide open and because of the chemistry and the bond they have the gel they have they could be a sleeper team to make it to the eastern conference finals again like a miami heat has done in the past so i i like what they have i like the depth they have they signed neith back and matin back keep miles turner this is a really good group and a team that’s definitely a playoff you know perspective and could be a sleeper that can get into that eastern conference finals yeah kevin pritchard’s done a phenomenal job building that roster for sure so

Shams Charania joins Jorge Sedano, Brian Windhorst, Danny Green, Kendrick Perkins and Bobby Marks on NBA Today to discuss Tyrese Haliburton suffering a torn right Achilles in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. How will this impact the Indiana Pacers’ chances of contending next season?

0:00 Tyrese Haliburton’s injury
4:59 Reaction across the league
5:58 Hali’s playoff heroics
7:19 What’s next for Indy?

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