Tyrese Haliburton would have been open to starting NBA career with Phoenix
Tyrese Haliburton said to Arizona Sports he had zero communication with the Suns during the pre-draft process. Phoenix traded for Chris Paul two days earlier, which obviously would have created a temporary logjam and kept Haliburton as a third guard for at least a short while. Would he have been open to learning from Paul while forming a long-term backcourt with Devin Booker? “For sure, no question,” Haliburton said.
Source: Arizona’s Sports Page
Source: Arizona’s Sports Page
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Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
The Suns passing on Tyrese Haliburton is up there on the list of “what if’s?”
While there is speculation he later cleared up on how his draft night went, I spoke with him on Phoenix specifically.
He was open to it and didn’t hear from the Suns at all: arizonasports.com/story/3550290/… – 7:07 PM
The Suns passing on Tyrese Haliburton is up there on the list of “what if’s?”
While there is speculation he later cleared up on how his draft night went, I spoke with him on Phoenix specifically.
He was open to it and didn’t hear from the Suns at all: arizonasports.com/story/3550290/… – 7:07 PM
Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
The Suns passing on Tyrese Haliburton is up there on the list of “what if’s?”
While there is speculation he later cleared up on how draft night went down, I spoke with him on Phoenix specifically.
He was open to it and didn’t hear from the Suns at all: arizonasports.com/story/3550290/… – 7:05 PM
The Suns passing on Tyrese Haliburton is up there on the list of “what if’s?”
While there is speculation he later cleared up on how draft night went down, I spoke with him on Phoenix specifically.
He was open to it and didn’t hear from the Suns at all: arizonasports.com/story/3550290/… – 7:05 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Another Team USA group: Tyrese Haliburton, Devin Booker, Jrue Holiday, Anthony Davis and Bam Adebayo pic.twitter.com/RtnD0ZKyiU – 5:09 PM
Another Team USA group: Tyrese Haliburton, Devin Booker, Jrue Holiday, Anthony Davis and Bam Adebayo pic.twitter.com/RtnD0ZKyiU – 5:09 PM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Steve Kerr forewarned not to read into lineup combinations. But this Team USA group scrimmaging vs Select Team: LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Bam Adebayo, Tyrese Haliburton and Anthony Edwards pic.twitter.com/pS6lHaYjRA – 4:43 PM
Steve Kerr forewarned not to read into lineup combinations. But this Team USA group scrimmaging vs Select Team: LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Bam Adebayo, Tyrese Haliburton and Anthony Edwards pic.twitter.com/pS6lHaYjRA – 4:43 PM
Ryan Ward @RyanWardLA
Six other players are scheduled to talk after Team USA practice on Monday and Tuesday ahead of the game against Canada on Weds in Vegas.
Monday: Joel Embiid, Tyrese Haliburton, Jayson Tatum
Tuesday: Bam Adebayo, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard – 3:58 PM
Six other players are scheduled to talk after Team USA practice on Monday and Tuesday ahead of the game against Canada on Weds in Vegas.
Monday: Joel Embiid, Tyrese Haliburton, Jayson Tatum
Tuesday: Bam Adebayo, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard – 3:58 PM
More on this storyline
Christopher Hine: Tyrese Haliburton played w/ Anthony Edwards last summer and said both want to be in multiple Olympics. “Both of us take pride in being those young guys on the team and part of the future of the NBA moving forward. It’s really cool to be able to … share this moment.” -via Twitter @ChristopherHine / July 8, 2024
“No, that’s incorrect,” Haliburton told Arizona Sports. “That’s definitely not the case. I was open to going anywhere that wasn’t those two teams. And any team that didn’t pick me, I don’t know.” Those two teams are the Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers. -via Arizona’s Sports Page / July 8, 2024
When Tyrese Haliburton was shockingly traded to the Indiana Pacers in February 2022, then-Suns head coach Monty Williams was asked about him and revealed Phoenix was focused on drafting Haliburton at the time but “couldn’t” get him in the draft even though he was on the board for the Suns. Haliburton denied that being the case. -via Arizona’s Sports Page / July 8, 2024